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Shoeshine boys are ubiquitous in Guatemala. If you're a gringo man, expect to be offered a shoeshine for your sneakers at least once a day. This little boy seems particularly pumped.

Even before Cabrera, Xela had an interesting European flavor to its architecture. This blurry acid-trip of a picture (taken without a tripod!) shows what I believe is a monument to the people who lost their lives trying to form El Estado de los Altos, an independent Central American nation made up basically of Xela and a small part of the Mexican state of Chiapas. Rafael Carrera, an earlier dictator, really didn't like this, so he conquered Xela, and murdered all of the members of the Altos government about where this statue is today. It is unclear what happened to the angel that originally adorned the top; according to some local legends, it was toppled by the central government, who didn't like the rebels being commemorated in this way. According to others, the damage occurred much later, during the 1960-1996 civil war.

The Municipal Theater at night!

Manuel Estrada Cabrera became president of Guatemala in 1898 by walking into a cabinet meeting and taking the position at gun point after the assassination of President José María Renia. Cabrera was obsessed with the Greeks, and, as a result, demanded that everything be built in a Greek revival style. Example 1: the central park in Xela!

And with flash!

My traveling companions at night!

Even more beautiful at night!

Tilapita was crowded this day. We had to share with a few people way off in the distance.

#tilapita #guatemala

To get to Tilapita, the most beautiful beach I've ever been to, this is what you must do: Take a bus from Quetzeltenango (Xela) to Coatepeque, a boarder town that about half the cocaine in the world passes through, according to a local resident, then another bus to Tilapa, a tiny beach town, and then a little wooden boat from Tilapa to Tilapita.

Dear Ignored Tumblr Followers,

I'm going to be putting up some of my photographs from Guatemala over the next few days. Sorry if I've been ignoring you all on social media; I'm really just not that good at it! Anyway, hope you're all well.

Mike

This is the house where I lived in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Note the cage for the dogs on the roof.

This place is amazing.

#texas #fort worth #corral

All fire hydrants in Fort Worth seem to be this sleek shiny silver. I particularly liked this gangly one.

#fort worth #texas #fire #hydrant

Yes, this is a Dodge Ram stretch pick-up truck.

#texas #fort worth #pick-up #limo

What better way to show your love for the special troublemaker in your life than a gift certificate to the freestanding bail bond kiosk, conveniently located right across from the courthouse in downtown Fort Wort? Now open 24 hours a day, so you can share the gift of temporary freedom whenever you have to get their ass out of jail, day or night!

#texas #bail bonds #fort worth

Question: How many juicy Texas BBQ ribs can I all-you-can-eat for $9.99?

Answer: Apparently six.

#texas #fort worth #ribs #food

I thought this art deco theater next to the Juvenile Shoe Store was gorgeous.

#texas #fort worth #art deco #theater

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