Friday, November 13, 2009

Guatemala so far

Ok, we´re holding off a little bit on the border chase because we haven´t had much time to make it sound as good as it was. Therefore I´m going to skip that for now and fastforward to Xela. We had a lot of good things happen there so far. We filmed some Mariachis on a roof top and hired a bicycle with a cart on the front to use as a dolly and drive Zafer through the cemetary. We also were joined by our friends max and Paula Ana from D.F. We left with them and headed to Chichicastenango and interviewed our first Mayan spirtual guide named Miguel. He talked a lot about 2012 and the changes they expect to come. I won´t disclose any information about content here because you´ll have to watch the film of course but it went well for sure. The market was also very beautiful and we captured some good footage and now me, Daniel, and Max all have native garb to try and fit in while we´re here and make locals feel more at ease while being filmed and talking to us. Finally we are in San Pedro La Laguna which sadly has become very polluted and the lake has become unsafe for swimming. This is quite sad to me as it has always been one of the most beautiful and charming parts of the country. The lake smells like shit now. We´re interviewing some men in hazmat suits tomorrow to find out more as well as our second spiritual guide Pedro Cruz. Today we changed oil in the car (when I say we I mean Zafer who is now called Rafael)and detected a bad gasget on the rear axel of the car which we have to get replaced on Monday. We´re supposed to be back in Xela filming the museum that day which I´m very excited about so hopefully we can reschedule or rent a car.
I´m going to keep this short for now as the t button is broken and keeps sticking constanly writting tttttt´s which I am constantly fighting to erase.
At least this keeps everyone up to date.
Until next time hopefully full of car chases and adventure
John

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