I didn’t sleep all that well last night. Woke up about 2:30 and had a hard time going back to sleep. Just kept thinking about what would happen if the power went out in this place. Although we still have power, there is no traffic yet. All the roads are still blocked. 

First thing I did after getting cleaned up and getting dressed was come over and check out the ATM to get more money out. And it indeed was out of money. The lady in the store said that the roads are blocked and the people bringing in the trucks with money can’t get through. So my guess the same situation is going on with all the little Towns around this lake. There’s only one ATM here. I can get money for a 20% surcharge. Which means when I get about $130 out I have to pay about seven bucks. It’s not that bad I guess. Especially when you’re in the only game in town!

We just have to deal with the situation as it comes around. 

Only see one little boat on the lake. They told me at the boat docks yesterday that only private boats were moving. They said there’s no gasoline in Panajachel. That’s the main town around here. I’m curious as to whether they got there electricity turn back on. One of the reasons I had a hard time going back to sleep last night is I kept thinking about what the electricity actually runs on here. I don’t know whether it’s through diesel generators or what. Hopefully it just keeps cruising along like this. So far there’s plenty of food in town. 

I’m now eating my huevos rancheros with a coffee. I’m sure that’s gonna make me feel better.

I don’t have really any plans for today besides, maybe going back to Tzununa which is just a nice walk away. I’vepretty much seen everything I wanted to see. So that’s good. 

I’ve been trying to contact my hostel in Antigua. Checking on the situation for reimbursement of the reservations I have in case I can’t get through tomorrow, which is looking more and more likely all the time. The protest actually started last Monday so hopefully this coming Monday though let everything back open. I don’t think there’s been much progress as far as with a government and the elected president they’re not letting into Office.

I’ve just spent the last hour plus being in contact with delta.com as well as global alliance company. The customer service people at Delta were actually quite helpful. They told me that not many cancellations have occurred. That really surprised me because I figured there be a lot of people that could not get back to Guatemala City if they were in some other part of Guatemala. But they said there weren’t many cancellations. Maybe because most of the people who take that flight are actually from Guatemala and live in the capital. Not sure about that. They said that I could just contact Delta’s customer service and they could help me rebook the flight. They just said to make sure I cancel my flight before the flight occurs. I’ll probably do it the night before.

I’ve been in touch with the insurance people to see if I get reimbursed or whether they cover it on the front end for the Delta ticket. Not exactly sure about that but that’s why I buy insurance.

This has been a very different day than most of what I’ve had here Guatemala. I’m not too worried about it. Because really, what is there I could do? I just keep working on logistics and counting on everything to work out. One step at a time that’s all we can do.

I guess my next piece of business is to go back to that store and get some more cash out. If the electricity does go dead in this place, I’ll be cut off with no Wi-Fi. Maybe I can still get a cell signal but I’m not sure about that either. 

Just to continue to pray, that the Father will work all things out as he always does. That’s the real reason I’m not really uptight about this.

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I just had a long talk with Juanita who is the main owner of the place up and eat breakfast last few days. She was telling me about the situation here as far as the restaurant goes. How much more money the vegetables cost. But she said the main problems she was having now is that by Monday they won’t have any gas to cook with. 

She said her husband is right now in San Pedro trying to get a bottle of gas but it’s gonna be about double the price to cook stuff. I just paid the regular price but I gave her another few bucks to try to help out a little bit. It’s kind of unfair to me to pay regular price if they’re having to pay double for their vegetables and gas. 

I was walking from San Marcos to San Juan and I saw this kid that was about Penelope size. He was a little boy absolutely packed down with a giant pile of grass. It looked like 100 pounds of that stuff. I thought he was a midget and when I realized it was just a kid I couldn’t believe it.

It took me about an hour and a half to walk from San Marcos to San Juan. It’s supposed to be about a 4 mile trip.

 I found an ATM and that was really good news.  I stayed in San Juan and got something to eat and enjoyed the beautiful view. 

Wi-Fi here was pretty good so I was able to get the grand girls on FaceTime. That was fun. Penelope was a little sad. Her game wasn’t working right. 

Also had a chance to talk with Anthony. Always good. Tried to call Jessi and Kathy, but never could get through them.

I’m thinking I’ll probably just take the boat back to San Marcos. Don’t really feel like walking back.  Looks like the rain is moving in. I might wait till it blows by.  

I walked all the way down to the boats and there were three captains sitting there and they all said the same thing. “No boats are running unless you hire the entire boat.”

 I wasn’t willing to do that. That’s crazy talk. So I decided to take a tuk tuk  which is the little three wheel motorcycle thing that has a cabin around it. Cost me about five dollars to take two separate tuk tuks  from San Juan back to San Marcos. 

I didn’t want to walk plus it looked like it was gonna rain. And just as I was getting into San Marcos it absolutely poured down rain. I jumped out of the tik tuk and went inside a store.  I waited until it kind of calmed down a bit, put on my poncho and headed up the hill to the Hotel Berena . 

Now that I’ve got some money I feel a little bit better about this whole situation. I can be more patient. The hostel in Antigua said that if they could sell the room  I could get my money back on those days but who knows about that. 

I don’t blame them. It’s the off-season and they don’t have hardly any guests. They have to support their families too.