Young Northern Californian drops well paying job to bartend his way across Central America with bizarre and sometimes hazardous results.
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February 4, 2004 by Jake Montana Stamp
Anyways, had a new experience last night. The Latin American abhorrence to silence hasmany manifestations. One of the most, well, annoying is a good word,expressions of this fear of quiet is the extremely liberal use offireworks. Last night I was in Antigua, and was told that there wouldbe a religious procession going past the "Hotel A Nice Place to Stay".Thinking that it would be just some fellows carrying a statue with abrass band and some priests and middle aged ladies walking behind, out ...
January 24, 2004 by Jake Montana Stamp
There are proper and improper ways to climb Guatemalan volcanoes. I have climbed only one, and unfortunately I chose an improper method. Volcán Acatenango is located about an hour from Antigua, where I reside. That is, it is an hour if you know the proper way to get there. Alternately you can go in a gigantic arc and take two and a half hours to get there. I was first approached about joining the planned mission at approximately 6 pm and my response was essentially, “What, are you kidding? ...
January 9, 2004 by Jake Montana Stamp
I was sitting at the bar the other night (big surprise, I know) talkingwith my Cuban boss, Pedro. He was asking me in quite broken English ifI was religious. I answered, "well, not really. Actually not at all."His response was, "So you don't know The Mister?" Took me a few minutesto realize that "El Senor" Means mister and lord in Spanish. "No Iguess I don't know the Mister, sorry." "Dat's okay my friend, need somegasolina?" "Gasolina" is the codeword for rum. "Si," I replied,"necesito l...