So I have found that changing money in Guate can be quite annoying because it typically leads to a fun hour long event. One particular little journey I had was at a local bank in which it took almost 2 hours to change my American express travelers checks. While in the bank, I began to hear all of these loud cracking and explosion noises that were coming from outside. I looked at the teller who then looked back at me with an unconcerned facial expression and kept going on about her buisness which by the way was taking so long. Everyone looked like they didnt know what the hell they were doing....that was a bit worrisome. The explosions continued outside, and having been spending the past few weeks learning about the horrors of guatemalan history....i was a tad concerned to say the least.
So there I was taking out a decently large amount of cash and there were explosions outside, all i could think was no way, how in the world the first time i go to change money could this bank be robbed or there be a small uprising or something crazy like that. But considering the guards which were holding automatic rifles did not seem to concerned I just went about my business.
When I arrived home I asked my abuela about what those explosions could possibly be and she told me that it was the day of the nino or of baby jesus. I thuslearned that guatemalans love explosions and blowing things up with large and small poppers which kinda sound like bombs ahah. It was a funny experience to say the least.
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