An afternoon in Juayúa

Last Saturday we as a family went to the town of Juayúa for lunch and most of the afternoon. This town is up in the mountains, and is near the falls that I photographed a few months ago. Every Saturday they have a food festival. They close off several streets, set up a bunch of stands and have a good old jolly time. The food that they sell is really good. I got a plate with steak, pork, ribs, plus rice and beans, some vegetables, and tortillas. The food stands are set up around one side of the park, and then around the rest of the park there are vendors selling “touristy” stuff. It was a good relaxing afternoon. Loncho’s family came and joined us then toward the last.

Here is a painter that was working on the sidewalk.

This little guy cheesed real big at me — and then wanted to see the picture.

There was live entertainment. This guy was definitely the best dressed one.

And as for the food, it was prepared fresh. I didn’t wander around too much sampling from different stalls. They did a good job of convincing me at the first place that I went to that I wanted to eat their food.

While we were eating Andrea bought a scarf from this girl.

This old man was sitting close to us. He was fun to watch. He kept throwing bits of food to his dog. Once, an older lady walked past and started scolding him about something. The two of them were really going back and forth for awhile, and then another old man came along and the two guys sat and cackled at the old lady for awhile. I wish I could have understood what the story was…

This cute little girl was selling orchids. Mom wanted to buy some, but orchids don’t grow very good here where we live, so…

Andrea, and her scarf that she got from the Indian girl.

We were all sitting around trying to decide what to do and where to go. I think the general decision ended up being just staying there and sitting and resting. Sitting is good!

Arlynn. We were looking at a table of wire creations. The guy was/is an artist with wire. He has some amazing stuff!

We were walking back to the van to leave when I saw these guys serenading whoever was in the little shack.

Its 10:45pm, and that means that I should really be getting to bed. Good night.

- Aaron

~ by Aaron on June 4, 2009.