Sitting on our balcony the other day we were surprised by a tremor that shook the entire building. Exposed rebarb (common here and usually indicative of the hope to one day add a second level) vibrated at the same pace as the concrete and wooden walls. We had been watching a storm blow in and immediately tried to explain the 30 second tremor with wind... or is that volcano over there really unactive? We finally assumed it must have been an earthquake, which was indeed verified by an article in the paper the following day: 5.4 on the rictor scale! The entire country shook. We were far enough away from the source that it only reached us as mild vibrations. No one in the town flinched. Accustomed to this sort of plate tectonics everyone continued work as if nothing had happened.
The pic is taken looking down on San Pedro, the town where we have been based at Lago Atitlan. An intricate maze of layers and back alleyways, it has been a lovely stay. Spanish is a second language for most people in this town and Mayan is the most commonly heard language in the streets and market.
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