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MURDERS IN THE SWAMPLAND, 3RD EDITION

Spend the day with me in Antigua, Guatemala

As we walk the cobblestone streets we find much to our liking from the colonial storefronts to the flowers and trees growing on the rooftops. We notice the Guatemalan people going about their every day chores from preparing foods, to selling their crafts, to common labor. I couldn't help but fall in love with the beautiful city and its friendly people.

"Buy something from me. I have quilts...."
"Patricia, Patricia.... You buy on your way back. I wait for you. Business is Business."

"Lady, buy something from me."
I say: "I'll be back. Maybe later."
"No lady, no."

"No later... Maybe now."

Yummy!

"I'm still here, Patricia. Patricia. You buy blanket?"

Time to go back to the ship. It was a wonderful day!
God bless the people of Guatemala
and God bless us all.

Bridged By Love, historical fiction

Take a bus ride from Puerto Quetzal to Antigua, Guatemala

Tour guide Ratael Rauirez

Did you know that Guatemala means Green Place

in Mayan?

I love you, too, big bird.

This isn't just a big bird, the Quetzal is Guatemala's

National bird

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This is an ordinary upper scale home along the roadside; further out into the country Mayans sleep on the dirt floor. Our tour guide says it is their custom... to be near Mother Earth. OK.

One of 333 volcanoes

Manicured farm land

Natives carry their goods on their heads

Farm land just outside Antigua

Various flowers and orchid trees grow alongside the roadway.

See ya back in Antigua, Guatemala
then back to the U.S.A.

Bridged by Love, historical fiction by Patricia Lieb