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Yesterday I took the boat to Panajachel, the largest village on the lake. It was Sunday market, the biggest market of the week. The boat trip was about 40 minutes and took me in a different direction than the trip to San Pedro. The beautiful homes along the lake were stupendous to see. When I got to Panajachel, I took my first TukTuk, a little 3-wheel vehicle that manouevers through the narrow streets so perfectly.

The driver took me to the market where I bought avocadoes, a huge pineapple, tiny bananas and mandarins, eggplant, radishes, cilantro, sweet potatoes, red peppers and a beautiful white head of cauliflower. I still had lots of vegetables left from my initial purchase in Guatemala City on Tuesday evening so this was a small vegetable shopping for a vegetarian. I also bought the beautiful flowers that now sit on my dining room table. Total cost for everything was less than $4.00.

I then took a TukTuk to Cafe Bombay, a vegetarian restaurant in town. I have fabulous lentil soup, spinach lasagna, a chocolate brownie and a bottle of water. With a generous tip, it was under $11. My next stop was the gringo´s supermarket. Full of exported goods, I was able to buy my favorite cracker, Ry-Crisp, blue cheese, natural yogurt, organic eggs, rice crackers, disinfectant for my vegetables, organic chocolate and herbal teas. I bought everything I wanted in the store. My bill was $24. The boat rides and all of the TukTuk rides cost me about $8.

It is a wonderful feeling to know that in Guatemala there probably isn´t much I can´t afford to do. I´m already arranging massages, pedicures, facials and other delights that are so reasonable, it would be foolish to not take advantage of them.

I´m writing this while Maria cleans the apartment. The cleaning bill per month is $48 and Maria comes twice per week to clean and change my bed. Does it get any better than that? I don´t know.

When it is so normal to think, “I can´t afford that”, or “that´s too expensive”, it is good for the prosperity consciousness to be in a country where “I can afford anything” is the prevailing thought.

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