Ants and more

We have had several rain storms lately. Apparently here in Guatemala there is an ant that is called a Zompopo de Mayo or Sompopo de Mayo. It comes out after several rain storms from in the ground. The male ant does not have wings and the female does have wings. We saw people out on the street gathering these Zompopo's up and putting them in bags. They were either gathering them to sell them or to eat them. The Zompopo is considered a delicacy. To view how to eat them go to You Tube under asi se comea los Sumpopos de Mayo Saludos.  Here are some pictures of these "cute" ants.

The male Zompopo de Mayo

Last Monday we went to the Central Market place where we did a lot of looking and little bit of shopping.  The story goes that this whole market was once on level ground but then there was an earth quake and now there are two of the three levels under ground. There are many shops of a large variety of things, with the bottom half full of vegetables and fruits, some of which we have never seen nor heard of before. When the shop keeper sees you coming he/she will say "come in - what are you looking for". Here are some pictures, including us just before we went inside.