Final dentally themed entry

I'm now in Flores, Peten, the capital city of the northernmost 'wild-west' (but north) department of Guatemala. I happened upon a family here composed of an American man named Memo, originally from a Texas oil family but who came here to stay 3 years ago, by way of dot-coming in California, and his wife, Angelica, from the nearby town of San Benito. She has two kids from her previous marriage, Wilson (7) and Reina (10), and they have a daughter together, Paralee (11 months). They have a big place with lots of space, and Memo offered me a place to stay for free, and it's pretty sweet, t.v. and internet, if you can believe it. Such luxury is usually only to be had in zona 9 of GC.




Wilson and his friend Julian, who are twins with their missing front teeth.




Before I'd moved in, Memo loaned me a little bag so I wouldn't have to take my whole back-pack on our functional ATM search, nor carry my nude bank card in my hand since I lacked pockets. Later on back at my hotel I discovered I'd accidentally kept his bag, and also that he had failed to clean out the old dental bridge that he'd left in one of the pockets. I returned the whole thing to him today, and suggested that he'd probably want to get those teeth under his pillow asap for the tooth fairy.

As an aside, several family members are eating this kind of sweet potato that helps with de-worming. Memo just takes a veterinarian prescribed remedy every 6 months, but Angelica has to do a more mild treatment since she's still breast-feeding.