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affected the original Mayan peoples. It is
the Mayan Indian, however, who is at the
bottom of the barrel as far as social
position or positions in the bigger economy
of the country. The whites take advantage
of the Spanish, the Spanish take advantage
of the degenerate Mayans, and the degenerate
Mayans take advantage of the primitive Mayan
people. Of the several groups listed, I
find a better man in the primitive Indians.
These people are like the Mayas and they
find it hard to cross a street or when half
way across, are so confused that they know
not which way to turn. I have never seen
such small people as these Mayans. More
about these people later.

The churches are all beautiful,
especially inside. The American Embassy
is in a moder building and is a community
in itself. After hours the windows are
covered with a metal-like venetian blind,

I suppose for protection in an eventuality.

The first hotel I went to was the
Colonial, a Spanish hotel, which, in their
eyes is O.K., but to me was a dangerous
place to live and especially to eat, so the
next day I went over to the Pan-American
where the conditions, while expensive, are
safe and comfortable. These Spanish hotels
are like living in dungeons. They are cold,
musty, and smelly and the food is just not
American. The water taps are always
labelled “agua catiente" which means hot
water, but I have never been able to get a
temperature greater than luke cold. From
the standpoint of health, these old Spanish
places may be better than the dry heated

hotel in America, in being always cool and