Guatemala´s Growing Rooster Population
Posted on June 13, 2007 - Filed Under Simple Life | Leave a Comment
I’m not sure what it is about Guatemala, but there are roosters everywhere. It doesn’t matter one little bit where you are, you will be woken up by a rooster crowing. Even in the middle of the city.
When I first arrived in Guatemala, I figured I had just happened to find myself a rather rustic house to stay in. There was a rooster in the courtyard next door (yes, this was in Antigua, there were no farms nearby) who had a slight problem with telling time. He would crow at 2 am, 3 am, 4 am, whenever he pleased, really.
As I write this, it is still shy of five in the morning and there is a rooster out behind our house, summoning the sun with all his might. Did I mention that the sun doesn’t come out here until almost six am? Not to mention, I’ve been awake since 3 and that same rooster has been calling out every five minutes since that hour! It´s a proven fact. Guatemalan roosters have 0 sense of time.
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