![]() They were tall volcanoes and looked capable of spewing lava. I was on the third floor, which was also the top floor. ![]() I could see the volcanoes from the window of mym hotel room. Its ugliness, which is a threatened look (the low, morose houses have earthquake cracks in their facades the buildings wince at you with fright lines), is ugliest on those streets where, just past the last toppling house, a blue volcano’s cone bulges. Guatemala City, an extremely horizontal place, is like a city on its back. As always, I just love his writing, cranky as it is.įrom The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas by Paul Theroux. But I’ll post a bit from his chapter on Guatemala. Theroux interviewing Borges – but basically the two of them just sit around and talk about literature for 2 days – I LOVE that chapter. Fascinating stuff – While he is in Argentina, he calls on writer Jorge Luis Borges – and they spend a couple of days together. ![]() ![]() It’s about his journey through Central America and down into South America. In this book, Paul Theroux travels from Boston to Patagonia – by train. The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas by Paul Theroux. ![]()
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