My friends and I finally made it to the grand Independence Day fair and rode, "the ferris wheel of death". Here is a great excerpt from a local magazine Xela Who:
Dust off your cowboy boots people-it's Fair time again in Quetzaltenango. If you want to get technical about it, we're talking about La Feria Internacional de Independencia. First held back in 1884 in the Canton San Nicolas, the fair has had various homes over the years...and the general tone has changed too. Way back when, there were traditional games like chasing greased pigs (los coches encebados), balancing on ropes (la tamba del Diablo) and climbing greased poles (el palo encebado), along with parades through the city, social dances, horse races and beauty pageants.
You can expect the same sort of shooting gallery, sideshow games that are found all over the world, alongside food stalls (traditional and junk), rides, random concerts and the scariest Ferris Wheel you're ever likely to ride.
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