Probably the best thing about this amusement park was that there were no lines! Its amazing how many rides you can get through in such little time when you don’t have to wait an hour for each one (although I do have to say you kind of lose the anticipation factor when you walk straight up to every ride).
We got to the park around 10:30, changed and put all our stuff in lockers (the bathrooms were incredibly clean and smelled decent!). We started our Xocomil adventure around 11 and had done all the rides by 12:45 (granted there were only 8 rides, but still).
The first ride with did was called Nido deSerpientes, or in English, Snake Nest. It consisted of a bunch of tubes that spiraled together and spit you out in a little pool at the bottom. Two of the tubes, one opened and one closed, were larger and used for partners. The other two, one open and one closed, were for single riders. We did the partner tube one first. I went with Harim, and in the middle of the ride, inside the tube, we fell out of our inflatable tube. We went through the rest of the ride in awkward positions trying not to die. It was scary… in a not good way. We were fine, but it was definitely a shocker.
Another fun/scary ride we did was called El Regresón, or in English, The Regression. This ride involved first going through a black tunnel where you couldn’t see a thing. Then it shot you out onto this large ramp. You flew up the ramp until you felt like you were going to flip (and after my first ride, I was legitimately scared that I would flip), and then slid back down. You’d think the ride was over then, but instead there was another bump that sent you flying through the air, and you landed on another slide that brought you into a pool at the end.
This ride, called El Samalá (no clue what that means) was a scary one too. There were pads with handles on them, and you lied on top of them, belly down. The idea was to race people, so when the buzzer buzzed, you pushed off a wall at the back and flew down the slides. I definitely had some air time in this one (and didn’t win my race).
This ride is called El Caracol, which literally means snail, but can also be used as an expression for “wow!” We preferred to call it the toilet bowl ride. You first went through another black tube, where you couldn’t see a thing, except this one started with a crazy drop. Then, you went into this large “bowl” where you spun around and around until you went into the center and finished the ride going through another black tube. The scariest part about this ride was this it was easy to get stuck at the bottom, like in the picture. Then, you had to struggle to get through the hole, hopefully face first, while another two people were spiraling around you. I’m not sure how safe this ride actually was. But, after struggling, we finally made it through the tube and out safely.
The last “ride” we did was the lazy river that went through the entire park. This was pretty cool because there were decorations along the whole way. Although, after this, I was pretty freezing cold.
At 1:00, we met to have lunch. The food court was much like any food court at an amusement park in the states… greasy, overpriced fast food with zero nutritional value. Except overpriced is 30Q for a burger (the equivalent of about 4 dollars). And, I found cheese pupusas, which I thought that were a fun twist. A pupusa is a pocket of cornmeal stuffed with anything from beans to cheese to chicharron to a mixture of whatever. They are pan fried and then served with a cabbage salad over them. These weren’t all that great (the ones Ali and I made ate home were far more tasty), but it was cool to be able to get them. Pupusas are from El Salvador, so I am excited to eat some real pupusas when we go there (in 17 days!).
After lunch, we headed back to the locker rooms, changed, andwere out of the park and on a Chicken bus back to Xela by 3.
Although the day was fun and I was totally shocked to see such a nice amusement park in Guatemala, I realized I’m not a huge fan of water parks. I like the thrill of the rides, but I don’t like walking around a park wet and cold from ride to ride. I think I prefer plain old rollercoasters. There is another park, connected to Xocomil, called _____ that is based off of different famous locations in the world. Maybe in a free weekend, we will head over there and check it out.
These are some priceless signs that were posted all over the park:
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