Just got back from Guatemala City after a few days of shopping amid torrential downpours.  Luis, who owns the marina here, has a place in the city, so we drove with him and hauled back all our stuff in his truck.  Cat litter.  Battery charger.  Chinese mushrooms!  Stores are either open air venues like this auto parts place, where you provide your own security- or like WalMart, the absolute peak of luxury shopping, which provides a gated parking lot and armed guards.  Restaurants were unexpectedly good; we stayed in the 10th, considered the civilized zone.