Antigua

Antigua Guatemala is beautiful. It is a medium sized colonial town in the mountains of Guatemala. It has cobbled streets and adobe architecture that is painted wild Guatemalan colors. From town we can see a smoking volcano. Literally, we see a skinny plume of smoke shooting up from the mountain.

Very little English is spoken and Steve has been doing a great job with the spanish. I wonder whos idea it was for me to take French in highschool.

Crazy parrots everywhere.

Onto Guatemala

Hola! We are now in Copan, Honduras which is about 10 miles from the Guatemalan border. Very beautiful with coffee plantations everywhere. We have been drinking about five cups of coffee a day which is making me a little antsy here at the slooooow internet cafe.

Today we are moving onto Antigua, Guatemala. The sun is shining here and it sounds like it is shining in Antigua so we are happy.

We are on our way to catch our bus......More later.

Diving

Every morning at 8:00am we head to a new dive site to see the underworld. Each dive is so different. Today we saw a moray eel that gave me the CREEPS! The water is about 78 degrees with about 20-30 feet of visibility. It is really spectacular. Last night I went on my first night dive. WOW! The whole place comes alive with bright fish, octopus and phosphorescents.

We had intended on staying here until Dec 23 but now we have extended our time on Utila until.....well...I just hope I make it home to finish school.

The snack of the day was a Baleada. Yummy torillas with beans, cheese and pickled onions for .30 cents.

The weather is pretty much RAIN! It is supposed to be the end of the rainy season but it is coming down in buckets on a regular basis. I am sure tomorrow the sun will come out:)

Utila Honduras

This is the BEST idea yet! We are in Utila, Honduras. It is a small island off the north coast of Honduras. It took about three days to get here due to canceled flights, long bus journeys and canceled ferries but it is well worth it! We are staying at a wonderful place called The Mango Inn and today we went for our first two dives. We will be diving 12 times while we are here. The highlight of my day was the Drum Fish, they are crazy looking fish deep in the blue water.

My first impressions of Honduras are all positive. The people are super friendly and the island is quiet and beautiful and everything is CHEAP!!! The last time I saw Steve he was getting ready for a siesta- I better go and join him.

We are outta here

We are leaving for Honduras tomorrow. Here is a map to get you started on our travels. First stop is San Pedro Sula and then onto La Ceiba.

We are really excited about being on vacation and getting away from the cold for a break.

Merry Christmas to all of you.