I realize we are missing many posts between February and now, but I’m just going to forward to the present because realistically, it may be a while before we fill in the gaps. So, here we are, back in the great USA. I will recap just briefly to explain our brisk return home. […]

Merry Christmas Everyone!  We hope you are all doing well and enjoying the holiday season with your family and loved ones.  We just wanted to wish you happy holidays, and we hope you have lots of happiness, heath, and peace in the New Year.  We made a Christmas Smilebox slideshow with captions.  It covers our […]

Honduras was nice but not really that much different from El Salvador in terms of scenery. The mountains might be a little taller but the vegetation is similar. The people in Honduras seemed friendly enough, but not as friendly as we experienced in Guatemala or El Salvador. The people smile a little […]

We inadvertently stayed a few nights extra with George, Sophia, and their 4 children in the small community of La Perla, El Salvador.  I broke the VW while trying to get up the incline and into the driveway of their small 2 room hotel.   The oil filter hit a rock and sheered off.   The 4 […]

We have done a lot and gone very far in the last 10 days. After completing my diving certification, Chad’s sister, Michelle flew down from Seattle to join us in our travels for one week. We spend a couple more days on Caye Caulker, Belize with Michelle after which we set out towards […]

One thing that caught our attention today was the dog situation. The dogs at our campsite have a pretty bad flea and even worse tick infestation. Ana picked off about 10 ticks from one of the dogs and we looked in its ears and no-kidding saw about 20 ticks in each ear. […]

Bonampak is kind of a hassle to get to because there is a monopoly on the transportation to the ruins. You cannot drive yourself and the transport there costs a ridiculous 70p ($7) per person for a 9km drive. We were able to talk the driver down to 50p per person but that […]