So I have spent several hours the last two days in a Honduran hospital. The Harmons, the two volunteers joining us for five weeks have had an unusual introduction to Honduras. I met them at their hotel in San Pedro Sula on Saturday morning only to find out that Ms. Harmon had taken a nasty spill in Ft. Lauderdale airport prior to boarding her plane to Honduras. We got her situated in her apartment and left them to rest on Saturday. On Sunday, I stopped by their place on my way to the weekly market and asked how she was. They were making a make shift sling for her right arm. I asked if they wanted to go to the doctor. They finally agreed to go and am I glad they did. She had surgery to install three screws in her right arm (a really bad fracture) and her left ankle is severely sprained and she's in a cast up to her knee. She's doing well and resting in the hospital right now.
Mr. Harmon and I went to visit her this afternoon. On our way back from San Pedro the cab driver had me laughing as he analyzed my life and had me cringing as he talked about his. He asked if I was married and had kids (the number 3 and 4 questions all Hondurans will ask you). I said no to both. He said miss at your age you better have kids soon or your insides will all dry up and you will never be able to have kids. Interesting I said. He proceeded to tell me that he had 6 kids. I ask about the kids girls aged 10 and 8, two 5 year olds, a 3 year old and a one year old. I asked if the 5 year olds were twins. No he has two separate families - the 10, 8, 5 and 3 year olds with one lady and the 5 and one year old with another. The mother of four is just 22, yes he proudly told me he stole her from her family when she was 12 and they quickly started a family. Those tales are hard for me to hear. He told me this while texting and driving at night. Awesome.
Anyway, I'm back safe and sound in Cofradia and looking forward to hospital free days.
Fun With The Parents December 2010
Fun With The Parents December 2010
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Rain Rain Go Away!
Today goes down in the history books. It started out like any other Friday. Got to school, helped out in kinder/prepa and then went with a teacher to an ear doctor in San Pedro Sula. All the time it was raining. On the way back from San Pedro Sula, I got dropped off at Casa Quemada to attend Carlitos' 3rd birthday party (he is the son on Miguel, one of the most dedicated and loving fathers at SJBS). I met Miguel, Maria and the other Miss Andrea and we began the walk to Miguels. The road is pure mud and it appears to have a little river running through it. No worries, we made it to the little hill we needed to climb to get to Miguels. We started to climb and before I knew it I was flat on my (excuse my language) ass. When I stood up my pants were covered from the butt to the knee in mud. I laughed it off and kept climbing. When I reached Miguel's house I tried unsuccessfully to wipe away the mud to no avail. The only solution was for me to borrow a pair of the neighbors jeans (think skinny jeans that barely buttoned). At least I got them fastened and proceeded to spend a wonderful afternoon playing with Carlitos, talking to Miguel and Sandra and sharing in the wonderful smile Maria had on her face all afternoon. And I still had room for two pieces of birthday cake. I think I'm the only person to go to a home visit in one pair of pants and return in another :) On the way back down to catch the bus everyone was curious if I would fall again. I did not but when I got on the bus it took off before I was completely seated and I luckily fell into the only empty seat. Now I'm back in my apartment and staying put until tomorrow morning when I go to get our newest set of volunteers at 10 a.m.
Stay dry!
Stay dry!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
January 2011
So as I may have mentioned at the end of my last blog post 2011quickly took a turn for the worse after I arrived back in Cofradia. It was great to see all of the students again the first day of school. There were hugs (always a lot of hugs!), laughs and overall excitement to be back. The first week sped by, then on Friday right after school I got a phone call that quickly changed the excitement to pure sadness. Our Honduran kinder/prepa teacher had passed away from a very long battle with lupus. I gathered to tell the team and we waited to hear about the funeral arrangements. We all got up early on Saturday and took a school bus into San Pedro Sula to attend her funeral. BECA's founder caught a flight from the US and joined us that afternoon to spend time with the family and share in the deep loss. Back at school the following Tuesday morning we received word that another close family member of the SJBS community passed away. Two funerals in less than a week. Three SJBS students left without one parent. The teachers and SJBS community came together during this time and we all realize that we have a very long road ahead of us working with the students during this loss.
January has also been a time of many visits. As I mentioned, the BECA founder was able to spend three days with us. It was great to see firsthand the impact she has had on this community and the impact the community has had on her. As soon as she left, the family of a teacher came for part of a week (the father was even nice enough to do an afternoon long workshop with us and the Honduran staff). The family really wanted to see their son/brother as the sister almost got detained (her passport expires in February and she found out the hard way that you cannot travel internationally if your passport will expire within 3 months - everyone check you passport before purchasing international tickets!) She had to go to Teguc and the US embassy helped her out and all ended well and she got a new passport out of the deal. Finally, Miss Maureen a teacher from last year spent a few days in Cofradia. She helped out a lot at the school donated an awesome puppet to the school.
Late last week, we had a general assembly meeting for the school. I wasn't sure how this meeting would turn out but would say I was pleasantly surprised once it got started. We needed at least 26 of the 50 members to be present to start the meeting. Eighteen people were there; so according to the bylaws of the organization, we can start if we wait an hour. So at 5 p.m. instead of 4 p.m. we started the meeting. All points presented were passed and it was great to see people (although not many) excited about the possibilities of the school and getting energized about the upcoming year. To end it all, the owner of El Galopa (a great restaurant a bit outside of Cofradia) invited all those present to eat dinner. About 20 of us went and had a great carne asada, beans and chimmichurri dinner :) This was well warranted as we spent the entire day (8-4) without electricity. I was tired - I walked for 1.5 hours and then was asked to join a group going to a park. I can't say no but didn't realize that that meant that I would have to play soccer. I must of looked really funny as I know nothing about soccer and even worse I had to run. But all in all it was a great day! And I finally got to wish my mom a happy birthday at 9 p.m. Love ya mom!
On Sunday, we left for Zamorano (the best agricultural university in Latin America). We were to be observing classes at a bilingual school on the campus and to meet with the teachers there to discuss questions, concerns, ideas that we have after spending 6 months at SJBS. I felt transported to another world. The campus was beautiful - in a valley, so many trees and plants and quite. All students were very curtious, no trash was thrown on the ground and the food was out of this world. We had two days of soaking up knowledge, gathering resources and sharing ideas. We got back to Cofradia last night after 8 hours of travel. It is good to be home.
Today I was a bit frazzled at school. Its weird how quickly you get thrown back into things. We have a married couple coming to volunteer for 5 weeks. They arrive on Saturday (I'd made all arrangements for Sunday), I'm coordinating all BECA families to come at least once a month to the school to help with projects (we've got the kinder/prepa cleaning area under control, we've cleaned the Bodega (storage area), the computers have been dusted, rugs in kinder/prepa cleaned, etc.), I helped in two classes and took the second grade to the library today. We then had a meeting after school with parents to talk about the scholarship program for students graduating from 9th grade. We still need to find two new Honduran teachers by the start of next week (two interviews scheduled for Friday), we still don't have a full time 2nd grade teacher, etc. You get the point....so I apologize for not updating with more frequency. I appreciate all that read my updates (my parents tell me who you are - cousin Betty!)
The next few weeks should be fun. My boss will be here from Feb. 8-25 and two of my good Madison friends will be here the 18-21 of February. Many other teachers will have visitors as well. I'll continue to keep you posted of all SJBS is doing.
January has also been a time of many visits. As I mentioned, the BECA founder was able to spend three days with us. It was great to see firsthand the impact she has had on this community and the impact the community has had on her. As soon as she left, the family of a teacher came for part of a week (the father was even nice enough to do an afternoon long workshop with us and the Honduran staff). The family really wanted to see their son/brother as the sister almost got detained (her passport expires in February and she found out the hard way that you cannot travel internationally if your passport will expire within 3 months - everyone check you passport before purchasing international tickets!) She had to go to Teguc and the US embassy helped her out and all ended well and she got a new passport out of the deal. Finally, Miss Maureen a teacher from last year spent a few days in Cofradia. She helped out a lot at the school donated an awesome puppet to the school.
Late last week, we had a general assembly meeting for the school. I wasn't sure how this meeting would turn out but would say I was pleasantly surprised once it got started. We needed at least 26 of the 50 members to be present to start the meeting. Eighteen people were there; so according to the bylaws of the organization, we can start if we wait an hour. So at 5 p.m. instead of 4 p.m. we started the meeting. All points presented were passed and it was great to see people (although not many) excited about the possibilities of the school and getting energized about the upcoming year. To end it all, the owner of El Galopa (a great restaurant a bit outside of Cofradia) invited all those present to eat dinner. About 20 of us went and had a great carne asada, beans and chimmichurri dinner :) This was well warranted as we spent the entire day (8-4) without electricity. I was tired - I walked for 1.5 hours and then was asked to join a group going to a park. I can't say no but didn't realize that that meant that I would have to play soccer. I must of looked really funny as I know nothing about soccer and even worse I had to run. But all in all it was a great day! And I finally got to wish my mom a happy birthday at 9 p.m. Love ya mom!
On Sunday, we left for Zamorano (the best agricultural university in Latin America). We were to be observing classes at a bilingual school on the campus and to meet with the teachers there to discuss questions, concerns, ideas that we have after spending 6 months at SJBS. I felt transported to another world. The campus was beautiful - in a valley, so many trees and plants and quite. All students were very curtious, no trash was thrown on the ground and the food was out of this world. We had two days of soaking up knowledge, gathering resources and sharing ideas. We got back to Cofradia last night after 8 hours of travel. It is good to be home.
Today I was a bit frazzled at school. Its weird how quickly you get thrown back into things. We have a married couple coming to volunteer for 5 weeks. They arrive on Saturday (I'd made all arrangements for Sunday), I'm coordinating all BECA families to come at least once a month to the school to help with projects (we've got the kinder/prepa cleaning area under control, we've cleaned the Bodega (storage area), the computers have been dusted, rugs in kinder/prepa cleaned, etc.), I helped in two classes and took the second grade to the library today. We then had a meeting after school with parents to talk about the scholarship program for students graduating from 9th grade. We still need to find two new Honduran teachers by the start of next week (two interviews scheduled for Friday), we still don't have a full time 2nd grade teacher, etc. You get the point....so I apologize for not updating with more frequency. I appreciate all that read my updates (my parents tell me who you are - cousin Betty!)
The next few weeks should be fun. My boss will be here from Feb. 8-25 and two of my good Madison friends will be here the 18-21 of February. Many other teachers will have visitors as well. I'll continue to keep you posted of all SJBS is doing.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Best Vacation Ever
How to summarize two great weeks of vacation? It will be very hard to do but I will give it my best effort. I set out on December 18 on a two day journey to meet my parents who were flying into Belize City on December 20. I woke up and took the first bus out of Cofradia (5 a.m.) and caught the 6 a.m. bus to Puerto Cortes. I then took a taxi to the Honduran/Guatemalan border. After getting a few Quetzales I bordered a busito for Puerto Barrios. Guatemalan immigration was so easy, I gave my passport to the bus assistant and he took it to immigration for me. I got the needed entrance stamp into Guatemala without ever leaving the vehicle I was in. On the bus, I luckily met a man who was also headed to Belize. We arrived in Puerto Barrios as the boat we needed to catch was departing. We rallied the troops and got enough people together to charter another boat. I arrived in Punta Gorda, Belize at 1:30 p.m. Day one of travel over. So I settled into a great hotel with cable TV and hot water then ventured next door for a hummus wrap (unheard of in Honduras). This was followed by a two hour nap in a hammock :) I ended the day with a banana licuado and fish pastelitos.
Day two I took the 8 a.m. bus (think old, discarded school bus) to Belize City. Six and a half hours later I arrived. I learned quickly that Belize City shuts down on Sundays. Luckily the hotel across the street still was serving dinner so I walked across the street to the Coningsby Inn (a place we would frequent often during our stay). There were two dinner options – pork chops or oxtail. I chose the pork chops and was soon joined out on the balcony by a cab driver named Dennis Wright (motto – you can’t go wrong with Mr. Wright). He proceeded to tell me that he had an airport drop off at the same time that my parents were getting in so he’d take me to the airport for free (normally a $25 US charge). So we made arrangements to meet before noon the next day. I went to bed at like 8 p.m. as I was so tired.
I walked around Belize City a bit to orient myself before my parents got in. I met Mr. Wright at 11:45 (I was told it takes awhile to get through immigration and customs in Belize- I soon found out this is NOT true. We get to the airport and I quickly spot my mom and dad sitting outside the airport with all of their luggage waiting. Guess they’d been waiting about 20 minutes. They soon spotted me too and jumped in the full sized van taxi. Soon we were parked outside Mr. Wright’s house – he also owns a parking business and had to move a few cars – at this point I think my parents were thinking that maybe Belize wasn’t the best idea. We then got dropped off at our hotel (with a rooftop and balcony view of the ocean). We then explored the city a bit and found a place to eat lunch (Bird Isle Restaurant is amazing!)
In the morning we caught a shuttle to Flores, Guatemala (hands down my dad’s favorite place). We had a fantastic hotel right on the shores of the lake and spent hours people watching and boat watching.
The following morning we took a boat ride to another island on the lake that had a zoo (after eating at Dona Goya’s – best breakfast of the trip). We spent a couple of hours exploring and returned to our hotel to get ready to leave for Tikal. We arrived in Tikal at about 4:30 p.m. and were able to get a ticket that was valid for that afternoon and the following day. We set out to do some initial exploring and then had dinner at the park restaurant. We then took our only cold showers of the entire vacation.
We woke early to meet our tour guide at 6 a.m. Fortunately, we were given a private tour by a guide in training (he only spoke Spanish so I did the translating). He took us on a 4.5 hour tour of Tikal (I love Tikal – there are enormous ruins surrounded by jungle. The howler monkeys roar like lions. It just has a mystical feel about it and it’s hard to imagine people building these structures thousands of years ago without machines). We saw spider monkeys and dad and I climbed several temples (he did not make it up Temple V though – that’s a scary climb). Our guide was patient, funny and very knowledgeable. After he left dad and I did some more exploring then we caught the 2:00 bus back to Flores, where mom and I hit the souvenir shops and we had a great dinner.
We departed for Santa Elena, Belize at 7:30 the next morning. We got dropped off at the border and caught a quick cab to our hotel. I think we were all a bit surprised to find that our hotel was not close to anything but houses. This ended up working out quite well. We ventured into town to see if we could arrange some things to do for Christmas Day and Boxing Day (day after Christmas). We had a great lunch and spent the rest of the day reading by the pool. On Christmas morning we visited Cahal Pech, some Mayan ruins on a hill right outside of San Ignacio, Belize (just across the river from Santa Elena where we were staying). Then more time by the pool and then our hotel had a very extravagant Christmas dinner where we ate everything my mom would have made in the U.S. minus the fact that she had to cook it (plus rice and beans – both dad and I were happy about that addition).
On Boxing Day we went to Xunantunich, a few miles outside Santa Elena and close to the Guatemalan border. The interesting part about these Mayan ruins is that you had to access them by a hand cranked ferry. See picture below.
On the 27th, we hung out by the pool until it was time to return to Belize City and meet Joel at the airport. After we met him, we just spent the day exploring Belize City and finding a place to eat on the Monday after Boxing Day (the day the government was celebrating Boxing Day).
On the 28th, we headed to Caye Caulker, an island off the coast of Belize City.
A lovely, laid back island. We walked around and went to restaurant that sounded amazing – but menus can be deceiving. The food not so good but the view great. We finished off the afternoon with some great ice cream (caye (key) lime, piña colada and coconut). On our way there we passed Chapel Caye – a privately owned island that has an exclusive golf course. Needless to say, my dad was anxious to get out of the boat.
The next day we ventured to the Belize Zoo. Oddly enough, it is located about 40 miles outside Belize City. The zoo was very cool because it only contained animals indigenous to Belize. My family loves zoos so it was a great day trip. We stopped for ice cream on the way back (awesome sour sop) due to Joel’s inability to communicate with our cab driver – just kidding – Joel speaks English very well but obviously our cab driver did not.
On the 30th, we just meandered around town and waited until lunch time to eat so that my dad could get his stew beans (with an added pig tail) before he returned to the states. We ate slowly, then my parents departed and Joel and I caught a boat to Ambergris Caye (thanks Madonna for the song Isla Bonita – I fell in love with San Pedro). San Pedro is where we spent the New Years.
We arrived at dinner time on the 30th. We found an awesome Pupuseria (anyone who went with me to Zacatecana in Madison will know all about pupusas---well I have to say that cheese and bean pupusas are good but lobster, crab and shrimp pupusas are out of this world. Followed by ceviche that has conch, shrimp, lobster, fish, etc. Too die for. Good enough to go back twice.
On New Year’s Eve we went snorkeling at Hol Chan Marine Reserve and Shark Ray Alley. Getting off the boat we saw sea turtles (we were swimming right next to them as they were coming up for air). We also saw 10 foot sting rays, sharks, and several beautiful fish and great coral reef. A great afternoon out on the water. This was followed by a great dinner of shrimp tacos and tons of dancing. I may even now be an international super star when it comes to dancing as Joel and I got a great compliment on New Year’s Day from an American couple who saw us on the dance for New Year’s Eve. If nothing else, 2010 went out with a bang! And buying street food twice – who doesn’t love bacon wrapped hot dogs after two carne asada tacos with rice and beans. I know glutinous but who could resist?
New Year’s Day was filled with Greek food and finishing books on the beach. The day ended with a long walk on the beach and looking at the stars from our hotel rooftop (who knew until then that it existed?).
I left the following morning at 8:45 to catch the boat to the mainland and then the 6.5 hour bus ride to Punta Gorda. Arriving in PG (as the locals call Punta Gorda) I showed a man to the hotel where I planned to stay and he wanted to as well (and then took the much cheaper room). I ate my last seafood meal – shrimp quesadillas (amidst a large population of Amish? or Mennonites?) But they also joined me the next morning for breakfast. I left on the 9 a.m. boat for Puerto Barrios where I got off the boat and found a busito going directly to San Pedro Sula – luck and a few bucks extra but I ensured that I would reach home at a decent hour. I was happy and sad to be headed back to Cofradia. The great part is that I had a wonderful time with my family (parents and cousin Joel) and nothing can take that vacation away from us.
I will soon update you on the first two weeks of 2011. I will admit that 2011 started off magically and after arriving in Cofradia it has gone downhill fast. More details in my next post.
Day two I took the 8 a.m. bus (think old, discarded school bus) to Belize City. Six and a half hours later I arrived. I learned quickly that Belize City shuts down on Sundays. Luckily the hotel across the street still was serving dinner so I walked across the street to the Coningsby Inn (a place we would frequent often during our stay). There were two dinner options – pork chops or oxtail. I chose the pork chops and was soon joined out on the balcony by a cab driver named Dennis Wright (motto – you can’t go wrong with Mr. Wright). He proceeded to tell me that he had an airport drop off at the same time that my parents were getting in so he’d take me to the airport for free (normally a $25 US charge). So we made arrangements to meet before noon the next day. I went to bed at like 8 p.m. as I was so tired.
I walked around Belize City a bit to orient myself before my parents got in. I met Mr. Wright at 11:45 (I was told it takes awhile to get through immigration and customs in Belize- I soon found out this is NOT true. We get to the airport and I quickly spot my mom and dad sitting outside the airport with all of their luggage waiting. Guess they’d been waiting about 20 minutes. They soon spotted me too and jumped in the full sized van taxi. Soon we were parked outside Mr. Wright’s house – he also owns a parking business and had to move a few cars – at this point I think my parents were thinking that maybe Belize wasn’t the best idea. We then got dropped off at our hotel (with a rooftop and balcony view of the ocean). We then explored the city a bit and found a place to eat lunch (Bird Isle Restaurant is amazing!)
In the morning we caught a shuttle to Flores, Guatemala (hands down my dad’s favorite place). We had a fantastic hotel right on the shores of the lake and spent hours people watching and boat watching.
The following morning we took a boat ride to another island on the lake that had a zoo (after eating at Dona Goya’s – best breakfast of the trip). We spent a couple of hours exploring and returned to our hotel to get ready to leave for Tikal. We arrived in Tikal at about 4:30 p.m. and were able to get a ticket that was valid for that afternoon and the following day. We set out to do some initial exploring and then had dinner at the park restaurant. We then took our only cold showers of the entire vacation.
We woke early to meet our tour guide at 6 a.m. Fortunately, we were given a private tour by a guide in training (he only spoke Spanish so I did the translating). He took us on a 4.5 hour tour of Tikal (I love Tikal – there are enormous ruins surrounded by jungle. The howler monkeys roar like lions. It just has a mystical feel about it and it’s hard to imagine people building these structures thousands of years ago without machines). We saw spider monkeys and dad and I climbed several temples (he did not make it up Temple V though – that’s a scary climb). Our guide was patient, funny and very knowledgeable. After he left dad and I did some more exploring then we caught the 2:00 bus back to Flores, where mom and I hit the souvenir shops and we had a great dinner.
We departed for Santa Elena, Belize at 7:30 the next morning. We got dropped off at the border and caught a quick cab to our hotel. I think we were all a bit surprised to find that our hotel was not close to anything but houses. This ended up working out quite well. We ventured into town to see if we could arrange some things to do for Christmas Day and Boxing Day (day after Christmas). We had a great lunch and spent the rest of the day reading by the pool. On Christmas morning we visited Cahal Pech, some Mayan ruins on a hill right outside of San Ignacio, Belize (just across the river from Santa Elena where we were staying). Then more time by the pool and then our hotel had a very extravagant Christmas dinner where we ate everything my mom would have made in the U.S. minus the fact that she had to cook it (plus rice and beans – both dad and I were happy about that addition).
On Boxing Day we went to Xunantunich, a few miles outside Santa Elena and close to the Guatemalan border. The interesting part about these Mayan ruins is that you had to access them by a hand cranked ferry. See picture below.
On the 27th, we hung out by the pool until it was time to return to Belize City and meet Joel at the airport. After we met him, we just spent the day exploring Belize City and finding a place to eat on the Monday after Boxing Day (the day the government was celebrating Boxing Day).
On the 28th, we headed to Caye Caulker, an island off the coast of Belize City.
A lovely, laid back island. We walked around and went to restaurant that sounded amazing – but menus can be deceiving. The food not so good but the view great. We finished off the afternoon with some great ice cream (caye (key) lime, piña colada and coconut). On our way there we passed Chapel Caye – a privately owned island that has an exclusive golf course. Needless to say, my dad was anxious to get out of the boat.
The next day we ventured to the Belize Zoo. Oddly enough, it is located about 40 miles outside Belize City. The zoo was very cool because it only contained animals indigenous to Belize. My family loves zoos so it was a great day trip. We stopped for ice cream on the way back (awesome sour sop) due to Joel’s inability to communicate with our cab driver – just kidding – Joel speaks English very well but obviously our cab driver did not.
On the 30th, we just meandered around town and waited until lunch time to eat so that my dad could get his stew beans (with an added pig tail) before he returned to the states. We ate slowly, then my parents departed and Joel and I caught a boat to Ambergris Caye (thanks Madonna for the song Isla Bonita – I fell in love with San Pedro). San Pedro is where we spent the New Years.
We arrived at dinner time on the 30th. We found an awesome Pupuseria (anyone who went with me to Zacatecana in Madison will know all about pupusas---well I have to say that cheese and bean pupusas are good but lobster, crab and shrimp pupusas are out of this world. Followed by ceviche that has conch, shrimp, lobster, fish, etc. Too die for. Good enough to go back twice.
On New Year’s Eve we went snorkeling at Hol Chan Marine Reserve and Shark Ray Alley. Getting off the boat we saw sea turtles (we were swimming right next to them as they were coming up for air). We also saw 10 foot sting rays, sharks, and several beautiful fish and great coral reef. A great afternoon out on the water. This was followed by a great dinner of shrimp tacos and tons of dancing. I may even now be an international super star when it comes to dancing as Joel and I got a great compliment on New Year’s Day from an American couple who saw us on the dance for New Year’s Eve. If nothing else, 2010 went out with a bang! And buying street food twice – who doesn’t love bacon wrapped hot dogs after two carne asada tacos with rice and beans. I know glutinous but who could resist?
New Year’s Day was filled with Greek food and finishing books on the beach. The day ended with a long walk on the beach and looking at the stars from our hotel rooftop (who knew until then that it existed?).
I left the following morning at 8:45 to catch the boat to the mainland and then the 6.5 hour bus ride to Punta Gorda. Arriving in PG (as the locals call Punta Gorda) I showed a man to the hotel where I planned to stay and he wanted to as well (and then took the much cheaper room). I ate my last seafood meal – shrimp quesadillas (amidst a large population of Amish? or Mennonites?) But they also joined me the next morning for breakfast. I left on the 9 a.m. boat for Puerto Barrios where I got off the boat and found a busito going directly to San Pedro Sula – luck and a few bucks extra but I ensured that I would reach home at a decent hour. I was happy and sad to be headed back to Cofradia. The great part is that I had a wonderful time with my family (parents and cousin Joel) and nothing can take that vacation away from us.
I will soon update you on the first two weeks of 2011. I will admit that 2011 started off magically and after arriving in Cofradia it has gone downhill fast. More details in my next post.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Just added some quick photos from the trip I took with my parents to Guatemala and Belize. Will update more about the trip later..but I will say that it was one of the best vacations I've ever had....good company, beautiful sights, great weather, wonderful food, lots of rest (and for me hot showers)! We were lucky enough to be joined by my cousin Joel for the last few days and to ring in the new year. So thanks mom and dad and Joel for visiting and sharing in a warm Christmas/New Year.
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