San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua

Been a while since my last post...so I´m going to try to catch up.

Roatán was beautiful. Nice island feel, and the people were really friendly. We met 2 guys from the states (Spencer and Brian) that we pretty much hung out with the whole time. They invited us over for mojitos(Spencer makes a hell of a drink!) and a few mojitos (and a couple of monkey lalas) later and we pretty much didn't part ways until we all left. Dive buddies, drinking buddies. We had a great time. We went on 3 dives...Amazing coral. Got to see a hawksbill turtle and a green moray eel along with the plethora of other fish that were swarming around us. The last dive we did (Texas) was a deep drift dive on the side of a wall. The current was so strong...we drifted about 2 miles during the dive! Probably one of the best I've ever done.


So...off the island and quickly jumped buses to Granada, Nicaragua. Every hotel was totally booked full! There is a Poetry Festival going on all week that we had no idea about. We were able to finally find a room after asking at bunches of hotels and many of the front desks calling many more. The festival included poets from around the world but everything we got to hear was in Spanish (even a poet from Germany was speaking Spanish). Needless to say, I couldn't understand any of it. So sad. But that is why Lils and I headed to San Juan del Sur...Spanish 101.


So now we are in San Juan. Got here 2 days ago. Start 2 weeks of Spanish tomorrow. We are staying in a house owned by the school instead of doing the home stay option. Gives us a bit more freedom. Everyone there is really friendly and I am really excited to start classes.


Had a surf lesson today. Amazing!! I had so much fun! Our teacher was totally helpful and hot (which also helps, right?). Both of us got up and rode a few waves. I can definitely see why people get hooked. I feel like the first time I went skiing. Now I just have to learn how to catch waves on my own without somebody there telling me when to paddle and what waves to catch.


Off the the beach and a beer!

Roatan, Honduras

Where to begin?...We have been taking it easy for the past couple of days. Lily got food poisoning and was laid up for a day and some. She is still a bit weak, but improving.

After Copan, we made the journey to La Ceiba and crashed there for a night at pretty much the most unfriendly hostel I´ve ever stayed in. I´m sure a lot of you have already heard that Lily got her camera stolen there. So sad, and in the begining of her trip to. Needless to say, we didn´t stay in La Ceiba for too long. But we did meet this really great Mexican guy that took us around the city. Wasn´t much to see, but we saw it all.

The next day we headed to Roatán. A bit different than I was expecting...not in a bad way though. The island itself is pretty big, but the area where most of the independent travelers (ie. not part of an all inclusive resort) stay is pretty chill with one dirt road heading down the beach with a bunch of little resturants and bars dotting the area. Have yet to dive, but that will happen tomorrow morning. Can´t wait!!!

Copan, Honduras

Finally got out of the cold!!!...and we left Chris with a lot of shoveling! It finally starts really snowing when I left. But no complaints here!

Honduras. We flew into San Pedro Sula and stayed just long enough to get out of there. Right now we are in Copan, a cute colonial town that is relaxed and a great step away from the big city. We came for the ruins...that took all of 2 hours to tour. I think we both expected a bit more. But They were still worth the trip and definitely nice to walk through. The weather is great and we got a horseback ride in this morning. And not one of those butt to butt trail rides that you have in the states. This one had plenty of running around and included the sweetest Spanish speaking guide (needless to say, we got about 1/2 of what he said...thank god for hand signals!). Its nice to be in green mountains in the middle of our winter.

We have pretty much tried all the different beers (you have to figure out which is the best, right?) and Lily is exploring the extensive vegetarian cuisine in Central America...pretty much just rice and beans....well, that is, until we get to the ocean and the seafood eating begins!!! Lily is really trying to make some friends around here too...she is set on asking for waiters' bodies (cuerpo) instead of the check (quenta).

The beach is our next stop...and some diving!