Here's What's Buzzin' Up These Days...
Hey! OK, last time we talked we were waiting to climb Volcano Santiagito...sadly though, the trip was cancelled on account of highly toxic gases pouring out the top - that is one angry volcano.
So we had to get creative and think of other things to do, this is some of what we came up with:
-Blew Glass.
No kidding, we visited a glass factory and they let us blow glass! Man, you should have seen them admiring my work!! It was as though in all their years at the factory they had never witnessed a glass so perfectly blown! As they admired my work, proudly turning it over and over in their hands, I knew I'd finally found my calling! I was trying to think of how I should respond when they inevitably begged me to stay and work there. 'Hmmm...how much is my expertise worth? Where should I insist my office be located? I think I'd like a corner office facing southwest, actually a little more west then straight southwest...and my title, what should my card read...' CRASH!!!! 'What? What the?!...' Yeah, ok, that crash that echoed through the factory and disrupted my thoughts was the sound of my work of art finding the bottom of the trash can. ...guess I'll keep looking...
-Visited Churchs.
Every town has a church at the center and every one is old. One is the oldest. The others are just old. Catholic churchs are the ones of choice here. And let me say, they are all beautiful structures, but one of them stands out quite a bit from the rest. See the catholics never let the Mayas decorate the churchs until one day in the early 1900's. And dude, they jumped at the chance! They bought paints and carved animals and now it is the craziest, brightest yellow church you could ever imagine! We noticed that they never got to decorate another one...
-Hot Springs.
Mmmmm...
-Met an Amazing Local Family
David, Suzy, and Sean's new nephew - little Jose - who took us to the coast for a couple days where we wandered through ruins and went to the beach.
-Went to the Beach.
And ate a ton of seafood and didn't wear mittens!
-Spent 20 Hours on Bumpy Buses with Broken Seats.
-Swam at Semuc Champey.
That place is it's own fairytale! It is a valley filled with natural swimming pools of clear green-blue water that are fed from the mountains which then become waterfalls that feed the river that flows underneath the pools. Yeah it's a mouthful. Sorry.
-Crept through a Creepy Cave.
We explored the first few kilometers of a giant cave that links with a chain of caves 68 km long. It was complete with stalagmites and tites and various other formations, crabs and spiders crawling underfoot and bats buzzing overhead, a creepy maya sacrifical alter, and a ghost and a skeleton hidden in their respective dark corners.
-Moved to a Tree House.
We are now in Rio Dulce, living in a tree house where the only way in is by boat (which doesn't seem to go back out again). It is not easy living here - you have to swim out twenty feet to the floating dock to lay in the sun if you don't fancy lying on the dock, and the stairs to our house are pretty steep. And to top it off, it's a good two minute walk to get to the kayaks. Yes, it is a lot to contend with, but don't worry to much, we are finding ways to manage.
Well, I guess I'll stop there because I don't want to bore you. Sure I could go on, but I don't think you'd be to excited to read about things like our cribbage tournament (which I won if you were wondering!! ...well, actually I didn't, but as I'm the only one with read-write access to this thing, I can really say whatever I want can't I!)
So we had to get creative and think of other things to do, this is some of what we came up with:
-Blew Glass.
No kidding, we visited a glass factory and they let us blow glass! Man, you should have seen them admiring my work!! It was as though in all their years at the factory they had never witnessed a glass so perfectly blown! As they admired my work, proudly turning it over and over in their hands, I knew I'd finally found my calling! I was trying to think of how I should respond when they inevitably begged me to stay and work there. 'Hmmm...how much is my expertise worth? Where should I insist my office be located? I think I'd like a corner office facing southwest, actually a little more west then straight southwest...and my title, what should my card read...' CRASH!!!! 'What? What the?!...' Yeah, ok, that crash that echoed through the factory and disrupted my thoughts was the sound of my work of art finding the bottom of the trash can. ...guess I'll keep looking...
-Visited Churchs.
Every town has a church at the center and every one is old. One is the oldest. The others are just old. Catholic churchs are the ones of choice here. And let me say, they are all beautiful structures, but one of them stands out quite a bit from the rest. See the catholics never let the Mayas decorate the churchs until one day in the early 1900's. And dude, they jumped at the chance! They bought paints and carved animals and now it is the craziest, brightest yellow church you could ever imagine! We noticed that they never got to decorate another one...
-Hot Springs.
Mmmmm...
-Met an Amazing Local Family
David, Suzy, and Sean's new nephew - little Jose - who took us to the coast for a couple days where we wandered through ruins and went to the beach.
-Went to the Beach.
And ate a ton of seafood and didn't wear mittens!
-Spent 20 Hours on Bumpy Buses with Broken Seats.
-Swam at Semuc Champey.
That place is it's own fairytale! It is a valley filled with natural swimming pools of clear green-blue water that are fed from the mountains which then become waterfalls that feed the river that flows underneath the pools. Yeah it's a mouthful. Sorry.
-Crept through a Creepy Cave.
We explored the first few kilometers of a giant cave that links with a chain of caves 68 km long. It was complete with stalagmites and tites and various other formations, crabs and spiders crawling underfoot and bats buzzing overhead, a creepy maya sacrifical alter, and a ghost and a skeleton hidden in their respective dark corners.
-Moved to a Tree House.
We are now in Rio Dulce, living in a tree house where the only way in is by boat (which doesn't seem to go back out again). It is not easy living here - you have to swim out twenty feet to the floating dock to lay in the sun if you don't fancy lying on the dock, and the stairs to our house are pretty steep. And to top it off, it's a good two minute walk to get to the kayaks. Yes, it is a lot to contend with, but don't worry to much, we are finding ways to manage.
Well, I guess I'll stop there because I don't want to bore you. Sure I could go on, but I don't think you'd be to excited to read about things like our cribbage tournament (which I won if you were wondering!! ...well, actually I didn't, but as I'm the only one with read-write access to this thing, I can really say whatever I want can't I!)
posted by Tanya K at
10:47 AM
3 Comments:
Why would you want to come home? Your adventures sound like too much fun! You really should right a book! Tho did miss you in Calgary. Did visit with ur bro & sis. A. Dino
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Anonymous, at 7.2.07
Sorry to hear that living in a tree house is so stressful. Having to walk two minutes to your kayak, imagine! Glad that we are in Sask only having to deal with -42 temperatures.
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Anonymous, at 9.2.07
Hi!
I feel so envy sitting here in my office back in Israel, and you just remind me all the places we were in just few weeks ago (and all the other we didn't have time to go to).
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Unknown, at 13.2.07
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