livingston and poptun

hola de nuevo,

we´re moving into week four of our journey. here is armen being captured by the police. what can you do....

our last night in san andres, we did some traditional cooking class and dancing. we´re moving so fast the camera couldn´t catch us

we carved out a trip to livingston, guatemala, over the weekend. here we are with two guys, keirin and mike, who got to hang out with us. to get there you boat down the rio dulce

the rio dulce

we stayed at casa de la iguana, with susie´s friend rusty, a stripper from england. this is canela. the sign on the left says please don´t disturb, generating ideas

we went to siete altares, where the original tarzan movie was filmed.

now we are in barrio ixobel, next to poptun. here we are doing community service, playing with kids, building trenches and sleeping in hammocks

armando should have known better than to bring candy in his pocket

my homestay brother. i hate it when he does this

mission impossible. the concrete sidewalk to the school is crumbling. to fix it they need to support it with a concrete ramp. us to the rescue!

our work after one afternoon.

they seem to be pleased! see you next time!

hey everyone,

i got a new camera off of craigslist and suddenly i think i'm something of a photographer

i'm in guatemala for six weeks, then will pass on to costa rica (and perhaps nicaragua) for two weeks, then will finish in honduras for two more weeks

sorry about the spacing, i'm new at this...

this is my awesome group j.j.a.a. (johnny, armen, jessica and amanda) flanked by me and susie

sniff.... they take after me....

we started out at finca ixobel in northern Peten in guatemala.

almost immediately they had a parade, perhaps in preparation for semana santa which is soon, perhaps to celebrate our arrival. this is apparently the guatamlan ideal woman: sexy shorts and penguin heads. love the cell phone

this is what the boys found in their cabina: a tarantula eating a bizarre millapede. that liquid is blood, folks

we had a bonfire - hoola-hoop - s'more making fest at night. susie played and woo'ed us with her amazing vocals. she does a killer big yellow taxi

me n' the suz.... definitely not the "snooze"... what a team

two of our (two) guys and troy, a gringo from minnesota, just passing through

armando showing off his super powers

we're in san andres now, i forgot to say, also in the peten region. we go to spanish school in the morning and have varied activities in the afternoon. to get from place to place you take a "lancha" or boat. this is my hostmom and our lovely kitchen. her food is sooooo good

johnny b. working hard. the town cooperative spanish school burnt down a few weeks ago, we collect rocks for the foundation so they can build another one. classes are held in the biblioteca across the street from the old school

we went to "petencito" which is a zoo and saw some beautiful animals

and some not-so-beautiful ones. these are spider monkeys and i hear they're great to have around as pets... it you're into that

i'll leave you with this one for now... the view of the lake from our lancha on the way back to san andres. a mystical journey for sure.

hasta luego!