(Spoiler alert - no pics for this one) July 21 - Well, this was a day to remember. I woke up around 5am again, when I heard someone from another room get up. I could hear rain all night – it really rained hard on the metal roof. And after the rain, it was still constantly dripping from the trees. Not bad, just there. I did some repacking, emailing, and generally getting ready. I found that instead of drying, my sarong actually got wetter from the humidity in the room. That didn't help. My plan was to skype with Jeroen around 7am and be ready to go when the Spaniards finished breakfast. I paid right after them and then realized they were leaving right then and not having breakfast. I had to end my skype call ... read more

July 17 - Well, the sailing trip was somewhat different than I thought it would be. I had to bring my big backpack to the dock at 8am to be packed up on the boat, and then be back to sail at 9am. In the mean time I went back to my room and repacked my bag for the next few days and watched tv (of course). We sailed a little after 9am and got under way. It was a big group on the sailboat. Meet your Cast of characters: Anita and Paul - young Irish couple Rebecca and Shaun - honeymooning Americans Ellen and Justin – young American travel bloggers Nina – German and fellow solo traveler & teacher Dutch family of five Group of 7 Spaniards (one is actually German but lives in Spain): ... read more

July 14 - Sleep was better last night, considering it was already 6am at home when I went to bed here at 10pm. I woke up around 6am and had some cereal and watched a couple episodes of My name is Earl. It is weird having a tv at all on my vacation, but even stranger that I am watching American tv shows on American tv channels in Belize. I usually just get to do this at Christmas when I'm home. It is a small pleasure. I left my room at 7am for the 7:30 ferry, but I was already there five minutes later and the 7am ferry was still loading. So I walked on a little further and then back. There were a lot of people already there for the next ferry and I realized ... read more

Atlanta stopover birthday fun I have planned my second summer vacation for Central America, and on my way there, I had an extended layover in Atlanta. I flew from Zurich to Atlanta on my birthday. It was an early flight, so I had to get up at 5am to get the bus to the tram to the train that takes me to the airport. Luckily for me (and unfortunately for the cats) Jeroen had to fly to Dresden at the same time, so we were able to go to the airport together, which was nice. We had to say good bye when we arrived though, and then I was waiting and waiting and waiting for Delta to do their job and take my bag after I checked in at the kiosk. I have never seen a ... read more

Day 7 – Today was a driving day. We were going from Akureyri to Reykjavik, which would be at least five hours of driving, without stops. We did plan a couple of stops in there, to visit a place with old farm house longhouses, a hot water spring where water is taken and used to heat homes up hundreds of kilometers away, a place where water pours out from under the lava rock, and another waterfall. It was a nice set of stops. When we got into Reykjavik, we checked into our hotel. We didn't really like it or the location too much. We were able to get a little money back on the cost, as the breakfast would be served later than stated and we would have to miss it to make our tour the ... read more