Hello again, Well I am sending this as my final blog. Our trip was fantastic. It didn't last long enough. Now that I am back in Gainesville I am going to work for awhile before continuing onward to far and distant lands. Thanks for tuning in. For those about to rock, Chad ... read more

Hello out there, Well we made it to San Cristobal de las casas. After a ten hour bus ride through the Guatemalan Mountains we passed the Mexican border without trouble. Mexico definitely has a different pace of life. This city has a modern culture behind its 17th century Colonial archetecture. The streets are crowded with teens wearing Iron Maiden t-shirts and Von Dutch Caps with Puma sneakers. Actually Puma shoes are the most popular shoes in all Central America! Yesterday we went to the Nabolom Museam/Hotel. The famous painter Frida Kahlo stayed in one of the rooms at the hotel. The museam displayed select photos dating from the forties to seventies of indigenous people from Mexico and San Cristobal. The pics were selected from some 55,000 photos taken by one woman who origionally owned the property ... read more

Hola Hola, The past two weeks have been very exiting! Mostly becuase of our stay in Utila, Honduras which is a large island in the Carrebean Sea and one of the many Bay Islands. We stayed at Oasis hotel. There we had a large swimming pool and a nice tiki bar. Our first night we went to a whale shark presentation. We learned alot about the shark. It grows to an average of 16 meters. Its mouth is as wide as a coffee table. It is identified by the spots around its face. It is not dangerous to swim with and is often seen when feeding on schools of small fish at the surface of the ocean. It may live to 150 years. This is figured by its annual growth rate from birth to adulthood. They ... read more

A four hour boat ride took us to the island of Ometepe. The sun was setting as we approached and volanco Concepsion was in full view with smoke steaming from its crater. Ometepe is a very large island centered in the world's largest freshwater lake. It was formed by two volcanos named Maderas and Concepsion. Twenty years ago there were thousands of Bull sharks inhabiting its waters. They were able to enter through a lake connected to the ocean. As man would have it the sharks were eliminated from the lake with ten years. Thats ok because now it's safe for us to swim! We stayed at the southern end called Merida. The hostel was alot like a campground. We slept in cabin bunks, ate buffet style meals and hung out in our trunks while swinging ... read more

I would certainly be dead from dehydration if drums were water. I feel like a junkie in a hospital. I can't wait to get back on the drum set and play to the setting sun. Distance can make the heart grow fonder and in my case it has caused musical withdrawl. Hello to all that read this blog. I am writing from Tegucigalpa which is the capitol city of Honduras. The city exists in a large mountainous valley and seems to have expanded well beyond its capacity. The streets have no linear direction and as we were taxied to our hotel the driver dived and dodged the congested traffic and steep allyways that would bring us there. After checking four hotels we finally booked a room. Today we walked around the central square. Here we saw ... read more