Hey everyone! So Mitch and I have been here a week now! Spanish is going pretty well, we are learning a lot. A few days ago, we took salsa lessons and ate lunch at the school which was ribs with tortillas and guac! sooo much guac. In the school, there is a big court yard with a massive garden which includes avodaco tree, orange tree, lima *citrus fruit like lime but sweeter. tree, soo many colourful flowers and ferns and old brick walls and floors it's verrry pretty. i keep getting bitten by mosquitos though! The house is cool too you [View Full Entry]

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Hei og haa! No er det nok ein gang veldig lenge sidan eg har skrive men har liksom ikkje skjedd saa veldig mykje i det siste. For aa sei det slik, livet i Antigua er ikkje akkurat fylt meg fart og spenning, men saa er det akkurat det eg lika med livet mitt her :) No har eg omsider byrja paa den nye jobben min. Etter 1 veke i Miami tok eg meg 2 veker fri ettersom eg framleis hosta og har faatt beskjed om at ein ikkje kan gaa paa jobb om ein er sjuk. Barna faar lett lungebetennelse av [View Full Entry]

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I visited this small town in the pacific coast of guatemala, located in the department of Escuintla, i had a wonderful time there, and hope to go back soon. [View Full Entry]

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Lifeguard, are you sure those waves aren’t dangerous? So I finally made it to the beach in Guatemala. Between my four visits here, I have been here for 19 weeks. You would think that in that time I would have made it to the beach sooner, but, no, I haven’t. But I have heard plenty about the beaches here—THEY ARE DANGEROUS. There are stories of undertows. And every time someone comes back from a beach I ask them about the water. I never believed in the undertows. From living in Los Angeles, I know about rip currents, and I know about [View Full Entry]

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Hey guys!! I'm in Antigua and it is friggin beautiful!!! Mitch and I are at the McDonald's and it is all that it was said to be... gardens, fountain and a view of ruins and a volcano! Every street here is colourful and it was hot and sunny today. The flight was alright except at the LA airport... what a mess! That place is huge and we were repeatedly told the wrong directions so after about 2 hours and a lot of walking, we finally found our flight aaaand then waited another 3 hours. That was the only difficult thing, since [View Full Entry]

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I Wish I Had another Plastic Chair I wish I had another plastic chair. Eight people live in my house, and our house has a total of four chairs and I think four stools. If you do the math that means that we have enough seating for everyone in our house. But here is the problem: I don’t like sitting on the stools; they are just not comfortable. And…those chairs and stools are spread out all over the house. One of the chairs is mine—I am sitting in it right now, it is my desk chair in my room. Another chair [View Full Entry]

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My 3 weeks as a house-building volunteer started just over 2 weeks ago and I've been overwhelmed by the experience. We have so far completed 2 houses (1 of which I was here for from start to finish) in a little town called Santa Maria de Jesus, which is about 20 minutes outside Antigua up the slopes of Volcan Agua, via the back of a pick-up truck! I won't be here for the last day of the 3rd house which we are working on now, but to be honest I'm not sure I can take another goodbye from these beautiful, generous, [View Full Entry]

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Choco Crema de Maní Banano licuados con Leche de Soya y Fibra Motorcycle adventures. Cliff diving. Excursions to ancient ruins. Waterfalls, parties, hot springs, volcanoes. These are the things I feel expected to write about. But this is not my life right now. Sure, I hiked La Muela (a volcano-formed mountain with naturally-heated saunas built into the ground in the middle of no-where) twice in the last week. And Saturday and Sunday I took motorcycle rides to neighboring pueblos. Saturday I went to San Marcos, a 27 mile ride through the mountains with a beautiful valley overlook, and Sunda [View Full Entry]

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Hei og haa! Tenkte det var paa tide aa legge ut nytt blogg-innlegg trass i at det slett ikkje har skjedd noko spesielt i det siste. Men veit at iallfall familien min byrjar aa lure naar det ikkje kjem nye blogg-innlegg, saa eg faar vel heller berre pröve aa finne paa noko aa skrive :) Siste blogg-innlegg blei riktignok lagt ut i Antigua, men var skrive halvveis ut i opphaldet mitt i Miami. Enn saa lenge var ting bra, men SAA rasa idyllen. Eg og Odd Helge reiste til ein outlet-mall, og allerede i byrjinga merka eg at eg ikkje var [View Full Entry]

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Leaving Honduras turned out to be the best move I have made all trip. Just days after leaving the country´s president Zelaya was allowed back in and the country went into turmoil. Borders were closed, curfews were put back into place, and the possibility of having all human rights stripped were very real. None of this mattered to Natalie and I though because we were home free in the colonial city of Antigua. Cobblestone streets displayed under the large expanse of a big volcano with expenisve tourist shops on one side and cheap local markets on the other. It was almost [View Full Entry]

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