July Rains

Cheryl and I are officially back in Panajachel after three of the longest (and at times, scariest) days of traveling I think I've had this whole trip. The lake seems the same, though the heavy rains as of late have risen the level of the river and closed the main passage to the town from Solola. The waterfall on the main road is frighteningly large and there was a derrumbe, or land slide last night. It reminds me a bit of Agatha and the disaster that storm wreaked about this time last year.  I can only hope we won't have a repeat of that. Despite the rain, it's good to be back and we're off to Cafe Moka to do it up right :)

Belize This....

I know it's been a super long time since I last updated, but I couldn't resist considering Cheryl and my current situation. We are now in Belize City - in a "guesthouse" that smells of the 20932 pounds of garlic getting cooked in the kitchen while we sweat to death in their "lobby"... where I'm not sure whether I should have been more afraid of our one-toothed taxi driver, or his car with the stolen radio and no side mirrors while he talks about the "crazies. them crazies be killing people at night. crazies.", or the drunk, strung out men on the street murmuring "yea, let me sex ya all night long, all night long," Get me back to Guatemala ASAP.