From Highlands to Jungle . . .

Well after the shock of the luggage crisis wore off I was able to look around and finally appreciate where I was. The small city of Antigua just west of the capital was a beautiful and easy-going place for us to spend our first couple of days. Colonial architecture and beautiful plants growing everywhere accented by the large volcano looking over the town. Very beautiful.

The back pack fiasco gave us an extra day there, which everyone was ok with. It also managed to allow us to avoid a rather untimely transportation strike in Honduras that may have left us high and dry who-knows-where. Instead of heading straight to the coast, we ended up flying up to Flores which is in the North Central part of the country and going to the Mayan ruins at Tikal. Between that and our nice hotel with pool (its in the high 20s and 80%+ humidity) we have had a great couple of days.

In about an hour we hop on a bus and head to the town of Rio Dulce and then a boat to Livingston which puts us just North of the Honduran frontier. Then we are off to the island of Roatan, and a much anticipated week of sun, diving, and perhaps some Marguaritas!

Hope everyone is doing well - I promise another post soon . . .