New photo's and Important Information

Well lets start off with this little guy. Ok maybe not so little. Kinda crunchy and faster then holy crap. He was in our bathroom at Los Maria's, a hostel, in the jungle. I found him curled up in the shower and told Tob he had to kill him now, as we had no electricity after 9pm. . No and's if's or but's about it. He did manage to kill it after a 15 minute chase down with the kids and I standing on the bed hollering, the spider screaming, and himself sweating bullets. I have never seen a spider run SO fast. I now believe the bigger the legs the faster they run and the higher they jump. This photo was taken while he was in a corner so he appears smaller then he was.

Kisses for taking Lex swimming in the beautiful emerald green pools of Semuc Champey.

We hiked about 1.5 miles or so to overlook the river at Semuc Champey. It was beautiful!

Lanquin de grutas. A limestone cave outside of the small village of Lanquin. It was lit about 300-500 meters or so back. There were amazing stalagmites. You could hear some bats but we only saw 2 I believe. It was very slick from water and accumulating bat crap :0)

As if the steep drop offs, the darkness, slimy bat poo, and the slick limestone wasn't enough Alexyss had had it after meeting this ..............................

He was sitting on the wall in the dark enjoying a gooey tar like substance. We estimated about a 6-7 inch leg span. Neat huh?

Contrary to belief these are not margarita's. I don't think anyway. It was suppose to be limonada (aka lemonade). Although now that I think about it they were acting a little silly on the boat ride back to San Marco's.

We spent a day riding horses along the base of the San Pedro volcano where we watched the Mayan people work picking, carrying, and drying coffee beans. It was a beautiful day and the lake was incredible. We had a Mayan guide who spoke fairly good English and was fun to visit with.

In San Marco's we assisted two little boys in getting banana's down out of the tree. After toppling the whole tree over for them Tob felt a little guilty but they gave us one fresh banana for our assistance.

The classic chicken bus. After school buses reach a certain mileage they sell them to Mexico or other Central American countries where they take them and put in a bigger engine and spruce them up prior to starting their bus route. Let me explain the directions step by step of how to properly load a chicken bus.

Important info below..................

Upon approaching any individual standing along the side of the road, the drivers assistant will give you a half wave and if you do not wave him off the driver will pull over, this continues until every seat in the bus is full.

As the bus travels onward people loading find standing room where available.

If more customers wish to get on at this time all children that can fit on a lap are encouraged to do so and the remainder of customers are told to squeeze closer together and toward the back of the bus.

After there is no more room to squeeze people, chickens, and those in between on the bus they are given the option of riding on top with extra tires, luggage and live animals, as the driver will yell duck (in spanish) when approaching power lines.

At this point, control your temper and frustrations until you reach your destination.

Happy travels.