Still Alive

Well I´m back in Guatemala, a bit later than I planed but here none the less. I originally planned to only go scuba diving in Utila Honduras for only a day and a half, but I ended up staying over 3 days. The weather turned really bad on the main land and the only ferry off of the island could not dock. Long story short instead of just doing a few fun dives I got my advanced divers license, and spent a little more than I anticipated. Unfortunately now Tikal is to far to see in time, the original reason for coming to Guatemala will have to wait.
Right now I´m in the old capital city of Antigua and it is really nice, old Spanish mission style town, lots of markets, and surrounded by 3 volcanoes, not to bad.

I have to say it is nice being able to climb to the top of a Mayan Pyramid not as a sacrifice

One over night flight from San Francisco, one 6 hour bus ride to Honduras, and a whole lot a walkin later I came to the Mayan ruins located in the small Honduran city aptly named Copan Ruinas. The site was amazing.


The site is in a valley seemingly located just about 50 feet from the surface of the sun, it was hot as hell. This site is unique for the amount of carvings at the site, every where you walk you seem to trip over some ancient gliffs.

Tomorrow I catch a bus and a ferry to the island of Utila for some dirt cheep scuba diving.

Tooth brush check, bug spray check, 2 pairs of pants for 9 days check, now were did I put that charger.

I know when it comes to writing a blog my attempts have been sporadic at best. This blog has been like a time capsule of random events that happen every 3 or 4 or 5 months. Several years ago before moving to Japan I thought it would be a great idea to have a blog, let every one know about the awesome things that I would find in that distant, shadowed land. Soon I discovered that living in a foreign country is very different from just visiting one for a few weeks. Before I could even get my own Internet access I discovered that life as an expat in Japan is just about a boring and mundane as life was in the States, but at least the streets were cleaner, buses run on time, and you don't not have to worry about getting your car stolen. Do not get me wrong living in Japan was amazing and I did see breathtaking things there, namely Kae; the point is when you live some where you get so bogged down in the mundane that you feel that you do not really need to keep every one posted on such things as, today I bought laundry detergent, the Japanese bottles are so small.

Well I have never kept a journal in my life so far, so lets see how this goes.