I would like to extend some very important thank you's: The first is to Richard Seiler (Michael's wundahful father) who allowed us to tap into his Netflix account. The second is to the creators of Breaking Bad. The third is to the genius who decided to grace the King Quality bus line with shotty, but workable wifi. Our 18-hour busride was semi-manageable because of all these factors. We splurged for the top of the line bus to take us from Guatemala City to Managua, Nicaragua and one of the perks, besides the questionable meat dish and hot dog they served, was that our buses (there were 3) came with wifi that allowed us to watch 8 episodes of Breaking Bad while cruising through Honduras and El Salvador. Granted, every 5 minutes we had to do the dance of pausing while it buffered, shutting down the app and stroking the IPad for good luck that our saving grace show would come back on. Holding the IPad, praying it would stop buffering and give me Walt back. It wasn't actu...
Our first real stop in Nicaragua will be Leon. If you can believe, cause I couldn't, we hopped on another bus just a few hours off our Breaking Bad 18 hour busride. Smashed in the back of a 14-person mini-van we took the 2 hour trip from Managua, Nicaragua to the second largest city, Leon. The big reason we headed north to Leon is because Michael found a tour group that leads overnight camping/hiking trips. I had decided a while back that I needed to throw myself into something uber physical and outside my comfort zone; because clearly roaches, food poisoning and caves haven't been enough. We spent a few nights in Leon just bouncing around; it's a cute colonial city with 10 churches in a 5 block radius and its own skate park. Skate park?? WOWWW!! I know, its not a ton to report on, but we did enjoy a beer on a roof. One of the churches with its historic lighting Sunset over a skate park Our hike started on the third day at 7:00am. I ...
If you would like to imagine what a normal backdrop of sound has been in Guatemala, it is constant popping and mini-explosions from fireworks. Having lived with these jarring cracks, I knew that New Years was not going to be a quiet one. We walked through the streets with the excitement building each hour. There were some local performers on stilts performing moves that I was praying came with crash pads below them. It was actually relatively calm and cool until 10pm when the fireworks started. It was lovely and lots of oohs and aahs, but then the kids started coming out with their own purchases and itchy trigger fingers. A local street performer. They basically strap fireworks to their backs and run around until they go out. I imagine its what I would look like if my hair caught on fire. We went to the main square to be a part of the action. We had to be on constant guard because sparklers and mini-bombs were being ...
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ReplyDeletei got a shout out from across the world- nice work jsun :) miss your face!