The End

"Be it ever so humble," We are home!

The last roundup....

The day started terrible for me. I felt poorly as I was having a problem with my stomach. I was not able to hold anything down. We went to breakfast and then went back to the room. So the morning instead of my usual walk around town, I spent the last day attempting to relax in the room trying to sleep. I did go to the business office to print out our boarding passes. The sun was shinning it is going to be a beautiful day to fly.

The flight was uneventful and went without delay. We arrived home at 11:30 pm

How this trip was different & the same....

No music moments. We did not hang out at the sites alone like we did last time. Since we did not drive we had drivers waiting for us to take us back to town/hotel.
Not as intimate w/o driving
Less stress w/o driving
More walking
More tiring
Less money spent on food and lodging
We stood in more budget places
This trip was done even more on the fly
Not enough days, in future need 19-21 days not 16.
Smallest bag I ever traveled with and it was great
Great to have IPad with us.
Lots of wonderful, giving, caring friendly people.
I just might invest a few dollars in tour business in Flores with Luis and Ace

Bill was just as great to travel with this time as the last.
I got us a March Trip in the works.

Honorable Mentions

This is the time and place where I thank those individuals who made our travels and world a nicer place to journey. Your acts of kindness whether random or part of your job did not go unnoticed.

A special shout out to the amazing guy in Honduras who paid for my french fries and reinforced my belief in human nature. I wish I had an extra Key Chain to give you.

Bailey the amazing driver and tour guide
Staff at the hotel in Belize
Anna from Jungle Spa
The kid who gave us Altun Ha tour
Anna from Maruba Spa
The people who made up our chicken bus ride to San Ignacio
Austin Ireland cab driver who took us to Cahal Pech
Raffrielle the day manerger at Cahel Pech who hooks us up with tours etc
Oscar the bartender who makes a mean rum punch and is the best bartender in Mesoamerica
Tour Guide of Cabal Pech.
Luis and Ace tour guys from Flores
Corina the massage therapist from Antigua
Couple we chatted up at airport from Portland Ore.
To the Mayan women who kept trying to shake a sale out of Bill
Alfredo tour guy in Antigua who has wife and kids in New Hampshire. He lived and worked in Boston before getting deported as an illegal.
Angela the inn manager from Casa Cafe in Copan
Mike the tour guide.
Susan from Chelsea NYC staying at the Casa Cafe
Howard guy from Queens who owns Casa Cafe and gave us a lift to the bus station
Nice Herman Alas bus worker who help with bags and cab to hotel in Guatemala City.
Woman at Business Center who made calls to secure our bus ride.
Marvin

San Salvador.....

Well we did better with the bus this time as we got first class seats. So much more comfortable and befitting our station in life. After all we're big shots.
We go into San Salvador at 8pm, we took a cab to the Intercontinental Hotel which was over priced and not as nice as the Barcelo. It is only for a night and tomorrow we fly home.

Photos and things I missed...

When we were in Belize driving we came across these "cowboys" on horses leading about 8 buffalo to a ranch. Accept for TV or the zoo I never saw buffalo on the move.
I was able to get my shoes shined about 6 times due to the man kids that have shoe shine boxes and hustling for money. I respect their hustle, and had my shoes shinned many times.
Xmas trees and carols playing in Flores. Big Christmas trees set up in Antigua and Guatemala city.

Day in Guatemala City..

Bill is still sound asleep when I get up at 6am, shower and get some coffee downstairs. Breakfast is included with the room but I will wait until Bill gets up. I take my time going around about an hour and a half. I find the bus tour operator, secure our tickets for this afternoon bus to San Salvador and stroll around the neighborhood. The hotel is located in the business district of Zone 9 & 10. The streets are busy with morning traffic. I do not think their cars and buses have emission standards as the pollution from the exhausts is terrible. I find myself coughing and feel it in my lungs. I make it back to the hotel at 9 am and lo and behold our Bill is up and reading. He lets me know he is ready to go eat. The breakfast buffet included in the room is enormous.

I did not mentioned it but the executive room with breakfast included came out to $104.00 tax included.

We decide to sit in the lobby and I find Bill The Oregonian paper to read about his beloved Ducks losing to USC in the fourth quarter. I left him alone a bit to mourn the loss as I went to the business center to take care of getting a late check out. I picked Bill up and mentioned about going to the room to catch a couple of hours more of sleep. As for me, I am typing this blog entry for my minuscule following to read.
The bus leaves at 3pm today.