flour n eggs

buenas dias amigos! today is ash wednesday and for livingston that means that all the kids hang out on the street all day and select victims to throw eggs and flour at. they´re pretty brutal. we were walking down the street on our way to get a bite to eat when we realized this. Pretty soon we were walking right through the crowd and a cloud of flour. one kid approached us and asked us if he can flour us, I guess it´s curteous that he asked. We said no very clearly. Then he asked, howabout a little bit (un pocito). We turn to him and say NO! and he didn´t stop pleading us, as if we´d change our minds. Thankfully he never threw any flour on us. We just finished lunch and are at the internet cafe upstairs, a safe haven. The kids are still downstairs egging and flouring. Cross your fingers for us that they´ll be kind to us again on our way back.

Mucho amor,
Alvin y donna

eat. drink. siesta.

hola amigos. we made it to livingston, a rastifarian'like community at the end of rio dulce. it{s by far the best spot we{ve been to. the only way to get to livingston is by boat up the rio dulce (a 2 hour trip). lush jungle, crazy birds, ridiculous colors. the local cuisine is this fish stew with coconut milk and plantains. the drink of choice is a fresh coconut cracked open with rum inside. we{re doing good. it{s hot and humid. we{re sleeping in a cabana. the mesquitos are taking a liking to alvin. we eat a lot, we drink some, and we rest the most in hammocks, sometimes in the shade, sometimes in the sun. we{ll post pictures soon.
yesterday we travelled 10 hours (with little food, no bathrooms, and little water) from san pedro to rio dulce. the bus would stop on the side of the road of small villages and all the vendors would attack the bus selling peanuts, mango, sodas, oranges (etc.) it was a bit hostile, but so great to bargain from inside the bus behind windows, it was just a different experience. we got to rio dulce, we heard it was a gem of a town, but it was pretty far from it. as soon as we got up we headed out to livingston.
our plan is to head to roatan, one of the bay islands off the coast of honduras, ASAP. supposedly, its a little piece of paradise. }
hope everyone is well. missing you and thinking of friends and family while travelling.

besos,
alvin y donna

Hola

Hello again. We are currently in the small village of San Pedro that is on the bank of Lake Atilan. The lake is beautiful and is surrounded by three volcanoes, which now makes six volcanoes that we have seen so far in this country! The town is pretty nice, kind of dirty but plays host to many who come here to visit and end up staying for a long period of time. The flow of tourists that arrive daily probrably allows for this to happen at a higher frequency than other locations. There is live music at the restuarant and bars at night with fresh pina colada´s and indeginous mayan women walking around selling homemade chocolate donuts and cake (so good). Most internet cafe´s don´t allow us to use the computers to post pictures which is bummer, however the second that we can we will make sure to do so. No mosquito bites yet(knock on wood, foo, foo, foo). The food that we´ve enjoyed the most has come from street vendors (execellent)while the restuarants that we´ve tried have really let us down. It is surprising to see pizzas and hamburgers for sell at many places. Thai food is on many menus as well which is strange. The chicken is super fresh because it´s life is probrably cut short the day that someone orders it. I wish more friends were able to share this experience with us. It is relatively cheap out here, with great weather, beautiful local people and is only five hours from home.

Hello from Antigua

Hello, we made it safely and are enjoying the nice weather. We planned to go on a hike up one of the three volcanoes that surround Antigua, but last night we ran into twenty or so people that just came down from the volcano after being close to it as it burst on to them. They said that they were terrified and ran and quickly fell down the mountain and rolled over sharp lava rocks. They all had bad cuts and scrapes and looked miserable. They were torn up. That made the decision for us to forgo the volcano trip much easier. We still would like to participate and hike the volcano, but have decided to save it for the end of our trip when we know we will make it back home to recover. This place is beautiful nonetheless and our trip is young. Stay tuned...

We´re eating yummy food. The hostel´s cool, lots of Israelis (many of them injured from the volcano). Alvin wants to take salsa dance classes. We´re going to go explore the city now.

adios amigos.

And we're off. ADIOS familia y muchachos.

Hello to all.  We are still in San Diego waiting to take off for L.A. where we'll visit some of Dana's family before getting on the plane tomorrow morning around 7 a.m.  All is wonderful and we are very excited.  We love everyone and are eager to share our experiences.