A few more photos from Guatemala...

Here are a few more photos we thought were nice and a few pics of us for the parental units to see...

Jackie getting ready for the craziness of the 'chicken bus'. We had no chickens inside on our trip, but we did have plenty of fruits and vegetables and who knows what all strapped to the roof.

Jackie, always making new friends

Soccer is huge, it's true...this field was way up the mountain at the natural saunas...and the kids were pretty damn good too even though there ball, if you could call it that, needed some work

I just liked this road...

Me pondering the day and remembering the steam, or maybe just thinking about tacos...

Jackie enjoying the walk down the mountain, and probably thinking about tacos too...

This area was a big agricultural producer, everything from carrots and cabbage, lettuce and cilantro, to flowers of every color...made for a great day out.

A Whirlwind Weekend in Guatemala

We had a 3 day weekend so we decided to make a quick trip down to Quetzaltenango (the locals call it 'Xela') Guatemala. Or at least what we thought would be a quick trip, 14 hours and 7 busses, a sketchy border crossing and packed market later we re-evaluated. But it was totally worth it. Quetzaltenango was a cool city and Wow Guatemala is a fun, beautiful place with more colors then we have ever seen.

Quetzaltenango from above the city. We hiked up this hill above the city for the amaziong views and at the top were some natural saunas. Guatemalan hillsides

Coffee plantation

And the 'chicken busses'... these are the same Blue Bird busses that you rode in Elementary school only now they are painted about every color possible and fitted out with lots of chrome. We were heading back to the Mexicna border in one when it ran our of gas. A public bus ran out of gas. So we waited until a truck came along and the driver could siphon gas out of the truck and put it in the bus. Only in Central America. Anyway the busses are very cool.

Part of the crazy market.

The hillside above Quetzaltenango.
That cow thought he could hide but there is no foolin' Travis...

You can come too!!!

So its been a while since we have updated this blog. We have been busy busy people. Our friend Ethan showed up for a visit so we took him to as many places as we could squeeze into 3 weeks. We are resourceful people so that was alot!

San Christobal de Las Cases - always great for the photos!

This picture is so uniquely Mexican. The beautiful, ornate church in the background and the beat-up VW bug in the front. Smoking the Hookah at the hostel in San Christy
found this guy INSIDE our house. He was escorted out very quickly.

Enjoying cuba libres on the beach at Barra Zacapulco

Liberating turtles under the cover of darkness Tasty, tasty Sol - ruining Ethan with handmade tortillas and giant plates of shrimp

I voted to leave him there but he escaped

Trav and Ethan rockin out as usual... Trav looking goofy with big hair
See all the fun we had?? You can come visit too!!

Has it really been a year?!

Well, it has been one year since we were officially married (we had 6 years practice before that) and alot of kick ass stuff has happened in that time. Different climate, different country, different language, different everything, except we are still rockin' together better than ever! I wonder what the next year will bring?, whatever it is we're up for it!

Top: 1 year on, Barra Zacapulco, MX

Bottom: Wedding Day, Blue Muscle Cabin, AK