https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog daily 0.75 2020-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426801922399-THEA2KNDTOV02XL146JK/blog+thin+%282%29.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2020/4/16/coping-with-covid-19-on-separate-continents monthly 0.5 2020-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587064917373-25JCVGU6QNAMFIDJYP62/bidet.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents I’m set if I run out of toilet paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587063354480-8C003VQQTBMESHJZWFY4/painted_ladies.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents Mick and Ela at the Painted Ladies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587064707509-JP67130R2PEZKXAQRU8X/beach4.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587062462459-JT1UEZFBNHOB2OPQB3SA/jail_cell.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents Photo from inside a cell in A-Block of Alcatraz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587064183127-CG1MZRWAALNFK0H7JH05/rocks_shells.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents A sampling of my latest finds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587062108625-8HM4HQDW78N1WGF7APBV/Portugal+pic+2019 Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents Enjoying a Portugal beach in July 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587064042344-KM4N8702TZFOJZUUDK13/golfpic1.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587064097631-GY9KMIC2TO67X71U60JI/golfpic2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587064533018-5I75JF8UY2CDSCJGI0PM/beach2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587065358217-G2N63ELFXQTDYHZLDNKV/nature+walk.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents On a nature walk with my mom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587063091670-ZJEKX0QAWHW11SHPJ08U/kids_pier39.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents The kids watching the sea lions at Pier 39. They loved watching them fight and play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587064484249-79SE4HJP8KW325URS8SB/beach1.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587063396730-ACW5PQGTW1HG4PB6HNH4/golden_gate_chill.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents Tag chillin near the Golden Gate Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587064275063-H0XNXYWD5UD7VXU5CMEM/veggies.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents This bounty was recently delivered to me. Score! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587065178282-1DMZN3HQ9LQ0OM50DN5K/games.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents A classic game of rummikub with my Mom and the kids https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587065127556-MBYQWFY0F7LC9ZAN1Y2O/kids1.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents Ela working on her croquet skills #needsmorepractice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587063298582-ZJ00E69M9UQ1V6ZZEBEE/cable_car_ride.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents Family cable car ride. No one fell off….bonus! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1587064568741-4SHEE903GB6GLWSPX0NH/beach3.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Coping with COVID-19 on Separate Continents https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2019/12/29/how-weve-been-able-to-travel-continuously-for-2000-days monthly 0.5 2019-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577634625857-7R1OYZHLGY6MTTFRL3X7/Our_travels_to_date Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days Most of our travels so far https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577636353114-1NJ8L5J2ZQLGVGL29GB1/sahara.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days Exploring the Sahara Desert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577636570174-IT2ZLDE5T1FO4J8LRFM8/stall.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days Vendors left their stalls unattended at prayer time during Ramadan (Marrakech, Morocco) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577637269793-JH0JAODNVDIRGLAYLUIJ/mud+bricks.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days Making of mud bricks in rural Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577635395523-O7GGPL8IP9CG1WGTJOH6/working_lunch.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days A working lunch in Fez, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577636976135-X0BF7BOT2ZSJP2Z8GVWF/sheep.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days Ela learning to shear a sheep in Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577636268442-G0KDWK7XWDDRVRR859I6/Hassan+II+Mosque.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca at the peak of Ramadan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577637161124-74J1YOSVQ8W6DUTFU6T1/scothish+independence.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days We attended a march advocating for Scottish independence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577636744483-M47M9471GC7L36WX77RK/cairo.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days The Egyptian Museum in Cairo - Here we saw the discoveries inside King Tut’s Tomb and learned how unimportant he really was. Other pharaohs had much longer reigns and greater accomplishments. A week later, we walked inside the actual tomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577636115385-OON62OCCYEALVG8IOMKB/monkey.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days Exploring the Atlas Mountains and meeting new friends in Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577636424737-N93U24KE490NQJAO4FQ5/blanket.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days The ancient art of rug making from the Berber culture - The proprietor of this museum just happened to be there during our visit and he spent over an hour explaining the meaning of the colors, shapes, and presentation of the design. Not only was this fascinating, but we developed an appreciation for this art that we wouldn’t have otherwise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577637029879-C022X3NQSU80IB7T8KST/red_kite.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days The kids in a bird hide just before the feeding of Red Kites (Ela’s favorite Bird of Prey). The ranger gave an interesting talk about the resurgence of the Red Kites in the UK and how it happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577637677589-9858WVEN0ZQ108U1IQW5/Family+and+Thumb.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days Our 2019 Christmas Pic (Cambridge UK) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577636176254-79X9ZSPULCFB4RXMG76M/leather.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days Learning about leather dying in Fez, Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577635164455-GKWTQCCDKJC3YG7BYNW2/kids_crashed.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days The kids were completely wiped out by the heat in Luxor Egypt. Slow travel = more rests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577636897248-VV8BHV3PKMQN87FB8T3R/skate.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days Tag taking skating lessons in Ericeira, Portugal. He also took skateboard lessons in Durban, South Africa 2 years earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577636796429-8055SULAZLG91W8SVKX9/step.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days Tag exploring the inside of the Step Pyramid, one of the early pyramids before the Egyptians mastered the technique of building the more famous ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1577637457040-KJX4IG02XOJ13EIATX3J/comrie.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We’ve Been Able to Travel Continuously for 2,000 days A pic from Comrie, Scotland, just a few blocks from one of our housesits https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2018/9/23/where-have-we-been monthly 0.5 2018-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1537712267020-ZFS2RJ3K6MQP2SGO6LQW/Georgia.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Where Have We Been? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1537712121139-QI1MBNE603XSA0NUU52R/iceland.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Where Have We Been? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1537712287145-4848OYRXCSPYBFPC6BG4/prague.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Where Have We Been? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1537712079676-L33CM0MPUQ5LM6H53Y19/jackson+hole.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Where Have We Been? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1537712172998-PI4RE1218J1F9R4R5YDV/Netherlands.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Where Have We Been? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1537712210637-QMEWLAP8E5YCTYNGW7GB/Croatia.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Where Have We Been? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1537712236734-Z19A3VCZEPZGG8FXAT0U/Romania.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Where Have We Been? https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2016/9/11/remembering-september-11-2001 monthly 0.5 2016-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1473633146563-84OJ4MTLG2N9SL1MTK0E/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Remembering September 11, 2001 My ID badge to work in the World Trade Center. It was scheduled to expire on September 29th. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2016/6/12/bathrooms-south-of-the-border monthly 0.5 2016-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1465792798890-8S84METS9JWSC7VDMYIP/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Preparing Yourself for Bathrooms South of the Border This toilet is missing both a toilet seat and a handle for flushing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1465792936017-SQD2CMUK8Y3Y4P1DAR6W/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Preparing Yourself for Bathrooms South of the Border Place any used paper in the blue bin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1465792667720-VN00QUR9JNRXB6YPTYUS/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Preparing Yourself for Bathrooms South of the Border A common site...no toilet paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1465792056100-ZNUN7J2R516WB017LJFU/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Preparing Yourself for Bathrooms South of the Border Sinks literally outside of the bathroom. Note the small bar soap but no hand towels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1465792229063-0Z4DI2G41XS57VQHNPVR/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Preparing Yourself for Bathrooms South of the Border You are looking at a sink that has fallen off the wall onto the floor of what was once a shower (they repurposed the plumbing). This was inside the girls bathroom of the school where Mick taught in Guatemala. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2016/5/27/rope-making-hacienda-sotuta-de-peon monthly 0.5 2016-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464386243788-WJCQZTZQTTODJ0H4FWT1/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Rope Making at Hacienda Sotuta de Peon Ela examining the machines used for mass producing ropes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464386609668-323TG64080MTNCXPR5G4/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Rope Making at Hacienda Sotuta de Peon Obligatory family picture while sitting on a horse drawn cart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464385715850-HSSEHGJHKBV6J572KQFT/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Rope Making at Hacienda Sotuta de Peon Tag using the brush. He had to pull really hard initially but it loosened up quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464386498181-9HNM65A4HFRVWNGIMW9W/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Rope Making at Hacienda Sotuta de Peon This horse pulled our entire tour group around the plantation via a cart attached to a rail system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464384563435-Q0RZ3C8657V4VC9ICQMP/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Rope Making at Hacienda Sotuta de Peon Fresh cut sisal ready to be processed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464386764056-S9MN1L0EMHPUQEKX8LAW/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Rope Making at Hacienda Sotuta de Peon The inside of the cenote at Hacienda Sotuta de Peon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464385380308-NLYCD227570CB0E76EML/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Rope Making at Hacienda Sotuta de Peon The inner guts of the sisal leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464384765717-HWHFXQA6A6IYH0NBASHL/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Rope Making at Hacienda Sotuta de Peon Sisal leaves being placed and spaced for processing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464383573778-HURY2M7IP7NP6OFUBE0V/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Rope Making at Hacienda Sotuta de Peon Sisal Agave plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464385537344-PQA9XEQ74YP9319A1L5W/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Rope Making at Hacienda Sotuta de Peon Sisal fibers are dried using modern solar power. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2016/5/30/life-in-the-big-city-exploring-merida-mexico monthly 0.5 2016-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464725814350-UXRQPUUNC48M62OZ4K3W/IMG_20160328_145233088.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Life in a Big City, Another Traumatic Visit to the Dentist and a Bit of Jumping - Merida, Mexico - Super Heroes (with Ela, Tag and Cousin Nate) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464725814154-6XDJRQ77WN8H7T3BXFZI/IMG_20160325_130608939_HDR.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Life in a Big City, Another Traumatic Visit to the Dentist and a Bit of Jumping - Merida, Mexico - Ela and her Mythological Seascape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464648573085-4TYM2VTZK2BDUVP5XZCR/1+IMG_20160329_163027959_HDR.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Life in a Big City, Another Traumatic Visit to the Dentist and a Bit of Jumping - Merida, Mexico - The outside of the dentist's office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464908689589-30OY5Q1KCCHEAZPBLM1Q/12321687_502144003327542_3044299109269901925_n.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Life in a Big City, Another Traumatic Visit to the Dentist and a Bit of Jumping - Merida, Mexico - Tag doing his zen while being cleaned https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464647972551-RBZVDB4OO8V69IDGVMIM/1+1536722_499727590235850_5814227460839107871_n.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Life in a Big City, Another Traumatic Visit to the Dentist and a Bit of Jumping - Merida, Mexico - Brownies, high quality socks, and asparagus! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464647973465-RNPO6YMADGVHU45CIWZ1/2+922943_501671773374765_4037983895563386934_n.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Life in a Big City, Another Traumatic Visit to the Dentist and a Bit of Jumping - Merida, Mexico - Organic blueberries and raspberries! We've missed you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464647973734-F0PJRXA0RX0H36AW9QRO/3+IMG_20160325_152640989.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Life in a Big City, Another Traumatic Visit to the Dentist and a Bit of Jumping - Merida, Mexico - Water fountains you can drink from! A first since leaving the States https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1464647975557-GFZHD15YW7NZR3S8HFZC/4+944880_501670510041558_5660457624207764800_n.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Life in a Big City, Another Traumatic Visit to the Dentist and a Bit of Jumping - Merida, Mexico - A cenote in the parking lot. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2016/5/3/pirates-wall-and-segregation-campeche-mexico monthly 0.5 2016-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462308559009-81KA4JJGOSGXLRHJUUK5/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico We enjoyed this replica of Campeche as it looked 400+ years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462304407578-LK37NK35BIWTXGC5WB5Y/colonial+courtyard.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462304479553-CR1OCL1VNSCVLKWKK1LC/colonial+kitchen.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462304604786-T4SACVPC4WG22EJ6BM0V/colonial+bedroom.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462310589807-TL6SH0B4E0S0AR2I0ZKK/show+celebremos.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462310589436-3Q8O2PU00KG3I2U6VKF3/show+skeletons.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462310594362-Q1T43SEUS44IOJ7BT8AC/show+town.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462310584154-LWU0OHUY9Q9RF86KNWBR/show+panoramic.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462308887678-H69MF8B31I7N8HGFHQ1T/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico We had mixed reviews about the malecon of Campeche. As you can see, it's beautiful with lanes for biking, walking, and enjoying the views. However, much of it was accompanied with a foul smell and it was next to a busy 4-lane road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462310485238-LCQJWFNQ7S563ZMQVNQ3/wall+bell.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462310516260-EIPRTF4AVQ87YONH10UJ/wall+Elle.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462310544408-VYIGEHDHHRDAFZWKUVLZ/wall+walk.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462302843426-8HZLOVSXOCQGR2UA2TNE/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico This little girl was happily feeding rice to the pigeons. There were at least 200 in her surrounding vicinity. That is until Tag and two other boys tried to run them off (and did...several times). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462309133875-FYCSXAK72E1K86GCIL7D/campeche+sign.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pirates, a Wall, and a Light Show in Campeche, Mexico The best part of the malecon -- taking pictures on this cute sign. 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Slippery Area! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1463782486124-R8C7SZDN9KAJA7O296HN/IMG_9105.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Things To Do with Kids in Oaxaca, Mexico - Mickelle and Ela at the base of the Limestone Waterfall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1463783086298-3TFO36QU7WQY9MJ762L8/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Things To Do with Kids in Oaxaca, Mexico The condiment bars are always a treat. It's not unusual to see people putting ketchup and mayonnaise on pizza or corn. Want to be a fire fighter? Hang out at the theater and wait for an opportunity to try your skills. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2016/5/16/oaxaca-redux monthly 0.5 2016-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1463516689075-HQA0FYVLIBMH8ND4325A/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Three weeks of Chocolate and Mole, Oaxaca Redux Ela looking through the ornaments (above). 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We were only allowed to take pictures outside. Yes, it was a cold day. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2016/5/3/things-to-do-with-kids-in-san-cristobal-mexico monthly 0.5 2016-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462723515497-FXH7FMMJ41N5A2R0A6QN/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Things To Do with Kids in San Cristobal de las Casas Looking at the courtyard of a building adjacent to the Iglesia de Santo Domingo in San Cristobal de las Casas. The museum was inside several rooms of this beautiful building on both the ground and second floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462830550033-U33IWEDSB9A60BX0CB1J/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Things To Do with Kids in San Cristobal de las Casas An example of red amber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462732426467-FWD8KOT84G6OR3O8W78C/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Things To Do with Kids in San Cristobal de las Casas This was the WORST toy. It's a bow and arrow. I shot it once and burned the side of my finger. Then, I went to shoot it again and I broke the bow. 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Tag has asked about the whereabouts of his bones. I told him they are in the cartop carrier, along with his bow and arrows. How long can I get away with this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462735196204-NDZABMY88X33DHBC68T8/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Things To Do with Kids in San Cristobal de las Casas The kids were a lot happier when we walked around the park (and away from the arch) and found a small stream and two tire swings...that is until Ken hopped on the tire swing with Ela. She didn't care for that too much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462830826186-GR7O6Z7AEAC3UJTA0C74/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Things To Do with Kids in San Cristobal de las Casas Tag and his furry friend, the tarantula. Yes, it was alive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462831495533-QRFNF8366FLHX02B8W6E/traje.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Things To Do with Kids in San Cristobal de las Casas Each Mayan village has its own, distinct woven pattern and style as its traje. After having lived in Central America for 18 months, we can now identify the origin of some traje. There's a better pic of the museum located here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462824469256-2AS9K0LERJ1XVCC8ED7R/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Things To Do with Kids in San Cristobal de las Casas Why are kids fascinated with dead bugs? Ela and Tag loved every case and frequently asked me to take pictures of their favorites. Also, Ela thinks it looks like the bug is eating her here. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2016/5/4/el-papa-pope-visit monthly 0.5 2016-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462385621279-84G41CF235E6AH83ADZY/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - El Papa, the Day the Pope Visited San Cristobal The route of the Popemobile was hung prominently on telephone polls and light posts throughout town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462385873310-JG7TEU7EOXOLF22VU2RZ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - El Papa, the Day the Pope Visited San Cristobal This is the outdoor stage nearing completion just before the Pope's visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462386698598-OTD0RY1OZWIKVX0CIF0M/pics+IMG_20160214_150645028.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - El Papa, the Day the Pope Visited San Cristobal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462386692740-JB6TJGZWK9Z0WKPHQ6MG/shirt+12651261_480549238820352_3160377354065505478_n.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - El Papa, the Day the Pope Visited San Cristobal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462386023794-5MM31YAZW48BZ41VB538/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - El Papa, the Day the Pope Visited San Cristobal The night before the big day, a friend gave us tickets. She wasn't going to use them and was fine whether we used them or not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462387625847-WQ89IDJZK02KIWMYGJJY/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - El Papa, the Day the Pope Visited San Cristobal Police waiting...just in case things got out of hand. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2016/5/3/getting-settled-in-san-cristobal-de-las-casas monthly 0.5 2016-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462293230843-OY8PJW3DFUZEBWFEAEE7/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Getting Settled in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico This is a good sign. 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There's pretty much any kind of food at any price point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462291421366-5KUFTL7POYZ02J49K36J/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Getting Settled in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462298007228-TZDYQHUCADIAKKYAFJGK/1+IMG_8879.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Getting Settled in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462298014772-11ZSD570GEFBX0CZSRNB/2+IMG_20151213_125205286.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Getting Settled in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462298025370-CYVRT47WHV8AX3A1U3NR/3+IMG_20151213_125220362.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Getting Settled in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462298032147-3AIWMALZU4MV82MZV2T2/4+IMG_20151212_182717633.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Getting Settled in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462298037897-GVHOBQF32PD1H6JC9HFQ/5+IMG_8883.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Getting Settled in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462318120626-MQODUZ97R5DNNLGK3UME/unnamed.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Getting Settled in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1462296642562-3V356HTMH4UNYG9GIAVP/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Getting Settled in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico Ela and Mick did semi-regular walks/hikes around town. They'd start by hoofing it up to Iglesia de San Cristobal, then trek down, over and up to Iglesia de Guadelupe, before capping it off with gourmet hot chocolate. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2016/4/20/mayan-ruins-macaws-copan-honduras monthly 0.5 2016-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461175037986-YR24P29003K1IFNVIIO4/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras The path to and from the ruins is well maintained and safe but it can be a little hot (we bribed the kids with ice cream to keep walking) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461460789086-C29RZ2I0C23YBFVZQS57/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras Birds in flight. They were amazing to watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461175111309-KH6YT847G7HCYUKRIEOK/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras Raul, giving the family a brief overview of the ruins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461460666296-BTOU1T0KNR0I632H848Y/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras Macaws with a few of the impressive ruins in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461456614237-GU6XN5ZOQCK6TBZ8093X/2+Copan+kids+in+awe.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras - Kids in awe! Many of the structures were impressively large. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461456631521-X0UPNFQFO6T61M9DX0DA/2+Copan+walking+in+the+ruins.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras - A stroll around some of the structures just outside one of the plazas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461456631540-WLPGP0N08TOUCNBRZ014/IMG_20151127_130945638.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras - Notice how the trees on the right have rooted into the ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461456645796-Z69R7U2XK94A5DGQWPYC/IMG_20151127_131041507.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras - One of the many reclaimed structures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461456663778-OPVRRU16BCLSL4J38WP9/IMG_20151127_132112554.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras - Tag looks down at one of the larger residential areas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461456645719-4B4L9135JTB6B2Y5X3TR/IMG_20151127_131009688.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras - Many of the statues represent former kings of this land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461456655869-9RRK144KFXVD15Q86292/IMG_20151127_133618417.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras - The beautiful valley surrounding the ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461456677459-FSYDNJEKF3HLTIZ58IBF/IMG_20151127_133918089.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras - Mick and Ela exit one of the tunnels in the plaza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461456688201-20TX5ZKYZ6TR1K36M7K0/IMG_20151127_134622155_HDR.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras - Ela looking down on the main plaza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461456704250-08DCLUOKQ7L3SPT5FTYC/IMG_20151127_140819399.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras - Ela, Mick and Raul study the stairway full of glyphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461456690993-YZHQK0OVQKRC0R0IJDZS/IMG_20151127_135018892.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras - Tag was leading the way to the main plaza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461456705705-7U5DRLI9XLCJPEBFDAPL/IMG_20151127_141147030.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras - Some of the glyphs in the stairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1461460978682-YJ19FIQXNX5LQBNG1864/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ruins and Macaws in Copan, Honduras Tag getting a closer look. Thankfully the birds are used to having people around. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2016/3/31/learning-to-scuba-dive monthly 0.5 2016-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460561568841-5T1NJZ6PERPHGXV83NJJ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan - Learning to Scuba Dive The backwards roll is one of the safest ways to enter the water from a boat. It was also a bit freaky the first few times. Ela never did do it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460561319890-P7IFXSURR715REJSFNT1/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan - Learning to Scuba Dive Special time with our oldest child. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459996551444-FVXMQWJFPF2Q733TQ2PE/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan - Learning to Scuba Dive Ela completing her scuba diver book, recording the day's dive site, water temperatures and depth of dive. On this day, she also noted seeing an adult Hawksbill Sea Turtle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460561632936-QCO10UO6JF6QML4R0WJD/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan - Learning to Scuba Dive Ela is all suited up and ready to dive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459996794219-XQ0XB59KG3R8GPEPT58I/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan - Learning to Scuba Dive Ela and Suzanne (our instructor) doing their last minute dive checks before going under the water. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2016/3/31/roatan-island-family-favorite monthly 0.5 2016-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459993201218-KZDCMPBTHSE0A4B1390I/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite One of our first impressions of Roatan - Reuse and recycle is a necessary part of island life. All groceries are boxed. No bags, plastic or paper, are available at the grocery store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459993101470-4CPEORUKBS9749HZVMB8/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite We never said we travel light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459993485006-3ABD5NDD9ACFOSEA0CQT/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite Extra activities, for a steep price, are available on cruise-ship days. Bonus: Everyone else had to return to their ship and we spent another hour playing without the crowds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460524105537-96FG702P4A8NL2SOF7M8/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite Ken took the kids paddle boarding in Half Moon Bay in West End. The sailboat in the background is damaged and permanently anchored there. Many locals play on it. There's a rope swing hanging from it which Ken and Tag enjoyed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460520491098-2V3P0WFIU1CLGKOC03EL/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite All geared up and ready to go down under! Learning to scuba dive with Ela was an experience I will treasure for the rest of my life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459993373529-JS6NRXBPL09Y2T68SRF3/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite West End - Hanging out on Rudy's dock, The main road is just beyond the blue and white umbrellas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459993512728-5OAD1SH0UTLMRU1WXH9E/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite West Bay Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459993531640-6Z6DMMPCAXFT4UWLMWDX/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite My little pumpkin and I are waiting to take a water taxi from West Bay to West End. It's 10 minutes by boat or 20 minutes by car. The boats only run during day light hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460520012252-QPBM161TFQCGOWF8ENCC/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite There were lots of interesting facts. The kids made me take several pictures factoids and dead insects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459998771936-Z5QKDL3A5DRXPF0V7TW1/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite Dolphin hug https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460520198507-TGP0NWW3HRIHVZEWP2H8/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite Getting their pirate on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460520382141-I4SR8TS890ULOVQMZ0FG/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite This mama monkey and her baby hung out on my shoulders and arm for at least 10 minutes. At one point, the baby's face was 2 inches from mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459992645735-WM55OV29TWAF5HSZYGP2/dolphin.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite Ela & Ellie, a match made in the Caribbean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460520161793-EQWYTB7YUFQX1YKPNU6L/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite Can you say cheesy? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460834671664-SG14MTRB66JOQ5OQVDAQ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite We had the pool all to ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459993437216-B0K1YJK1MO1NGVWQFFZY/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite Our views from West End at dusk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460520653915-CBY2OVECMKXHFMBC172I/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite Tag's favorite memory from this day: "A monkey peed on mommy (yes it really happened). A monkey jumped on me. A macaw stood on me." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460834712972-G0QPSVQXDPBRG2C87MHL/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite Ken and Ela snorkeling with dolphins at Anthony's Key. The dolphins have a big habitat. Some dolphins escape and usually return (on their own) within a couple of days. Occasionally, dolphins will escape follow boats to other parts of the island where they happily perform some of their tricks in the wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459999050077-RZDNKM4AGII6X1BNOR00/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite Tag and I enjoyed the dolphins from the dock. They were quite friendly and splashed us a few times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460430797525-D8SDX85SDEY6WB140984/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Roatan Island - A Family Favorite Kids and macaws! https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2016/4/13/cuban-cigars-in-nicaragua monthly 0.5 2016-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460581836313-N0A3LN6A4UVQ98N9Z1SI/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua Words, pictures or symbols are printed onto the boxes using a silk screen process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602554618-DTJW5FA8ZZL62EGDSPVQ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua Of course the tour ended with a tasting. Neither kid, nor I, actually took a puff, but they had fun pretending. The smells from the fermenting room were enough for all of us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602511895-PXJZ3EY4IG80K0XCP4Q0/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua This team of women is paid according to the number of cigars they package. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602195525-1D4UFC3XHFKZS9OHGUFX/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua This is a bundle of tobacco leaves. There are 35 leaves in a bundle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460600854317-PN411NECLZLEG4FKJB5S/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua Young tobacco plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602294749-52DNN6DF1A8LVJ6TY416/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua Once the filler is wrapped with a binder, it is pressed in a box for a minimum of 20 minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602473548-7UE625Y9R2XGFLOTIQGC/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua Completed cigars are aged for 2-3 weeks and sell for $1-2 per cigar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460601960039-40LVWDL3IIHPJ6VML544/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua Ela and Tag in front of Tabacalera Santiago, one of over 100 cigar factories in Esteli. Most cigar factories are owned by Cuban families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460581742461-EQWHALMHMO4B11L2MABU/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua Another man's job. This is one of the lowest paying jobs in the factory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602053021-TC0S93QBJA37OR6YHTCW/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua Tobacco drying in the sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460581810342-2N5C48TEJXW2E9V9GQG7/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua The boxes are colored using car paint colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602172649-9376J31UZY6H6XA2TRTS/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua Dried tobacco leaves are sorted by size and color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460601993393-JQL4PAOOFUO5NFXESJWZ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua Note the masks on the face of the workers. It's essentially a bandana. This is a man's job in the factory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602020610-P9NEG2M0FEF6OAJ9E8N2/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua Factories will use tobacco from different farms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602095805-L09DTGRQ62146M22OXLU/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua The kids and I were encouraged to feel the tobacco leaves at all stages of the cigar making process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602442614-IUJ0F0JW411ACN1ILUKP/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua The smell in this room was strong as well. Groups of cigars are wrapped in newspaper while they age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602221137-0MYR4TSLB7AL8ZVA8C0E/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua One man and one woman make up a production team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602116407-L5K7NXXGISB77V4KJT9G/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua Workers in production phase order their leaves from the Sorting Room. This is a women's job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602418586-6X1ZIDHFGPDQOLLFTMHJ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua This machine measures the density of a cigar. Cigars that are packed too tight or have a tight spot will be rejected and the pair that made them will not get paid for it. The rejected cigar will then be used in the makings of cheaper cigars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602245403-RFVK7MJG0EKXOMEBOZF2/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua The men develop an instinct for just the right amount of tobacco filler needed. If they use too much or too little, the cigar won't pass inspection, and then the pair won't get paid for those cigars. Rejected cigars are used as fillers in cheaper cigars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602320784-OIWECEHPXGGB3BT9D0W2/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua Binder and filler but no wrapper...getting closer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602075778-LBHIQGQ7GK24WTQNLATH/033.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua There were several small rooms with racks of drying tobacco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460602534612-OV4ZQY19TXFKFURK72X2/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Everything You Didn't Know About the Making of (Cuban) Cigars in Esteli, Nicaragua The housekeeper in our Esteli apartment worked in a cigar factory placing stickers on cigars. She held that job for 18 years. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/12/10-on-the-move-having-fun monthly 0.5 2016-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1450199102855-YNT1KW3X344TNNESEXWL/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - On the Move and Having Fun, Nov. 2015 - April 2016 Austin Powers, the girls and I crossed the lake to San Pedro where we went on a horseback riding adventure. Lucky for us, our friends were able to skip school one day! Some might say we're a bad influence, but I think any day off for a bit of fun and outdoors is worth it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1450198881297-ERXRQI7CJFQIKELVLXH6/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - On the Move and Having Fun, Nov. 2015 - April 2016 Tag is overlooking the former residences of the highest hierarchy at the Copan Ruins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459990207813-OCNKCQ40UMAZ3Q086GV7/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - On the Move and Having Fun, Nov. 2015 - April 2016 We discovered caves, stalactites, stalagmites, and pools of water underground in San Cristobal. This led to the kids watching YouTube videos about fascinating caves around the world. Now, they want to go to Brazil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459991226010-COXIREPWN9XCQ12TB1SM/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - On the Move and Having Fun, Nov. 2015 - April 2016 The manatee were fun to feed, but they had awful breath! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1449863687520-QFW361Q2ODF25WXWD5XR/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - On the Move and Having Fun, Nov. 2015 - April 2016 The kids and I also spent a day at Gumbalimba Park playing with monkeys and Scarlet Macaws. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1459990942250-ZK58JTQ39VMD8HIAB4SR/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - On the Move and Having Fun, Nov. 2015 - April 2016 New Years in Oaxaca's zocalo! Giant sparklers, eggshells filled with rice or confetti and hundreds of people celebrating along with us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1449863653662-ML2SIFDGO9YNYDISEPUU/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - On the Move and Having Fun, Nov. 2015 - April 2016 The mountain town of Esteli, Nicaragua is world-reknown for it's cigars. Many Cubans immigrated to Esteli and took seeds with them. They are essentially growing cuban plants and making cuban cigars in Esteli. The kids and I took a tour of one of the factories, and we learned a lot. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/11/1/weekend-homestay-miraflores monthly 0.5 2015-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430784831-IYZLRPGJV5KJNKD55EFJ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores Ela is climbing up and through the tree roots that are in the middle of the trail. We had a blast on this hike! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446429882015-5LLTXK7RTMEETF2UME6E/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores We stopped several times on our drive into the mountains to enjoy the breathtaking views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430380602-P8E70T1L9VSF8A5403LB/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores Left: This is Devanira's organic garden. She starts many of her plants in the green house. Right: Every meal included several vegetables and a homemade drink. I believe we paid $2.50-$4 per meal per person. I brought food for our kids since they don't like healthy vegetables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430675264-SE1HJDAO2I78GWMGBSI9/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores Tag rode with our guide, Orlando, and talked to him the entire time. Orlando didn't know much of what Tag was saying, but that didn't stop Tag. As far as he was concerned, he had Orlando's undivided attention for 3 hours! Here we have arrived at the waterfall. In order to hike down to the bottom, we had to climb a fence to find the trail. What kid doesn't love climbing fences? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430741854-WOD3KZ4QRBX2S1ZVDJ30/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores The waterfall is actually on private land. When we entered the private property, we paid the landowner a nominal fee. This is typically how it's done. We found ourselves in similar situations running in Guatemala where our guide, Greg, would pay the local landowner to let us run the part of the trail that crossed his land. Ela put the flower in my hair. Orlando showed it to her. It's the national flower of Nicaragua, known as the sacuanjoche. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446435373361-Q3VZGPW81O5HGLAVELAX/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores We rode for 1.5 hours to a waterfall, went on a small hike and returned by horse. We never would have found these trails and known about the waterfall if we hadn't hired Orlando as our guide. We did plenty of trotting and even the occasional galloping which made it that much more fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446431138846-SUDFR8IGL11WJUKTL93R/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores John Wayne, I mean Ken Weary, learned how to open fences without getting off his horse. This was pretty cool. Although I wouldn't expect anything less from my Texas Stud! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430040036-GK75YW2MLUVMSJGFB5ZB/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores Ken, Ela and Juan's view after their climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430397403-BI0RHGDZ1RLC5GHTT4YQ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores This was our private bathroom. The family's bathroom is similar. Notice the container of water on the table at the right. This is what we used to wash our hands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446429958325-1ML4K83A54APZK0M21QC/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores Tag and I followed at his pace which included several stops to pick up sticks or retrieve a boot stuck in the thick mud. I've since decided that the used boots we bought Tag are too big for him. Now I'm on a mission to find him a pair that don't come off as easily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430481418-JLFJV4XU8F1NHVVX5FJA/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores All weekend, Juan would be asking about Ela when they weren't playing. Ela doesn't speak much Spanish and neither Juan, nor his sister, speak any English. This didn't matter. They had a wonderful time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430932969-8TWI703MRDFL07U8DAW3/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores Ela loved her horse. I asked Orlando if the horses had names, but I couldn't understand his answer. Therefore, we came up with our own names. Ela named hers Buttercup, and Tag named his Shine. When I asked Orlando if his son Juan rode horses, he kinda laughed. As it turned out, it was a silly question. I was riding Juan's horse. Juan has ridden for years and is responsible for all of his horse's caretaking needs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446429830731-FI47OQRIKSERX08YE93S/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores Ela and I at the entrance to the National Park. If we hadn't gone through Tree Huggers non-profit organization, I'm not sure where or how we would have paid the entrance fee. There was no guard station anywhere we drove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430356504-OFZRF4LIDNFHU2FVECHL/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores The family's pig and other families' pigs wander the street and farms as they like. They wear these wooden X's on their necks which prevent them from leaving the fenced areas. This pig is likely to be slaughtered in December. Sometimes they eat the meat and other times they sell it. This year they are likely to sell it because they need the money. The pigs and the dogs ate slop out of a tire sliced in half like a big moon-shaped bowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430463034-KZE9G7CZZ4E92X53NH9X/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores Tag isn't a fan of wearing wet clothes. This was the only day he'd worn underwear in 5 months. We warned him that he would want to keep his privates more closely guarded to keep out the little bugs. (There were uncomfortable bug biting incidents in Guatemala and he started wearing underwear again. The underwear were long forgotten when we moved to Costa Rica.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430765696-VLPB9WM5XGMGZ3K2L3Z5/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores The climb down, and later back up, the waterfall was steep. Tag is literally pulling himself up over the rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430422587-KL6LD0BOHF8JYNAS9465/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores This is one of several outbuildings, but this is the biggest and nicest one. I believe Orlando keeps many of his farm tools here. We have no idea what they are going to do with the corn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446429908903-UGKGIJBF42CDKWLVI59G/3.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores This is one of my favorite pictures of Ela. She was so happy this entire weekend. She loved walking in the fields, playing with the kids and enjoying a "real life Social Studies lesson". This is what life is like for many Nicaraguan families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446429978783-Y7MCHOJNQFC7YH01PM3S/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores Of course Tag was drawn to Juan's brother's machete. This child has a knack for finding weapons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430015589-1ZVHA9HR93RW8JJ55CLK/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores After their steep climb, Juan was excited to share his cows with Ela. They fed them grass. One cow was pregnant and due to give birth in 2 days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446430438635-B3BNLLIWAMCUR39QH0PA/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Weekend Homestay in Miraflores A little rain never stopped us from having fun! The ground turned into a mud bath and we were all quite dirty. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/10/31/worst-dentist-appointment-ever monthly 0.5 2015-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446422178791-NMR2E11B2JSOQKW893L9/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Worst Dentist Appointment Ever! Like all of the dental offices in Esteli, they specialize in EVERYTHING! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446411634691-L6F0X3N824EG6BKXN2CP/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Worst Dentist Appointment Ever! Tag was a challenge for the hygienist. He was more interested in holding the instruments for her than getting his teeth cleaned. He played with the water squirter, electronic brush and anything else that was within his reach. Additionally, two appointments at 3:00 did not mean 2 appointments at 3:00. It meant one kid went at 3:00 and the other kid went when the first was finished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1446411614904-V3API4Y0YEQLELKLLLBE/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Worst Dentist Appointment Ever! The hygienist is wearing a mask and gloves. That is good. But, shouldn't Elle be wearing protective eyewear? This was given to her later. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/9/18/jubilation monthly 0.5 2015-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445205352445-JLRNJI6AJ9ZLM48U7WPO/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Jubilation! The Relief of Finding a Place to Live This is a view of town from the 3rd floor balcony of the above picture. The street you can kind of see if the town's main street leading to Parque Central. It's not the prettiest town, but it's an accurate representation of many towns in Central America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445205334398-XQO2F7T84DPXC34VLLCG/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Jubilation! The Relief of Finding a Place to Live The bathroom - While it's clean, it's not beautiful. We had to buy the green and white shelf so that we'd have a place to put our toothbrushes.The shower is the only place in the house with warm water. You can see the top of the electrical shower head. These, too, are quite common in Central America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445205791505-V88J6XXAFSQNUVEHEZRY/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Jubilation! The Relief of Finding a Place to Live The playground! It's not unusual for Ela and Tag to join other children playing tag and other games at the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445205309086-6IKCDQLBXSIVR1HC6IKV/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Jubilation! The Relief of Finding a Place to Live This picture is taken from the bathroom and the door leads to the comfy couch. The rooms are large in size, which the kids enjoy. They love to spread out their toys and play for hours at a time. The rule is that they must make a walking path at night time. Typically, they set up right in front of the door. I no longer apologize when I open the door on their butts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445794939281-WNW0PRVHBOQWWSQ8E0US/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Jubilation! The Relief of Finding a Place to Live Our comfy couch! This shows the front door of the apartment and window that lead to the atrium. Although there is a roof above the atrium, it is not sealed from the outside elements. The tile get wet during heavy rains. We have gotten to know the residents of two of the other four units on our floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445205272939-KR5WICXN7J9X8I9KLF4R/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Jubilation! The Relief of Finding a Place to Live It's not a beautiful kitchen, but it works and we're not sharing it with anyone else! You can see Ken's office on the left, and that is a washing machine on the right. The washing machine leaks, and we prefer to send our laundry out once a week. Notice the white notecards throughout the apartment. These are my way of helping all of us learn Spanish! The kitchen also came with a microwave, but we moved it to the floor on the other side of the refrigerator. We simply don't use a microwave anymore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445205294594-QZR3CNMWWS5W5B8GF50X/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Jubilation! The Relief of Finding a Place to Live The Master Bedroom! I do miss rugs, but the yoga mat works when necessary. Yes, that is a clothesline on the right-side. The apartment comes with two televisions, neither of which we need or want. The other door leads to the bathroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445205252869-5LJ72P6OD0XL5AZ6N9GL/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Jubilation! The Relief of Finding a Place to Live This is Ken's office! He prefers to stand while on his computer so this works well for him. Also, the refrigerator is immediately behind him for when he is hungry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445794908803-O6ISSRWOQL1C341M8AEE/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Jubilation! The Relief of Finding a Place to Live This is the apartment building. It's one of the tallest buildings in town. On the right-side of the photo, you can see the Parque Central with the main church at the opposite side of the square from our building. The first floor of the building (on the side of the square) is all retail. The sign on the second floor railing is a permanent fixture. It gives a number to call to rent a furnished apartment. There are currently no units available, but the sign remains. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/9/18/frustrating-worrisome-travel-days monthly 0.5 2016-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445202957858-A1OZEC68783EEGH8JPM8/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Frustrating and Worrisome Travel Days In order to find places to rent, we needed to walk/drive the streets and hope that people were home. People were less likely to be home since it was a holiday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445203211132-LTMRV3NSBY79IJY9VQ9E/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Frustrating and Worrisome Travel Days We heard rumors that this was a house with several rooms for rent with a shared kitchen and other common spaces. Notice that there is no sign. We drove by several times and yelled from the street to see if anyone was home. Once I parked across the street and staked out the house for an hour hoping that someone would come or go. No luck. After we found our place, a new friend confirmed that there were 2 rooms next to each other available. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445203144741-DQBAY4EVPIS3M6YMABGQ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Frustrating and Worrisome Travel Days You never know what you're going to find behind the gates of Central American gates. Inside this gate was a nice house owned by an older gentleman who rented out several rooms to the elderly. While he wanted to rent to us, the smell and the lack of kitchen kept us away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445203107948-ZMZQX6OUKIY7M58MY7JM/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Frustrating and Worrisome Travel Days This town is made up of mostly one-way streets. Obviously it means no right turns. It also means that I have the right-of-way because it's not a stop sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445202980076-26N3985IF9UQWPUPERU5/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Frustrating and Worrisome Travel Days This sign actually has a phone number! This person is definitely interested in renting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445203063643-2KLAAUY3E07TWBLPSPFU/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Frustrating and Worrisome Travel Days Driving here can be tricky. This is a fairly nice sign as it is easy to read. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1445203086192-TZEWRG1ANHJZSYG0V1P3/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Frustrating and Worrisome Travel Days Another easy to read sign, but notice that the arrow telling you which direction to go is on top of the stop sign. The arrow in the previous picture is below the stop sign. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/10/15/broccoli-surprise-market monthly 0.5 2015-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1444950438831-VDH1PL727UNH6KDYP8LS/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Broccoli Surprise: Fresh Food from a Market Cart Homemade tomato sauce. Once it goes through the Vitamix, the kids will have no ideas how many veggies they're eating -- tomatoes, broccoli, peppers, carrots, onions, garlic to start. I tend to put in it whatever looks good at the market and whatever we have in the fridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1444947052028-38KGY1OF985XLRGZ5D0X/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Broccoli Surprise: Fresh Food from a Market Cart Everytime I see a display of the beautiful, bountiful fruits and vegetables available on several street corners, I fall in love with Central America all over again. Seriously, this is the way to shop. This particular cart is actually a truck bed with a tent overhead. Central Americans find all sorts of ways to display their wares. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1444947105780-K36MJV5K1CFCQBJ3YQHT/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Broccoli Surprise: Fresh Food from a Market Cart Elle showed some interest in the slug that creeped me out. Tag could care less. There was no way he was going to let a little slug interrupt his precious digital time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1444946979753-M1SQ3S7MUD0X7V33B691/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Broccoli Surprise: Fresh Food from a Market Cart Maybe if I'd brought these in from my own garden, I would have expected something like this. This simply was not the case and I was totally freaked out seeing these slugs in my sink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1444947016152-RQH1AI37I43RJJMUS3BJ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Broccoli Surprise: Fresh Food from a Market Cart No, no, no, no, no. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1444947128035-22XT3WOTO3X1O2P5Q290/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Broccoli Surprise: Fresh Food from a Market Cart This slug may not seem like such a big deal compared to the huge slugs we have in the Pacific Northwest, but I've never found a big one in my produce. Note the little piece of broccoli still on it. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/9/30/toy-management monthly 0.5 2015-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441236754409-OZS8DLMNYFA7W0YTYZX5/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Toy Management - Overrun with Legos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441236886054-02IJ8YJQ6ZQVE8C9C65T/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Toy Management - Overrun with Legos Packaged sets. This is probably 15% of the sets we put together. When my little sister came to visit, I sent her home with an extra suitcase full of Lego sets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441236541379-HQIGCDUXL2TJMBIQRN69/Sorting+Colors.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Toy Management - Overrun with Legos When we arrived in Costa Rica, we had a full medium-sized blue Lego container (right middle), a full small-sized yellow Lego container (left top) and a large clear plastic container (not shown). Madness! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441236797908-83OBFHD0XOGFA76VF1WY/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Toy Management - Overrun with Legos Tag started putting his "special" Chima characters in the bookcase behind the Legos. This drove me crazy. Every time he went into the bookcase, I waited to hear the sound of Lego containers emptying as he stepped on them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441228576413-IQTY3KCM1H7TRZ000KX4/image-asset.png Expat Family Travel Blog - Toy Management - Overrun with Legos We're down to one bin that isn't full to the rim. We have room for some bowls (that we used for sorting the Legos), a baggie of characters for each kid and one set with directions for each kid too. Everyone is happy. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/9/19/sloths monthly 0.5 2015-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1442684577173-AN6K1N2D0OV0IT1LOV8R/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sloth Spotting and a Little Research My mother was constantly telling Ela to bring home a sloth. Well, this is about as good as it gets for her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1442684353678-I0PX5KP2Y57D9YAHEKR1/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sloth Spotting and a Little Research We weren't close enough to smell the sloth. Not sure that would have added to the experience though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1442684048968-F1Z40VDLHDNBW6RS37PE/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sloth Spotting and a Little Research It's likely the sloth we spotted had just used the bathroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1442684224643-RYZPAOFAZ9T532VEHHUI/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sloth Spotting and a Little Research We never saw one in the water. That would have been neat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1442689531263-1PQ7VVWKKQKCYEF9GE54/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sloth Spotting and a Little Research Look at that sloth! Mesmerizing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1442684484141-18D5XSY4L4WNT6YDLRTC/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sloth Spotting and a Little Research During our trip to Manuel Antonio Park, we saw several sloths with babies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1442683745823-3QOQA5WHA4332H3V0F4R/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sloth Spotting and a Little Research We think we saw a two-toed sloth, but we're not positive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1442684659454-IQWDY3LVM1H2A82KFSU6/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sloth Spotting and a Little Research While Ela did all the research and planned out the spacing on the poster, I helped nicely write the facts on the poster. If you look closely, I made a couple of mistakes, but we didn't have any white-out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1442683838252-2GCGFGUBMYIO89OOV5R0/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sloth Spotting and a Little Research It's possible that the sloth in the tree is not alive. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/8/30/finding-english-books-spanish-speaking-country monthly 0.5 2015-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1440965644365-IQ9WZ92K9IJ4C2HBF3FD/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Books, Books, Books: Finding English books in a Spanish Speaking Country I knew Tag would love these books when I found them in the used book store. Ken has read Rabbit Stew at least 30 times this summer. Tag is now reading Peter and the Wolf to himself. Guns, wolf hunting...of course Tag would love the book, no matter how much the book had already been loved by another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441946789743-96YBZKI07SI1T3VDIHJL/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Books, Books, Books: Finding English books in a Spanish Speaking Country I found this collection for $3 at a MegaPaca (like a Goodwill) in Guatemala. Tag loves this series and is now reading all of them to himself. I get so much joy listening to him read. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441946873325-WZG6GCI6LVHW8NHXENSQ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Books, Books, Books: Finding English books in a Spanish Speaking Country I've exchanged several books here this summer, It's a small collection, but there's something new every week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1440966213910-OPNRCRABCQRVE2MM84DO/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Books, Books, Books: Finding English books in a Spanish Speaking Country Well, duh! But, of course, it needs to be stated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1440965933175-EJ6OV6GSGIPVW1Q0JGGN/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Books, Books, Books: Finding English books in a Spanish Speaking Country Long, lazy mornings. Often the kids will reach for books when they wake up. Elle is reading on her Kindle. Tag is reading a Headsprout book, one of many from a phonetic reading program that I brought from the US. It's an online program with about 80 accompanying books. Both kids went through the first 80 episodes and I highly recommend Headsprout to any struggling or new reader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441156016767-4ATZGQ65IWP741QAZGFO/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Books, Books, Books: Finding English books in a Spanish Speaking Country This book will definitely be in the back seat for next drive. It's another of his favorites that he now reads to himself. Thanks reading this post! If you enjoyed it please consider clicking one of the Share buttons to the left! https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/9/1/white-faced-monkeys monthly 0.5 2015-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441157918051-MNGU0TV3G11GATQ16CNF/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - White-Faced Monkeys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441157613512-JUJFFAY2T4G8PG4D2WE0/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - White-Faced Monkeys Look carefully. That's a pile of poop, complete with seeds, falling out of the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441156919373-HY4RMQPRU1A0SIPXMAJA/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - White-Faced Monkeys Tag decided he needed to camouflage several of the monkeys in this troop above! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441157000872-Q6INDAISK5SAS1MA2AWC/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - White-Faced Monkeys I think Ela had as much fun drawing "frames" around her pictures, as she did drawing the pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441157303365-FY49NIXLXP5PPB6UNLHA/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - White-Faced Monkeys We tried to get Tag to do this picture, but he refused. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441156847895-UQORTWJYLYMNCXCL06OQ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - White-Faced Monkeys They also like chips and coconuts, but Ela and Tag didn't include this on the poster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441157636115-J6MGNQPXSKQZ4J3924GK/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - White-Faced Monkeys Here's a video of an Organ Grinder and a monkey, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WeuWtYbjUY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441157146948-SMEDVK5OU1NY6UY412N2/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - White-Faced Monkeys Arboreal, usually referencing animals, mean living in trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441157731243-9XWP9R5IAXFJX7BYGEO1/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - White-Faced Monkeys All of the mothers and fathers in a White-Faced Monkey troop help to take care of all of the babies. We were too done with project to add that fact at the time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441157857623-OSJ6Q4MZQGKZH0WJYNQN/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - White-Faced Monkeys Our first homeschool poster. Don't strain your eyes. All the facts are below. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/9/1/monkey-day monthly 0.5 2015-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441137204283-6RAFJPJJT6Q74RTWXLOJ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Monkey Day! A busy day will do this to a kid! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441137754884-G2BQNVBPUPCX00N58DQP/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Monkey Day! Ela is feeding one of the sweeter monkeys. We were wary of the biggest, most aggressive monkey and started calling him Loco Mono (crazy monkey). He gave us a few snarls, and he wanted all of the food for himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441133222759-XWDJMUIOCUY32D542EKN/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Monkey Day! Our 2015-2016 Back-to-School pic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441137151534-T91WW9ZV5OCY54903J2U/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Monkey Day! We were here from 4:30-6:30PM. It was time to go when the strobe lights started and 20-something in fancy pool wear and high heels appeared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441137567759-4Q614HNJ7TZLLG1IFSRY/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Monkey Day! Man, I love THESE monkeys! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441137688729-0OOQ0BMOB67562XOVJP9/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Monkey Day! One last rinse in the ocean and then it's our turn to eat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441137185033-I001X5NU16FM9NO8FD03/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Monkey Day! I think they took off their flip flops before they got in the pool but I'm not positive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441137250685-88F4TH8PIHH44M37VZYV/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Monkey Day! Expert Traveler Tip: Order kid food first and enjoy the pool while they eat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441137275936-RZZO2Z65JJWFDSWLM8UN/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Monkey Day! I think we're going to like this homeschool business. Tomorrow - research white faced monkeys! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441137800012-5FRPSZHDJDJPC7JJQS8W/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Monkey Day! Another family was feeding the monkeys chips. After seeing this, Domingo (a local in the parking lot) broke open several nearby coconuts and generously handed them out so that we could feed the monkeys healthy food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441168703069-WQPXYDITCZ9TGIGHK7HJ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Monkey Day! I can't believe I took these pictures! The monkeys were all around and just above our heads. So cool! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441167403594-Q7UWIGB280RDSM1U5E9O/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Monkey Day! Reach for it...Not quite. Watch the next video that shows Tag getting his turn to feed the monkeys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1441167815785-O646BLFV8CZVL2N49AYA/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Monkey Day! Three little monkeys sitting in a tree... https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/8/15/racing-central-america monthly 0.5 2015-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439688792383-ZB2OOPL30A6X08POGB1O/race+swag.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Racing in Central America Shirt, bib and medal from my first half marathon in Guatemala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439688890143-MWDN1YZLJ8GQ33AGVAFG/hot+off+the+press.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Racing in Central America Hot off the presses. You want you your race shirt? Give me just a second. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439689187161-WCKDGW3M5T66SNSSY2LX/3+IMG_20150704_213017.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Racing in Central America Free race bag, racing bib, racing shirt (with a recent iron-on logo) and...toilet paper of course https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439688656044-9QY8MXWUJN5H9256AICI/bam+registration.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Racing in Central America This bank slip is my receipt after paying for a 21K (Half Marathon) in Guatemala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439688989584-7W4D6KL8ZDOQYY8EAPD4/early+morning.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Racing in Central America Top Pic - Runners waiting for the shuttle bus in downtown San Jose, Costa Rica at 4:15AM. Lower Pic - Runners stretching near the start an hour later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439689312487-QC0H99282WSFN7I1A6N8/refreshments.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Racing in Central America Sealed bags of Gatorade and water. These need to be adopted by all races worldwide. They are awesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439689445886-4EE21PGNQEB1CHI46EK3/gallo+pinto.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Racing in Central America Left: The Gallo Pinto (commonly called just "pintos") were delicious! Right: Note the Mayan traje on the woman handing out the medals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439689556632-1OBGYWZMK3B8PBNBWZSK/tags+5k.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Racing in Central America Left: Tag sporting the smallest race shirt the organizers had available. Right: Tag and I running his first 5K. The organizer let me run with him for free. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/8/11/costa-rica-beach-alternatives monthly 0.5 2015-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439359529382-HJIUT0A0HGADLVE7I8HC/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Costa Rica Beach Alternatives The far, circular end of the pool is only 2 feet deep which is perfect when the kids need a little rest, but don't want to get out of the water. The shower, bathroom and dressing room are in the background. Tag (on the right) likes swimming from stool to stool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439359000736-ACO9SXW2LDROVM42CAA3/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Costa Rica Beach Alternatives The waterfall was built where a rockslide once took place. The lodge is eco-friendly, as are most of Costa Rica, and blends in nicely with its rain forest surroundings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439359045824-BODH7SH1EUY428HG4AIJ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Costa Rica Beach Alternatives Green, green everywhere. Sometimes a barrel of monkeys will swing through the lodge during one of their afternoon food excursions. Apparently, the monkeys are pretty loud when they do this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439359076131-6MCJ92BHUSGTYT2XSP5L/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Costa Rica Beach Alternatives A crocodile lives in their lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439359663185-XDCQAX7HE9NCKXBH9B6Q/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Costa Rica Beach Alternatives The restaurant also has a foosball table and a big open area, possibly for dancing. We've since been back and it's not unusual to have the pool to ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439359022583-QJQLEDR2VQRW9AWIWP98/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Costa Rica Beach Alternatives The kids loved the small pool. The water runs into a river located behind Ken at the end of the pool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1439359503611-GAIPGU4RF3RNCPRAI1BG/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Costa Rica Beach Alternatives The pool is surrounded by palm trees from a palm oil plantantion. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/7/30/toad-alley monthly 0.5 2015-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1438303767472-OTVFWOV4MC79V9C435CG/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Toad Alley Step 5: Drive or run to a toad relocation spot. Here, Tag is in charge of making sure they don't escape the bucket. When Ela helped Ken with morning relocation, he had them in a plastic grocery bag. They jumped and made all kinds of commotion. Ela was freaked out and refused to hold them any longer. Ken rolled down the car window, put the baggie in the window, rolled up the window and let them hang until he arrived at the relocation spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1438307852018-W9WS90AR5VSNDO3TIWW0/image-asset.png Expat Family Travel Blog - Toad Alley Step 1: Capture toads at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1438306022677-1JA8B4NYZH24MNGS90AL/image-asset.png Expat Family Travel Blog - Toad Alley Here is one of the toads that had a party on our patio every night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1438303720712-KHUD9HDR1NP4YWMNYLWM/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Toad Alley Step 4: In the morning, transfer toads to a plastic bucket (or plastic baggie or whatever works). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1438303655510-W4VSNV9ESSLOA2O9ZK1S/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Toad Alley Step 2: Place frogs in big pot to wait until the morning. Step 3: Wash hands thoroughly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1438303899718-0L7C8CU1D59X12T82F1Z/IMG_6887.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Toad Alley However, he wasn't brave enough to touch it without a plastic bag on his hands! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1438303923392-EOQVZOJMARIL0N1RR3HG/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Toad Alley This was a favorite resting spot of the toads. It's the dog's water dish. It (along with these toads) has since been relocated. Each night 1-2 toads would sit in this pot and poop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1438303859963-3780HHIPHLS4H2ASJ9DM/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Toad Alley After night three, Tag decided he was brave enough to pick up a toad. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/7/28/costa-rica-random-facts monthly 0.5 2015-08-03 https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/7/21/guate-costa-rica-by-bus monthly 0.5 2016-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437620991105-YVJLF1BKQPRCSXY7F5H1/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Look closely - These two girls standing in front of the bus doors were caught transporting cocaine across the border into Nicaragua. Apparently, the cocaine is strapped around their middles and covered by the big shirts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437619400123-Q9PK3XXPHYLS6ZVII60J/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus 1st Stop in Granada - A new favorite smoothie flavor - kiwi, grape, pineapple and orange. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437614930745-2C3BCQSYJ4NZYWZ2PA8F/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus And we're off! Doesn't this photo prove we're on a bus? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437616694916-RSGHG0UMS2C3NLXNUJIW/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Los granitos en la guerra civil en El Salvador, by Bernabe Crespin (1954) - We also decided this would be Tag's favorite picture! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437617185481-LYA9CZMB4I203IR1YZ7L/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Ela bought this ice cream treat, took one bite and discovered ice cream inside. She avoids dairy when traveling. I ate the treat! Lucky for both of us and all the passengers on our buses, she never got sick once! I guess car sickness is only for cars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437619617113-4DHXUCWJUUP1CIHYIOPT/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Ela & I in the main square in front of Catedral de Granada. We had a blast on our girl vacation day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437620752645-MQSPC2UEOFXQQXIYBVXT/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus This happy group was performing a traditional Honduran dance in the streets. They were eager to gather some spectators so we followed them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437620312586-GA5EC05UNC11YJHIT359/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus The owner of the hostel called this the Prison Room! For $30/night, I'll take it. There was a shared bath with shower right next to our room as well. We haven't slept in more than a sheet since we left Guate City. It's too hot for anything else. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437620683741-UOJAV63I235VNCG6IWEN/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Ela was very excited when the restaurant said they could make her a custom grilled cheese sandwich! She thought it was delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437619862423-E84Y93GEC1RP01L6UVG2/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus For $5 each, we took a horse and carriage ride through town and to Lake Nicaragua. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437614828763-AVJHAH7RNB5Q17EPWBRH/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Teaching Ela to use public transportation in Guatemala City. Ken and I are serious about making sure we use the amenities that are available to us in big cities. We hope our example teaches our kids to seek out resources like this when they're older. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437616510955-67MS1WQRH4BR61VRS9S0/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus We were given a 10 minute break at a collection of tiendas and small food stands to stretch our legs, exchange money and get something to eat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437627262189-9A5096WFLHBFUT0J1UA4/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Foosball Tournament Championship at the mall! This was day 4 of a serious competition. There was an emcee giving the play-by-play the whole time. It was very loud! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437692672464-7D7MINO1O3QYA1659NAT/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Two of Ela's playdates were across the lake which meant commuting by boat...by herself! At the beginning of the year, this would never have happened. By the end of the year, the benefit of playing with a friend far outweighed the scariness of taking the boat by herself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437627634157-HKRFCCLEU2ZDYFGP1W4F/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Goats eating the baseball field. This picture is dedicated to my sister, Shay. (Will you name a goat after me now?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437617130715-C9MPKX04B967PQG9L6N3/IMG_6479.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus A thorough car inspection at the border into El Salvador. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437614760694-WVPAVNU0MCU4PTYA427F/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus I called this our New York style hotel room in Guate City. We had to push the beds together to make room for our bags. The curtains did nothing to diminish the noise or light from the busy street. Our shared bath was down the hall, and we didn't have to share it with anyone! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437614893713-K1YMYRHZFUDC7IDIJD1G/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus 5:00 am check-in for the bus! We traveled with 3 largish and definitely heavy bags, 2 backpacks, a blue bag with food and a pillow! Years ago I learned not to use a white pillow case when traveling with a pillow. A pillow case with birds makes it a lot more obvious that it's personal and I'm less likely to leave it behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437620243448-WFM5YW8XQD87PPRNW3IC/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus View of the main square in Granada and Christopher Columbus Park from the Bell Tower of Catedral de Granada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437628039228-NAQAXZ51MIZFPEIUJ0FV/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus The girls are now being put in the back of the pick-up truck and will be taken away. I was appalled and surprised that numerous spectators were taking pictures and filming the event. I kept thinking about the poor girls and their terrible decision, as well as how best to share this with Ela. Next time, I'll send Ken in for better pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437619167863-KTRCNVHIBW2O3ZTQOZMU/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Customs in Nicaragua - Ela is in charge of her backpack and the bag on wheels. I was responsible for the 2 large bags, my backpack, the food bag and the pillow. Look at the bus we didn't take (background). I'm not sure our bags would fit anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437627673666-UDEQ0GCM95GM3MUNKC0P/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Lake Nicaragua - We didn't spend any time on the lake. Maybe we'll be back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437620170420-5R9LKHL75GVAFT3XEWWZ/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Ela's Marilyn Monroe shot at the top of the Bell Tower at the Catedral de Granada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437616662553-Q1HXPWS3T59H2QEAG5A5/IMG_6513.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus En este mar, by Mauricio Linares (1966) - Ela and I both decided this was our favorite painting in the whole museum. We went back to look at it a couple of times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437627387166-FM8IOK3ETZSZAAV9YH19/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Here are some of the latest fashions at the mall! Seriously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437620520787-CLXMD20H1VF9LCT13H7K/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Guadalupe Church in Granada, Nicaragua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437628235927-AAXJPN8F6COBY0S5JSEN/655906379.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Prison Room, Art Museums and a Drug Bust: The Girl Trip from Guate to Costa Rica By Bus Doors of Nicaragua: I loved much of the architecture in Granada. Who wouldn't want these doors? https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/7/15/driving-guatemala-to-costa-rica monthly 0.5 2016-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437149200859-9N7UCE8KX3KJTO4URG79/Panoramic+View+of+Lake+Atitlan.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son Out last view of this amazing lake. Goodbye Lake Atitlan! You were an awesome place to call home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437149972852-TDYVSNQLUQEEIAF0EJVU/el+salvador+pic.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son One of the first faces we were greeted by in El Salvador. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437156366766-KN2WLM6LBL1NEXIMUNRR/cutting+across+honduras.png Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son Our route for day 2. Cutting across the southern tip of Honduras and into Nicaragua. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437150139216-ODGK1D6RXPRNXIWKB41B/IMG_20150610_135502.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son This was taken in the customs building in Nicaragua. There's no AC and very few fans. While I was processing paperwork, Tag decided to do the only thing one can do to manage the heat. He curled up in the shade in front of a broken window that had a slight breeze and stayed very still. He was a trooper! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437152744502-LIUNGVWIZY6HZKHPLRKE/chocolate+cafe.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son Nicaraguan Chocolate? Yes please! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437150633414-XTGTV2AY8EL647YG16TO/vulcan+san+cristobal.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son The countryside in Nicaragua is pretty. This is the San Cristobal volcano. At just over 5,700 feet it is the highest volcano in the country. Yes, it is active! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437150417700-DL5BT4PVYFVJ2GDAOWYX/IMG_20150610_144259.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son As we entered into Nicaragua we were welcomed by these guys. The cattle were all over the highway. We ran into several herds in the first hour of driving. Needless to say the driving was slow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437152617598-IXPX2MVV25UXK3OKVPO1/Convento+San+Francisco.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son Convent San Francisco in Granada, Nicaragua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437156890588-Y5ALDP7107ZFCMEN956C/IMG_20150612_140006.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son Recyclced tires made into chairs. They were very comfotable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437157559216-TUPV20PFBJ1KTVPGGFEG/soliders+for+christ.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son Langosta Feliz, the Happy Lobster. It's the only restaurant in our beach town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437156758216-OILLII4SBEDD2CVM82OX/tag+prepares.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son Tag was eager to swim in the lagoon. He said he was going to swim to the floating dock, and did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437192746215-2HIFR2I937514OJFLFEC/currency.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son Paper notes from all five countries. From left to right: Guatemalan Quetzal, value = $13 US. El Salvador exclusively uses the US Dollar. Honduran Lempira, value = .09 US. Nicaraguan Cordoba = $18 US. Costa Rican Colones = $37.50 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437150987332-UPWVG9QLSRD0AV007GWX/tag+blending+in.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son We went out for hot dogs to celebrate our arrival in Nica. Tag decided to have a fight with the store's logo. We always blend in with the locals where ever we go...not! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437156651625-NY4P6RHFHT5PPHW70G8F/laguna+de+apoyo.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son Laguna de Apoyo from above. You can see the shores of Lake Nicaragua in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437149714795-8U4UVSC97JDFAP8BZJIN/central+america+map.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son Central American Geography 101. The yellow countries indicate those we'd be driving in / through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437149062288-3LIWXRTOCEZP34QTVSBW/day+1+route.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son The our route for our first day of travel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1437152402145-IIFKNPPUN0QXBAQXGNEK/Cathedral+of+Granada.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving from Guatemala to Costa Rica with My 6 Year Old Son Cathedral of Granada https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/7/1/lea-writes-sings monthly 0.5 2015-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1436314967750-CJ2AIVD77FJE60UKRE1K/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Lea Who Writes and Sings Lea performing at Circus Bar in June 2015. I love her cowboy boots! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1436315061014-ZIF3M2NEYFMK6TCT6K9O/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Lea Who Writes and Sings Lea and her guitar - She often transports it to school via boat and tuk-tuk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1436314864562-RA9TO7PBMTPJ4YD0VWLA/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Lea Who Writes and Sings Lea joined us on our trip to Monterrico last fall. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/7/02/house-sitting-costa-rica monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1460608816761-Y6EYLUWBFI4FB9IFRTGA/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We Landed a House Sitting Gig in Costa Rica (and you can too) Click the logo for 20% off your membership. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/6/29/copyright-laws monthly 0.5 2015-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1435596200903-A68HS1NTIG496CUV5V4B/school+books.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Copyright Laws? Photocopied books for a novel study and math texts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1435596276795-3B71KWBUWFBEYLB6CY40/brownie+mix.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Copyright Laws? Our favorite brownie mix! We shared these with several Guatemalans, and they LOVED them. Gooey brownies are not a common dessert here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1435595709126-8WIEAKEGCZS13IH6GF1S/dvds.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Copyright Laws? These are the more expensive DVDs to buy because they’re in a store and nicely organized. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/6/1/feminine-travel-products monthly 0.5 2015-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1435540177451-JIB3HJT3XSEHMG04ARMT/go+girl+bag.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Feminine Travel Products Each Go Girl! comes in a reuseable bag (If not opened by an eager 9-year old) and a bit of toilet paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1435541040694-9NUCLY1PISCAWEY3RSD9/diva+cup.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Feminine Travel Products The Diva Cup (photo credit menstruationstasse.net) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1435540006861-80RC24IHDS34EUC0QKSN/go+girls.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Feminine Travel Products As you can see, the Go Girl! comes bent to fit into a small tube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1435540067787-G89N2HB4Z7VQJEML479D/female+penis.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Feminine Travel Products And here it is -- the female penis. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/6/22/girl-who-kicked-hornets-nest monthly 0.5 2015-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1434983883533-XFQ4O3HJO0144IVX0V0O/money+shot.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest The first shot HURT! It might have been because I was not laying down but I blame it on my MPAL. MPAL is a chronic problem for male distance runners. MPAL = Male Pattern Ass Loss. I've got a serious case. Photo Credit, Greg Jensen. Thanks so much for the memory buddy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1434981516314-XNI6LHPBQRUHAY5FOJ4A/route.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Most people hike down this trail. I always preferred to run up it. You start in Pana at 5,100 feet and run to an elevation of almost 7,000 feet to a scenic spot called Mirador Godinez. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1434985963993-8M2PXCK6YG41G7XMOIJM/mirador+godinez.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest The view of Lake Atitlan from Mirador Godinez. This is where our run finished. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/6/1/hiking-san-pedro-volcano monthly 0.5 2015-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433374553182-PVG7AVDP2STC9RBXG74O/two+miles.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano Nearly two miles up. It got a little chilly at the top which mostly felt great! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433374083429-RG4UHGOZ75G1Y6TEEUDP/town+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano Eventually, we could see the town on the other side of this peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433374392810-I6XSBWAZYZQU12XQGKDT/top+stairs.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano When you see this stairway, you’re at the top! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433374234577-L2BKXDM2SQJHRNA6XYKY/IMG_6248.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano The trail is well maintained with several sections of stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433375175638-KQCTIMCR1S9DD14M7P5S/posse.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano My posse! I will miss these women but I look forward to following their adventures in other countries next year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433374432243-SCT7CUR7S5413CUWGRYM/pano.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano Panoramic view of Lake Atitlan with Tolimán and Atitlán Volcanoes on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433373734408-KY5WCDOETXJAJ84VVMS2/fun.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano This is the typical steepness and terrain of the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433374675917-JY3BJ2QJRZ0AN3E5LUEP/kiss.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano A kiss with a view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433374811312-E1NRGDXWLDC3SSGSLJN3/silly.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano A little silliness on the way down. This cabin is 15 minutes from the top. Some people stay overnight here and watch the sunrise in the morning. Others wake up at 3:00 am and hike to the top in the dark to watch the sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433336252060-CGW3861I16A4TC9NJA6A/san+pedro.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano 3 forms of transportation today: a boat to the town of San Pedro, a tuk-tuk to the trail and our feet to the top of San Pedro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433373969958-6L1ET92J2NPNOY00EKI9/coffee.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano Hiking through a small field of coffee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433374772105-DBMRSDG2LK29DXB6PM8V/group+top.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano Two steps back and we’d fall off the cliff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433336518704-CO0H8IU8PSMHUR9TPA2J/start.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano Trail head – water, snacks, hiking shoes and dog. All ready to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433336303052-FEQVUQZ5DRDHH0OLP9UH/sign.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano Obviously we’re in the right area! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433375017442-7X3CUG37IHK73ULG9LDY/IMG_6320.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano Ken found a friend! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433374047493-7ZPGLB76ZLCPZMGOV2WA/san+pedro.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano Overlooking the town of San Pedro where we got off the boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433374648565-YCS7O295NUK82TOVFOF1/couple.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano My love! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1433374171545-PVYK3R3SM2SV167HSOE0/corn.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiking San Pedro Volcano Hiking through maize fields. The terrain wasn’t getting any flatter. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/5/28/health-insurance-expat-families monthly 0.5 2015-05-30 https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/5/25/break-leg-hospitalito-atitlan monthly 0.5 2015-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432659318373-PR7N2BN986Z5UDTPPW5X/er.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Break a Leg...a Visit to Hospitalito Atitlan The ER was clean and well organized. There were three other beds behind curtains to the right of the bed pictured here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432658601750-IHXRTL310TI159WG5C58/er+checkin.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Break a Leg...a Visit to Hospitalito Atitlan The check-in station at the ER. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432577882778-M7QQA7WH845KYN6KR17F/hospital.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Break a Leg...a Visit to Hospitalito Atitlan The outside of Hospitalito Atitlan. The covered area is the entrance to the emergency room. If you look closely you can see solar panels on the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432659178923-5FCVCAW02GLBTAXP9G9A/kids+waiting.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Break a Leg...a Visit to Hospitalito Atitlan Both kids did great. They talked, read and played games patiently. Ela can always entertain herself with a book! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432659965253-NPL0UZSBW6OMVGLL2JN0/xray+tech.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Break a Leg...a Visit to Hospitalito Atitlan Taken from behind the lead lined wall and protective window just before my Mom's x-ray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432660341792-ANROV6EZZCP1ZU2ZGP6U/boot.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Break a Leg...a Visit to Hospitalito Atitlan The boot was brand new and even came with an allen wrench to adjust the angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432668001061-QACP89JN347ENH4QPAIQ/playground.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Break a Leg...a Visit to Hospitalito Atitlan The kids needed to burn off some energy, fortunately the hospital had this nice play area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432668188828-NNLXPPW8D2U4QAU9TQZE/snack+stand.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Break a Leg...a Visit to Hospitalito Atitlan We needed food. We could not find a cafeteria at the hospital but there was a good snack stand and tienda across the street from the hospital. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/5/22/womanizing-drinking-smoking-saint monthly 0.5 2015-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432332727157-PKMQB27BD3WXM75PX5XZ/maximon+entrance.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Womanizing, Drinking, Smoking Saint The shrine is located just inside the building on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432329910184-2RXVU83V4T6TI3KFQNOI/maximon+statue.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Womanizing, Drinking, Smoking Saint A typical statue of Maximon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432333384765-XAIPF1CB9G7TXECWRMMB/maximon+and+his+guards.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Womanizing, Drinking, Smoking Saint The deity Maximon and his caretakers. The caretakers pass on offerings like cigarettes and alchol (or in our case the entry fee)) to Maximon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432333909828-L7MISH36VGXVDW6GJWJX/christ.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Womanizing, Drinking, Smoking Saint Jesus Christ in the Maximon shrine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432329107387-MN4YV040W00N6WBMDBZ2/boat+preacher.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Womanizing, Drinking, Smoking Saint Another passenger on the boat disagreed with her doing this on a public boat and kept telling her to be quiet and sit down. She began praying for him quite loudly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432334610296-4W3QWB6HSLXY8I10T4JK/saints.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Womanizing, Drinking, Smoking Saint An homage to other Saints in the shrine for Maximon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1432332399847-6CLSRXSPW89WW12KJ50R/casa+de+maximon.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - A Womanizing, Drinking, Smoking Saint Yes, it looks sketch but this is where the Maximon shrine is in Santiago, Guatemala https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/5/13/mayan-ingenuity-part-3 monthly 0.5 2015-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431557959661-5GYB3AP8DOGPBUPB9GI6/skull+and+cross.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity, Part III Electrical cables, panels and meters can be expensive to secure. Here the electric company warns you to stay away by using a piece of corrugated metal with a skull and cross bones painted on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431558294812-JDD6ZO3BJ1GPPQXQVIN1/wheelchair.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity, Part III Apparently if you cut the legs off of a plastic lawn chair it will fit perfectly on a wheel chair base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431557714736-DE9RU7X31NBSLJNPIU01/landscape+lights.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity, Part III Some buried bamboo, and an empty wine bottle or a PVC pipe with an empty, cutout bleach bottle make for easy options. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431559978766-NNN18GC5Z895NS7POBZP/bench.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity, Part III I do not recommend repeating this hack. When my daughter stood up she inadvertently slid the wood off the stool and my son hit the ground. Worse, he spilled the water and I was thirsty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431559006684-1T7ZKUMYYPYMQLQTB9TK/gas+can+trash+can.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity, Part III The top of an old gas can was cut off to create a trash can with a lid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431559319725-VOO3VIR3ZAEESAGFTQN6/ladder.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity, Part III A wooden ladder with a piece of wood propped up on one end with a blue Pepsi bottle holder doubled nicely as a temporary bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431557592875-B197044R8H9O6AQYQ0M4/no+more+lider.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity, Part III It's not uncommon to see these white splotches along the roads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431558854404-9918X3CFDVS5B15OUM8E/fire+pit.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity, Part III A few bricks and mortar were added to the tires and cement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431558199430-V6FDK3LTYXWAPBQCIMTB/mattress.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity, Part III Look close and you'll see the hole in this chain link is patched with the springs of a mattress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431557266579-EWL9CXSKTOZ4T2TO76TX/lider.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity, Part III Political parties and candidates use boulders like these to advertise along the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431559579680-3FONH8JQYDYPNM92W0A7/rope+cable.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity, Part III The support for this large spool of cable is just rope. This allows them to change things out as the needs of the day change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431558754755-BB2ZQ9TZC44JUIL53PRV/picnic+table.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity, Part III The chairs are actually semi-comfortable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431560133914-GJ68I6GI6EYRAPMCVR97/pvc.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity, Part III Our friends bought a painting from a local artist COOP and needed to send it safely home. The COOP is used to this request. They measured the painting and cut a piece of PVC to the appropriate length. Rolled it up and taped the ends. Boom done! https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/5/9/expat-mothers-day monthly 0.5 2019-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431222482479-XUTE39FNJ7BFEY1INA88/the+fam.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Happy Mothers Day from a Stay at Home Dad I love my life, my wife, and my family. Happy Mother's Day. This pic was from the school's Christmas play. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/5/7/work-hard-play-hard-guate-style monthly 0.5 2015-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431035865543-KASZ7I4WZR40U44JYCV1/volunteer+and+race.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Work Hard...Play Hard...Guate Style... Adult volunteers were doing their best to keep up with kids on the course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431036256095-8MASW1K5A0ZW4YV016R7/sawdust.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Work Hard...Play Hard...Guate Style... Sawdust was stacked as makeshift speed bumps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431036062580-KMETB5FSQ346X73XRTYV/reuse.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Work Hard...Play Hard...Guate Style... One of the soccer goals was moved to create the starting corral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1431035935750-CMIZP5SV3C327U6C5R1P/fast+kid.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Work Hard...Play Hard...Guate Style... Some kids were faster than others (must have been the green snake that adorned his bike). https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/5/4/cost-living-lake-atitlan-guatemala monthly 0.5 2016-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430796730595-YJJBONVRJMS5L4UY8M35/pana+dispensa.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What it Costs to Live in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala The Panajachel Dispensa (our almost grocery store). This is one of the few stores in town with a parking lot and free bathrooms. The slogan on the yellow awning reads "Welcome to the lowest prices". Sound a little familiar? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430796863091-6E4LDSSL94IZ20BLQQTA/circus+bar.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What it Costs to Live in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala Do you think this place is hard to find? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430797012376-SA6YVZL1NV2T03SZEEZ6/agua+pura.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What it Costs to Live in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala Our weekly delivery of drinking water. 3 bottles costs $3.75 delivered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430796933313-PG6Q2M8EVGH527CQO177/ropa.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What it Costs to Live in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala A typical week's worth of laundry for our family. We create a lot less dirty laundry here than we did in the States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430846427737-YAPU6UP73G742HGRF6PR/market+haul.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What it Costs to Live in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala This $16 haul included a head of broccoli, bunch of cilantro, bunch of celery, 3 cucumbers, 3 bell peppers, 8 huge carrots, 6 peaches, 4 potatoes, bunch of lettuce, 3 beets, 1 cantaloupe, 1 pineapple, 3 avocados, bunch of green beans, head of cauliflower, 4 lemons, 1 red onion, 1 white onion, 6 bananas, 1 ginger root, 11 tomatoes, bag of lentils, bag of flour, big bag of strawberries, 3 garlics, 2 jalapenos, 18 eggs, and some black pepper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430796796035-VECJXTWBHRXXGD5B34TO/sandras.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What it Costs to Live in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala Sandra's. Our favorite gringo store in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430797189144-XGBV7ZGPGG166KUA73Q8/gas.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What it Costs to Live in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala I buy gas from this business, but I don't actually come here. They deliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430797094505-SQIEQDHAE806I4AMYRN2/guatemola.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What it Costs to Live in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala These avocados are bigger, tastier and cheaper than the US standard Hass Avocado. They may not be pretty, but they taste fantastic. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/4/30/free-international-gps-maps monthly 0.5 2016-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430606519565-EKNHYEK10DGUOJG0XVN2/garmin+micro+sd.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - FREE International Maps on Your GPS Using a standard micro SD card you can add different maps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430596051685-19DFOQP0R7OXM3NX8HX1/car+top+carrier.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - FREE International Maps on Your GPS This carrier has been invaluable. It's also been fun to add stickers to it when as we hit new places. Best of all, the carrier only cost us a IKEA Bed frame and mattress! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430661014846-F3684NWQD49BGQUSYR10/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - FREE International Maps on Your GPS Ever little inch of extra storage matters when you are travelling with a family. It actually gave us more storage than it looks like in this picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430611046277-UKBG9VIRLYSZ9FH839MZ/gps+road.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - FREE International Maps on Your GPS We were driving on "the Road" and in 8.0 km we needed to turn right onto "the Road". Even though the roads weren't specifically labeled, we arrived at our destination without any trouble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430409878726-4X557AA7LIQOFGGXX1EG/gamin+nuvi+2597.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - FREE International Maps on Your GPS The Garmin nuvi 2597 comes with a 5 inch high resolution touch screen and voice navigation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430609383941-GQDR3ITF29MAV54NRJJ7/osm+map.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - FREE International Maps on Your GPS Free GPS maps of the entire world are only a few clicks away. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/4/28/memorable-signs monthly 0.5 2015-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430253238943-83FY325IG73J8X8PD12W/books+ala+cart.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road Books for sale at a look bookstore in Panajachel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430253337821-S4PMQY3H89UWJ550EPOI/free+flip+flops.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road Do you get two free left ones or two free right ones? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430253939001-ZFVICC09B6NMI5IL5MUC/shoes+on+ice+cream.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road Is this seriously a problem in Kansas? People walk on top of ice cream freezers? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430254102418-87PVXZOLN83NNH2XIS47/hot+dog.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road People of Oklahoma...I don't understand your marketing... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430244623120-3O60LDM4F0MD2B5QYCD3/costa+rica+kfc.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road KFC Menu at the airport in Costa Rica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430245150663-APJFM9ZPETQWMOS8A9AN/panama22.jPG Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road Surfer and Monkey crossing sign. We saw both on this road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430253139296-VC49DSLUM1RQJMFGT2SZ/monsanto+guate.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road A sign protesting Monsanto in Guatemala. The protest worked. A bill forcing farmers to use their seed was revoked...at least for now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430254004607-3YKDOW3UHP4AGR3HWYED/salad+bar.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road A Salad Bar in Richmond, MO cost exactly $4.52 (at least on Mondays). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430244943440-EXMIH2DSY6SLF7RWG2XR/pure+sugar+drink.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road There's nothing like a tall glass of sugar to quench your throat. No, we did not try one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430253465201-07784N3HV2GL28TN8374/zoo+4+sale.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road Zoo for Sale. It's not just a movie. We wrote about our visit to this attraction in an earlier blog. You can check it out here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430254169222-KM8Z9UKNUCSYW0ZB1IRG/facial+water.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road Citizens of Dallas, TX...water + office supplies does not make facial tissue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430245544555-M4ETOQ5JEMKN8V7CAM6V/guate+11.JPG Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road This sign displays the prices to use the public bathroom in the Panajachel market. It costs 7 cents US more to poop than pee. Toilet paper costs money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430254255705-B81BH7IUBTQSQ7OYUE26/cafe+glasses.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road If you'd care to borrow some reading glasses while dining at this deli in Texas., you can...but really, would you? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430253379541-E1IJ9XUATZZPSBPHPNMJ/door+knob+nap.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Memorable Signs from the Road Being that you have to pay for your toilet paper in public restrooms in Guatemala, this is mind blowing. Seriously people of Salt Lake City...wash your hands. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/4/26/ambulance-ride monthly 0.5 2015-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430097248631-E8MEA89GR2RATQDJFIY7/chief+talk.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - An Ambulance Ride to School The Chief explained more about the fire house and taught the kids a song about the bomberos (all in Spanish of course). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430097892983-ESWX7ELXOFXPA1740RQP/firefighter+helmets.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - An Ambulance Ride to School Tag and his classmate are ready for action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430093963618-UL3RRLDWTSR1R445EQS4/Pana+Fire+Chief.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - An Ambulance Ride to School The Chief of the Panajachel Bomberos welcoming students from the LIFE School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430094057161-02QC96UYYEL4GQBBQ3N2/fire+jackets.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - An Ambulance Ride to School NOTE the US flag on the last jacket. Much of their gear is donated from other countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430094182288-TLGMBIRUUTYXV4NAFCBW/scuba+tanks.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - An Ambulance Ride to School The department has 8 firefighters trained in scuba diving which is important given that we're on the banks of Lake Atitlan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430098855863-63FO44R6JJ8326SUMTUA/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - An Ambulance Ride to School Dogpile on the firetruck. Who needs a jungle gym? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430093592440-XDJESXI62774DOQZWL6N/fire+station+soccer.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - An Ambulance Ride to School Students played soccer in the parking lot at the fire station while we were waiting for the tour to begin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430097191347-A7DD4QKDG5H639GW92D9/communication+room.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - An Ambulance Ride to School The fire station's communication room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430097134655-UH02NHMOCO19F9U48BM0/fire+bunkhouse.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - An Ambulance Ride to School One of two rooms where the volunteers can sleep during a shift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430099251075-S2S3X97EAE2DRXUDF4XV/fire+vehicles.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - An Ambulance Ride to School There were three fire trucks, five ambulances, a boat and several miscellaneous emergency response vehicles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430100017623-UN965KMM1G9E0LT2C575/seatbelts+optional.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - An Ambulance Ride to School The ambuilance was packed but we had fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1430099834191-BTP07ZHL23SQ8U5U9MTG/tag+tummy+ache.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - An Ambulance Ride to School Tag being tended to by the Panajachel Fire Chief. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/4/20/father-son-running-weekend monthly 0.5 2015-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429635509854-05Z6M0J8VWT1FKYHETXS/bathroom+door.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Father-Son Running Weekend (in Guatemala) My view of Tag for 14 minutes...mid-race. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429637551264-BA8N3X79GKYZH8R3KPTB/21k+route.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Father-Son Running Weekend (in Guatemala) My 21K results from my Garmin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429637063034-GOJVV22HZXZVOBK7KCX1/tag+flying.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Father-Son Running Weekend (in Guatemala) Tag was on fire after seeing our friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429570888302-HJ46M76H6UN8PIBGO8K0/Maraton+Atitlan+sign.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Father-Son Running Weekend (in Guatemala) A sign promoting Maraton Atitlan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429634630190-HT81Z9Q3T86K6MFZT1FG/tag+stride.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Father-Son Running Weekend (in Guatemala) Tag in mid stride at full speed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429637738174-0BJOO2CPRNYTLFDMGPF4/podium+for+age+group.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Father-Son Running Weekend (in Guatemala) Yes there were more than two of us in the age group...and yes, I am a giant in Guatemala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429635088994-G2IY5LA2V8RDYSXYB8UW/5k+cheerleaders.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Father-Son Running Weekend (in Guatemala) Mick and her girlfriends cheering on Tag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429635165830-X7VQP30303HJOJMHXXM2/ela+tag+high+5.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Father-Son Running Weekend (in Guatemala) He was so excited, and Ela was excited for him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429634748271-4YFN92K301K5N9Y7ZD2I/winded.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Father-Son Running Weekend (in Guatemala) His expression says it all. He was out of gas, temporarily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429635644154-2THZ7VFT0EKK3ISOE4UO/5k+cheerleaders+again.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Father-Son Running Weekend (in Guatemala) More cheerleaders for Tag! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429634116855-967X4ZP7ZI3U2UJRZU2X/tag+registering.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Father-Son Running Weekend (in Guatemala) Tag registering for his first race, the Atitlan Maraton 5K https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429635270832-ZYX2VGQCX1O5Z7X2WF39/5k+halfway.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Father-Son Running Weekend (in Guatemala) The table was stocked with water and Deporade (a competitor to Gatorade). After the race, Tag complained that he didn't get enough Gatorade. Then he complained that "Nobody told me I could have more." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429634507299-UNZ86UUD44SXJTR20F0U/tag+game+face.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Father-Son Running Weekend (in Guatemala) Tag and I in the corral. He had his game face on. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/4/15/auto-expenses monthly 0.5 2015-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429122004867-8DKLCJFS08IXG2EHDGGZ/missing+logo.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We Are Saving Money on Auto Expenses in Guate Having the Toyota logo peeled off the front of the car while it was parked in a public lot has been the only thing that's happened to the car to date. And that is minor wear and tear compared to Mick driving the car on a daily basis in the States. Do you remember our back bumper? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429121977782-LDHZAW7WI2RJQFLGIU9S/car+tabs.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We Are Saving Money on Auto Expenses in Guate Applying my recently delivered car tabs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1429122025044-DCWHWYR7UFPA6PM92MN7/mexico+gas.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How We Are Saving Money on Auto Expenses in Guate Gas is commonly shipped in from Mexico and sold at homemade gas stations. The picture above advertises their price. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/4/12/abduls-birthday monthly 0.5 2015-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428979032701-N6IPNLEG5UP6UH1UGZJF/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Abdul Turns 6 - A Guatemalan Birthday Party Sadly, Guatemalan cake isn't very good. We haven't liked it since we got here. Who puts fruit on cake anyway? Ken and I still find ourselves buying the nice dark chocolate bars as our nightly treats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428979409374-4KVOQ7W209FYL2RS6VYF/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Abdul Turns 6 - A Guatemalan Birthday Party Party bags - more candy! Every bag was handmade using construction paper, Diego wrapping paper and glue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428979667321-NQKVA5CYQIZXTU1X4RCT/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Abdul Turns 6 - A Guatemalan Birthday Party Ela & Tag decorated our gift to Abdul. Any guesses about our gift to Abdul? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428978938773-F8FG1AN0Y768OEDZYB96/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Abdul Turns 6 - A Guatemalan Birthday Party The boys had to do all sorts of funny things with balloons. They were in pairs trying to pop them with their fronts, with their backs, by sitting on them and by asking their moms to sit on them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428978534374-3QSGS8P0YCF9IK4AR36B/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Abdul Turns 6 - A Guatemalan Birthday Party That's our white house in the background. We watched guests arrive from the upstairs loft where our kids sleep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428978793810-MY586G84PK7L3BE10OO2/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Abdul Turns 6 - A Guatemalan Birthday Party The only gringo man at the party was ready to compete in the Dad's competition! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428978856976-8ZDCRBIJFCTA8VV2OV3D/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Abdul Turns 6 - A Guatemalan Birthday Party Not only were there three pinatas, there were three BIG pinatas! There was no shortage of candy coming out of each.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428978646122-YKCE67PVTM5KCUJ6W379/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Abdul Turns 6 - A Guatemalan Birthday Party Getting ready to party! Chair and stool rental have arrived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428978732751-A7QBZKZJQTCAX6N54BIC/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Abdul Turns 6 - A Guatemalan Birthday Party Usually I'm not a fan of clowns but this one was good. Really good! He entertained me and I really did not know what he was saying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428978459558-B8DRA9V330R1D8KAT00W/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Abdul Turns 6 - A Guatemalan Birthday Party Come On, Vamanos! Everybody let's go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428979337918-4IOY71TLEA6UWKIZXX88/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Abdul Turns 6 - A Guatemalan Birthday Party Estella's tamales are delicious. Even Tag ate one and has decided that they are good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428979128560-7WEZFMKPFX374XI3A0YE/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Abdul Turns 6 - A Guatemalan Birthday Party Estella, Abdul's mom, stored flan for the party in our fridge the night before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428979507973-IHBRFRCNR17JO38WCY24/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Abdul Turns 6 - A Guatemalan Birthday Party Estella and Abdul had their picture taken with each pinata before Abdul hammered it for at least a minute. Other kids got to hit the pinata after Abdul. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/4/10/airbnb monthly 0.5 2015-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428704863952-HOOLUV3EGCP4DZ55KTRZ/airbnb+listing.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 5 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Airbnb Our listing on airbnb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428696451806-5QQWBIDTXC089BVKN7ZX/venao+cove.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 5 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Airbnb If I had not used Airbnb for that trip we would have missed this amazing spot. It was also the only service we were using at the time that showed a place any where near where we wanted to stay. We can thank Airbnb for precious memories of our first Christmas as an expat family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428686572109-6BFLA38PGFIZ6VT9XO36/airbnb+promo.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 5 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Airbnb New Airbnb members get a $25 credit after booking through the photo above. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/4/5/semana-santa monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428385241621-PH6E1SO1HMISXF3B8P9S/Semana+Santa+Vendors Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Other vendors. These booths reminded us of "As seen on TV" and other trinkets sold at the Washington state fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428385213391-ISUNFUM2D986XGAMD5JJ/Semana+Santa+Alcohol+Advertising+8 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Th e Brahva Guys dancing with the Brahva Girls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384614454-SOUMNUTQKOQ36RU3ATCO/Semana+Santa+Carpet+4 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly The base of several carpets was made using dyed sawdust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428385092744-U4CEHGCCIFO4CXEV7AQD/Semana+Santa+Alcohol+Advertising+4 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Haven't found what you're looking for? Try this table. They can make anything! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428385112737-Y5FY5EPWLH22MZZ5ENJJ/Semana+Santa+Alcohol+Advertising+5 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Buckets of Micheladas for less than $3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384542050-M4S5GHDRYFVVG1WAZGAA/Semana+Santa+Carpet+2 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly I loved the vivid colors and symmetry of the fruit, vegetables and grain used in these carpets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384953074-N7YAOSIDMKTWNF0B8MDL/Semana+Santa+Alcohol+Advertising Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Doesn't this remind you of the opening scenes in Pretty Woman? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384589352-2HVKN1KQANJUKK2E875L/Semana+Santa+Carpet+3 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Fruit was also hung across streets, similar to hanging white christmas lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428385141143-3CC4ZDJR511IJ1NQTLR7/Semana+Santa+Alcohol+Advertising+7 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 4 beers for $1.25. This isn't just about beer anymore. Sadly, because of these prices, many restaurants and bars sell less alcohol than during a regular week. Some vendors close because it's not worth their resources to lower prices in order to compete with these specials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428385276524-5VDSFLXTOWUUPMDJI54J/Semana+Santa+Family Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Heading to the lancha to catch a boat to the other side of the lake. 2 hours in Pana was all the craziness we needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384994966-HMDZCSW60FUAPK9KQYAY/Semana+Santa+Alcohol+Advertising+2 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly The friendly Brahva Girls! We can tell you what kind and color underwear each was wearing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384824481-A8Y6B4MDJ1NASG9Y1HT6/Semana+Santa+Procession+3 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Incense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384704837-MYM94DNE17WZ87WXYH95/Semana+Santa+Carpet+8 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly About two hours after we took this picture, the procession walked down this road. They couldn't have AVOIDED walking on the carpet as the streets are narrow and the processions were wide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384798515-RDPUJMTDQAKY8DLNO6CD/Semana+Santa+Procession+2 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly It's about to get exciting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384883371-39YZU02XR1DS879FTHPN/Semana+Santa+Carpet+Fruit+Cutting Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Here's a FRUIT and VEGETABLE staging area. What a mess! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384841642-2N7YIT9ZTJ2YIKYJKNA0/Semana+Santa+Procession+4 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly The hand carried float. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428385169866-QS6JH21RFC77J4HMV6MM/Lake+Atitlan+from+Santa+Cruz Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Ahhh...the lake...Taken from our dock in Santa Cruz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384637934-QPY0S8L4PTYI7E8YZBXE/Semana+Santa+Carpet+5 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Looking at the carpets reminded me of looking at impressionist paintings. Up Close they have a lot of color and design. Stand Back and the beauty truly shines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384660542-YS92880WSMAXABTWCR6J/Semana+Santa+Carpet+6 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly One of the longer carpets we saw. It was common to see a long carpet as a collection of several pictures or designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384682034-PLNNWRB07SLGGQ55EZ7B/Semana+Santa+Carpet+7 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Ela was ECSTATICc at each new carpet. It's so much fun to experience her joy during these times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384504969-CU9CL75FPK47G2ROBYPK/Semana+Santa+Carpet+1 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly The carpets are constructed on the street. It was fun to watch them come together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384857528-W2O7QQK1YEULZTB40BOQ/Semana+Santa+Procession+5 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly several men followed this float ready to take their turn when it was time. we saw women carrying another float. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428384752724-O31YQMWPTIALBYD9E5B1/Semana+Santa+Procession+1 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly The first signs that the procession was coming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428385066749-1EDQ7KXGXM9WW5DI5GFQ/Semana+Santa+Alcohol+Advertising+3 Expat Family Travel Blog - Semana Santa (Easter Week): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly This is a Guatemalan Liquor, similar to Jagermeister. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/4/5/ela monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1428275435538-XTYN93YBAWBW5GM98FU8/ela+collage.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Meet Ela Meet Ela! https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/3/31/loofah monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427823545270-3B5SKULU777GSNETU4JN/loofah.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Buying a Luffa in Someone's Driveway Typical loofah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427823779909-QKC326N988NBNCYLCJUC/loofahs+in+the+wild.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Buying a Luffa in Someone's Driveway We saw fields of them being grown near the coast. This is what they look like before they end up in bathrooms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427824986977-98A5O6Y00B86O9HJQRKG/luffah+house.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Buying a Luffa in Someone's Driveway The house was packed to the gills with luffas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427825053285-NHD6L22781KRJVHT2RA4/luffah+doorway.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Buying a Luffa in Someone's Driveway They are clearly in the luffa business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427825215045-OAHL9ZQRPLQ9UM1FR8Q2/big+luffa.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Buying a Luffa in Someone's Driveway This luffa was as big as my arm. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/3/25/sea-turtles monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427326374506-I24Q5LCAFCPTAM7ZRGWC/bucket+of+turtles.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Releasing Leatherback Sea Turtles - Yes, we did! Hatchlings being carried to the beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427327003670-XX8IHME22GAYHBF49OEF/tag+in+sand.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Releasing Leatherback Sea Turtles - Yes, we did! Tag played in the sand and pretty much ignored the turtles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427326830947-OUOV4MF354QIOY3CRKBF/elle+sea+turtle.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Releasing Leatherback Sea Turtles - Yes, we did! Elle said her turtle was calmed by sitting on sand while waiting for the go to release them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427325970122-MJ9Z4LX35ITKY04NYGLG/turtle_eggs_transplanted.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Releasing Leatherback Sea Turtles - Yes, we did! This grid system helps track when the turtles will hatch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427326463785-UZGP7018X90C5CEQ2NE6/turtle+release.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Releasing Leatherback Sea Turtles - Yes, we did! Crowds begin to gather in anticipation of the release. Everyone is standing behind the roped off area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427326757415-ZR8BB58SMM5OQNEQTF2J/mutant+ninja+turtles.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Releasing Leatherback Sea Turtles - Yes, we did! They were very cute and active but Mickelle and Tag refused to touch them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427326898022-694T4SXW7C88EXCGTMUO/on+your+mark.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Releasing Leatherback Sea Turtles - Yes, we did! On your mark, get set....GO! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427326607279-4LKST9860651JPT56F6D/baby+leatherback+turtles.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Releasing Leatherback Sea Turtles - Yes, we did! Elle and I holding newly hatched Leatherback Sea turtles. She was thrilled. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/3/23/common-questions monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1427153525693-AO1C1JJE2H9RRNR630N1/digital+in+mexico.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Common Questions - Biggest Struggle and Building Community This pic was taken at the border in Mexico. My son knew no Spanish but did not hesitate to saddle up next to two other kids in order to watch a video game. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/3/18/onil monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426735307021-ZQZE393BDTKXBV07NV8C/IMG_3884.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - $150 Stove that Transforms Lives - Seven Steps to Installing an ONIL Stove 1 - Level the ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426735301206-XSQYCFS8WTL78O2Z08NP/IMG_3885+%282%29.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - $150 Stove that Transforms Lives - Seven Steps to Installing an ONIL Stove 2 - Lay the cinder block foundation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426735334190-J385CBCKSE49W28AJ8ZV/IMG_3893.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - $150 Stove that Transforms Lives - Seven Steps to Installing an ONIL Stove 3 - Build the remaining structure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426735954863-0E0963T7TGESMM2ICOOI/IMG_3894.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - $150 Stove that Transforms Lives - Seven Steps to Installing an ONIL Stove 4 -Create the combustion chamber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426735377060-Q9ODVHIGG7AJP1RXYFF1/IMG_3896.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - $150 Stove that Transforms Lives - Seven Steps to Installing an ONIL Stove 5 -Insulate the top basin with crushed gravel and ensure proper airflow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426735378016-MD68NSBNAIXDB2X9DY3E/IMG_3898.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - $150 Stove that Transforms Lives - Seven Steps to Installing an ONIL Stove 6 - Ready the chamber. She's pointing to the location where the wood will go. Notice it only needs small branches, not big pieces of wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426735401005-ZQ00BZ13R5IXQSKQWRCT/IMG_3902.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - $150 Stove that Transforms Lives - Seven Steps to Installing an ONIL Stove 7 - Add the iron top, burners and chimney https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426737034592-0XQVESN5N08KPPNRUB6U/onil.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - $150 Stove that Transforms Lives They use it to boil water, make fresh tortilla and cook pretty much everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426795127562-DIS4BF2S5BWTDY445U02/three+stone+stove.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - $150 Stove that Transforms Lives A typical three stone stove. Photo Credit 1stove.org https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/3/16/zunil monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426525982681-ET4HDEZJBI1AX6D9GY3O/lower+pool.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Soaking in Paradise (Las Fuentes Georginas) The kids wanted me to jump but Mickelle wisely forbid it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426524758217-PNS1E4JPSI1CRLK25INA/almolonga.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Soaking in Paradise (Las Fuentes Georginas) The nearby farming pueblo of Almolonga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426524908597-QI6RR9QTZA614LNPWGYC/farmlands.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Soaking in Paradise (Las Fuentes Georginas) Farmlands carved into the hillside at 7,000 feet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426534429023-6YQW4B7Q0JNA0T05JHV7/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Soaking in Paradise (Las Fuentes Georginas) The views from Las Fuentes Georinas are stunning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426523108570-64X20BFWHIC9M03038L0/zunil+gps.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Soaking in Paradise (Las Fuentes Georginas) The map on the GPS did not even have a road to show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426524856899-3C17MIF30ROQZPCYRU2G/zunil.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Soaking in Paradise (Las Fuentes Georginas) Looking down on Zunil during the climb up the volcano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426534149254-7Y2DCHM8QVV7Z60LPQAO/image-asset.jpeg Expat Family Travel Blog - Soaking in Paradise (Las Fuentes Georginas) I'm guessing they've had some problems in the past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426525408435-VOLP7GD67P636YAWJOPK/anxious+girls.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Soaking in Paradise (Las Fuentes Georginas) Mickelle's mom was visiting from Seattle. All three girls were excited to get in the water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426526099928-5ZU9E5KJSOONII1JXRRW/lower+pools.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Soaking in Paradise (Las Fuentes Georginas) We had the lower pools entirely to ourselves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426525131225-8ZG107QR4I40KRUWRDX0/las+fuentes+georginas.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Soaking in Paradise (Las Fuentes Georginas) The three upper srpings have changing rooms, showers, lockers and a restaurant. The pool in the background is the hottest. The adults in our crew loved it but it was too hot for the kids. They preferred the two pools shown closest in the picture. They were lukewarm. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/3/12/utatlan-ruins monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426215979467-4QR8HA79TWB9JSG6A50D/utatlan_caves.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking on 600 Year Old Mayan Ruins the path led to a cave carved into the limestone. Mayan women and children used it for hiding during the Spanish conquest. It was (and still is) used during religious cermonies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426215871048-8TVADY6JPFXTYB0WCYK1/utatlan_court.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking on 600 Year Old Mayan Ruins This is the center of the Ballcourt. It was used for a sport called Ōllamaliztli. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426215825024-O8XZHMSZTK8YRLYJJ279/utatlan_ruins.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking on 600 Year Old Mayan Ruins This was/is the central plaza of town. The big structure to the right was the main temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426215934143-8AIP6FACR6YEI8VSN29E/utatlan_hill.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking on 600 Year Old Mayan Ruins On the backside of the ruins was a very steep path.. Sorry no ADA access, which is very common here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426215774555-AZ2JS6JO0HYWC6J0CF7I/utatlan_hill.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking on 600 Year Old Mayan Ruins After following the trail for five minute we faced this hill. It had stones and rocks at the top that were clearly placed there eons ago by man. There were no signs telling you not to touch anything (but we didn't) https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/3/10/chichi monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426027209330-Q0H1TVOSMC94LMS8NZN6/car.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Incognito at the Chichi Market You don't see cars with US plates in this country so just pulling into town gets us noticed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426029213942-5B7Y7OL4OYL49P54XLBH/rocks.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Incognito at the Chichi Market This farmer is selling bags of limestone rocks for Q3 (about 39 cents US). The rocks are used for cleaning. Tag thought thiat was cool! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426030458074-C92ND2CN5L6NU0OZF27M/cemetary.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Incognito at the Chichi Market Chichi Cemetery seen in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426027968480-I3A9N5AIO6WZICXDZ2UD/street.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Incognito at the Chichi Market This picture was taken about two blocks from the town's plaza, vendors were located in all directions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426028555845-64JZNR0ZFCR640GUYI8M/birds.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Incognito at the Chichi Market The Chichi market is for the birds. (both living and dead) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426028583408-O37ZXZGHSIQ8C78ZVGNG/clothes.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Incognito at the Chichi Market Traditional, and more modern, mayan clothing and accessories were everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426032032216-1E0OMQYN9D25TT52U7BY/radio+shack.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Incognito at the Chichi Market This vendor had several tables stocked with items that brought back memories of working at Radio Shack in the 90's). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426028656317-39JGJ2H6B4K8NI7S77D4/veggies.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Incognito at the Chichi Market scores of fresh fruits and veggies were littered throughout the market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426030927342-ZVXIOEWH8TBDWNRS6D99/church.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Incognito at the Chichi Market The front of Santo Thomas Church. I'm unsure of the purpose of the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426030020265-JRIA706Z52PPNVPW8X8Z/hat.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Incognito at the Chichi Market Epic FaIL! For some reason the hat failed to put our family in incognito mode. Not sure Why. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1426029669875-KCKOAKSWOAMVDCLU9EZ5/pinatas.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Incognito at the Chichi Market plants vs. Zombies and spiderman on a motorcycle pinatas for sale https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/2/26/mayan-ingenuity-hacks monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1425010275985-5ROV8W21F22JOTNWZFUU/fence.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity - Hacks for the House Extend the height of your chain linked fence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1425010482667-2K8CN7L5JDZNA8PDE2HL/roof.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity - Hacks for the House Secure your roof with ease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1425009286699-MUU8LJL5WLBB80SPL7O3/electricity.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity - Hacks for the House Get electricity fast with this solution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1425009099172-Q8NJTRFT3S8DPQCL6K4E/doorknobs.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity - Hacks for the House A little bit of white speaker cable will double nicely as a door handle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1425009892855-8LDGDSP9N87QCYJJURJE/insulator.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity - Hacks for the House Innovative recycling coupled with cable TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1425010800261-7YH5N73Y6WDE4EE4SOT8/vise.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity - Hacks for the House Rebar is the new C-Clamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1425008274866-PMBPL40TXIW3THB7PWNL/mud.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity - Hacks for the House Mud bricked buildings. The top pic is from a house in town, the lower pic is of the outer wall of our kid's school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1425008601632-S8KR0Q332JFJMIHPZ7OM/wall.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity - Hacks for the House Wall jobs made easy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1425008872660-XFV9901E43B2OX322QZQ/locks.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity - Hacks for the House Exterior front door locks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1425011260745-FAPRC3V4F26JX8FKSQ24/gutter.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity - Hacks for the House PVC as gutters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1425009561556-E8ZR6H4XJ0KKTZG43572/bamboo.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity - Hacks for the House TV antenna mounting option https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/2/23/hot-springs monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424818450164-N3KWWESBKTKVLMDFWVAZ/green.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hot Springs and a Stinky Toe The meat of this fruit was bright green and coated in a powder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424818264987-DV1HS2FZJJXD3C6IEUHP/boats.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hot Springs and a Stinky Toe Most of the maya in town subsist off of fishing or agriculture. Atitlan Volcano is in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424750534411-CNVSI5UNXM380QWQAFCJ/new+fruit.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hot Springs and a Stinky Toe This fruit is as hard as a coconut and shaped like a giant bean. That's Tag's blue croc in the second photo. Note how close he was while the man was hacking at the shell with his machete. Seconds earlier, Tag had been playing with the machete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424749000531-0BMEIK3W0REVUOG27M3G/springs.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hot Springs and a Stinky Toe There was probably a 12-15 people when we got there and the section of the lake with the springs is small so it was a bit crowded on the shoreline.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424746835019-C73TVVH0JIFXIUTWTFQH/road+to+lake.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hot Springs and a Stinky Toe Santa Catarina alleyway leading toward the lake and the soccer field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424818346207-VQYXQCFHOAJXUD4CDQT4/running.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hot Springs and a Stinky Toe There's a nice path along the way. Elle was a little excited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424747996300-2QU8P854305Q5N9IKK99/no+motors.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hot Springs and a Stinky Toe No motors on these boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424748204222-9DLL6V678NZWHJKM6FJ7/group.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hot Springs and a Stinky Toe Santa Catarina Hot Springs Trip, February 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424748598475-Z9XYFZ9381S79LHWGBZV/shack.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hot Springs and a Stinky Toe A house and walkway sit on the rising lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424750161488-LL74UE79RBRE8K6H6TCY/prime+spot.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hot Springs and a Stinky Toe Of all of the warm spots there was one that was the most prime that day. Our kids (and their friends) did not want to give it up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424818390859-CLD5ZHY4EFDKZ2T8RDR3/water.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hot Springs and a Stinky Toe Note how green and alive (minus the submerged dead trees) the lake is here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424726390956-VCDM5RLD9K5AF03P80N1/santa+catarina.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hot Springs and a Stinky Toe The pueblo of Santa Catarina Palopó. The big patch of green on the water is the town's soccer field. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/2/20/pantry monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424408386289-NVWKV9PC2X47Z11IFF2N/decaf.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's in Our Pantry and Not in Our Fridge Guatemala grows some of the best coffee in the Americas but try looking for decaf and you'll end up thirsty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424408469202-2FUG7EW2IMPNO2JD1LT9/eggs.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's in Our Pantry and Not in Our Fridge We generally buy very fresh eggs and we never store them in the fridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424408405667-SB0UV2RIPECWAJ8RVVW9/milk.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's in Our Pantry and Not in Our Fridge This is a 1 liter box of lactose free skim milk. It has never been refrigerated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424408365754-JKZ19UHZZHEZWOEFVQD3/biocyde.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's in Our Pantry and Not in Our Fridge Even though the fruits and veggies we buy from the market are more or less (uncertified) organic, the water and soil they are grown in is not necessarily sanitary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424408339664-J0E31KSB7F8FJYTR3B2P/mayo.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's in Our Pantry and Not in Our Fridge Guatemalan Mayo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424408448929-FLUFP7NV0BGEJN0WWT9B/ritz+oreo.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's in Our Pantry and Not in Our Fridge Ritz and Oreo's are easy to find at stores. Our kids love them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424408425616-OZO9H28BCR4HVNSL2Y67/milk+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's in Our Pantry and Not in Our Fridge This milk has a two month shelf life. Can you beat that? https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/2/17/outage monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424212084493-6DRY05BORFY9ZWRIDQ4T/wifi.png Expat Family Travel Blog - 9 Hours Without Electricity (P.S. you won't have water either) The hierarchy now includes Wi-Fi as the foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424209705309-R3OOEV2QMCM99CIHFKDS/inde.png Expat Family Travel Blog - 9 Hours Without Electricity (P.S. you won't have water either) National Electrification Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424231294307-3YDCQLYE7SFT7L737306/no+coffee.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 9 Hours Without Electricity (P.S. you won't have water either) None of the coffee shops in town were open! No power, no water, no open! Somehow we survived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424272812112-JRZNUG2OGWYZK5ZDXAIT/pila.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 9 Hours Without Electricity (P.S. you won't have water either) A pila is a sink that is typically outdoors and used for cleaning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424230545136-FYEOR8VK1Z8PK1FGQ1TP/water.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 9 Hours Without Electricity (P.S. you won't have water either) The night before, I filled up two empty 5 gallon water bottles with tap water just in case. We were set (minus the Internet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424210182834-6WBWW38SWOB4BOK0ONUX/solola.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 9 Hours Without Electricity (P.S. you won't have water either) Department of Solola represented in dark green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424213411729-BEPDFNNBQHQCX3DV2O2W/cisterns.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 9 Hours Without Electricity (P.S. you won't have water either) Two versions of elevated cisterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424230455393-GAGQ1A0E9FQYOBZK26M0/tub.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 9 Hours Without Electricity (P.S. you won't have water either) We have a bathtub, and most people don't. We filled it up and used our bucket to refill the toilet when needed. No issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424213606823-CDZID9JQ4V5PU67XOD1D/pumps.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 9 Hours Without Electricity (P.S. you won't have water either) The outside and inside housing of the water pump that feeds our house. Our cistern is under the patch of grass right next to our pump. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/2/13/chapin-valentines monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423890090762-XK4VLIXN9HG86MW68ODL/boys+in+traje.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day Traje is quite colorful. I've only started to appreciate the colors and the designs and let go of my feelings about matching stripes with stripes or vertical stripes with horizontal stripes. The kids were adorable, and I'd love to see Tag wear clothes like this every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423890600945-XGVAEVHS6ZYXLWIYWMCT/cuddle.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day It was a long performance. At least I got some cuddle time with my son. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423889690486-CAUL11EHO7OEZAJ7JXY7/dead+rat.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day There was a dead rat floating in the water. Fascinating to many of my students! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423890312108-7FYUETQX0M8FOKHA3F1I/elle+traje.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day Elle is passing out bread to the audience as part of the Spanish Engagement dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423970720535-HQ4LT6YRPCNDWAAY14KO/family+traje.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day Mick and the Kids in Traje https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423889895932-SFRXROKOU8Q2UVLRTGK3/soccer+field.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day This is the school's big soccer field. It's always dry and dusty. We covered the main dance areas with green pine needles for the presentation and it probably helped with the dust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423890404098-OHH2ZKEIPZZNPNLBA6XH/dance.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day The first graders did a traditional dance about the Day of the Dead, which took place Nov. 1.. Each child had a different big kite strapped to their back. It was a surprise. Even their teacher was surprised to see them in kites! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423889592865-LF3E116FA39M8TTOPDDH/girls+in+traje.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day Elle and her friends at the lake. It was a bit windy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423890859418-UST0A4ROKNG7GOU3WBAN/mick+traje.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day What you can't see is my cell phone and other misc. items tucked under the belt between the skirt and the shirt. I always see women in town with their phones and small wallets tucked into their belts, and I was eager to see how this worked. I'm glad we had the chance to wear traje as I never would have done it without being pushed. It was fun and surprisingly comfortable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423964129690-FMBZ9XXM7O2GSUXCPTLO/family+valentine.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day The kids insisted we all wear pink or red today! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423889662341-OI4T3QU8CYWL58QX1FGY/boys+in+traje.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day Some of the boys in their traje. Notice the boy second from left's liquor bottle. It's a prop for the presentation later in the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423890728299-4Y5GXDVONXIURC69OR6Q/elle+traje+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day The original top Elle was going to wear didn't fit over her big head! Traje is often made to fit a specific individual and women often tailor it to fit themselves perfectly. One teacher borrowed a shirt and the sleeves were too tight. The loaner took it home and loosened the arms so the teacher could wear it the next day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423970488040-MTU0626U1CZAAFHOTMC7/valentine+flowers.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day Elle bought me flowers at the market. My sweet girl! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423967430123-3DRCE4DGK5P7GI0NEBBJ/puppies.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 2 Holidays, 2 Days - Orgullo Chapin & Valentine's Day An extra treat - The kids and I got to play with the neighbor's 5 week old puppies. Elle's favorite is the multi-chocolate colored puppy, while Tag likes the blond one. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/2/8/top-apps-for-vagabonds monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423587052697-YOEIIC3AG1WXUR95GJ1M/OruxMaps1.png Expat Family Travel Blog - Top Mobile Apps for Vagabonds orux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423588939204-4OVTVKGKP8RQVK2AFDYS/tripadvisor2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Top Mobile Apps for Vagabonds tripadvisor Screenshots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423588456626-I6MYCSTOUFRQVWSC9XW4/tripadvisor.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Top Mobile Apps for Vagabonds tripadvisor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423596067467-O7HV4GTYBH06AN7483LQ/hola.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Top Mobile Apps for Vagabonds hola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423597547777-EPR604AW0NMJNF7OJJF3/red+cross+earthquake.JPG Expat Family Travel Blog - Top Mobile Apps for Vagabonds earthquake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423589038017-TT2OHE8SSQEBQA3KAE1P/Google_Translate.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Top Mobile Apps for Vagabonds Google Translate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423592204780-ENQ2ZK0BEHDNP9EZD8KL/xoom.JPG Expat Family Travel Blog - Top Mobile Apps for Vagabonds xoom app https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423589417080-DIQNTQG0VVLXO6KO7PNV/google+translate.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Top Mobile Apps for Vagabonds GOOGLE TRANSLATE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423591584738-SWS8L3N6XNFRHODASV4J/xoom.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Top Mobile Apps for Vagabonds xoom app https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423590358710-PYKJOFU0QT4VVC7M55ZA/speak+translate.png Expat Family Travel Blog - Top Mobile Apps for Vagabonds GOOGLE TRANSLATE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423597954711-Y86GVH5KPAB4CIMQSWVR/red+cross+earthquake+app.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Top Mobile Apps for Vagabonds Red Cross Earthquake App https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423588231211-3JR5MN4J1YAFHX1G8INH/orux_maps.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Top Mobile Apps for Vagabonds map https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423597377289-MZRT4PSCE3GIMM03FSHK/hola+mobile.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Top Mobile Apps for Vagabonds hola mobile app https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/2/4/vigilante-justice monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423102601000-ZKPXWSJ8CG7R8Y5COCEQ/truck+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How a Riot in Our Town Made Us Feel Safer The scorched remains of the truck near the shores of the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423102379446-KF2SJ150AGYB8JHPAG02/truck.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How a Riot in Our Town Made Us Feel Safer The truck was pretty well charred. It had no windows or tires remaining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423102085636-6DZOD3KBONJ9DCIZFTF2/smoke.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How a Riot in Our Town Made Us Feel Safer Small fires set by the rioters burned in the streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423101466152-9CY66J2BD6FN47H3A1Q2/banks+closed.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How a Riot in Our Town Made Us Feel Safer In fear of the riots businesses such as this restaurant and bank shut hours early and lowered their security shades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423101999895-N7V0W0CH3M883TEC3TP7/riot+police.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How a Riot in Our Town Made Us Feel Safer Police backup arrived in riot gear and began sweeping the streets. When confronted with rioters they threw tear gas which seemed to calm the scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1423101334309-I45QUWHN99VQXU3Q8UJ5/riot+1.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - How a Riot in Our Town Made Us Feel Safer The riots were taking place down this street. There was a clear understanding that it was not safe to go that direction. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/1/31/phones-in-guate monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422898335186-857A56YFDNXQCWAQ19WU/triples.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Phones for Rent Examples of 3 for 1 or triple saldo sale signs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422896804438-UZJKBEVF2445Q2TMHISA/phone+for+rent.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Phones for Rent Need to use a phone fast? Just look for tiendas (stores) that have these words on them and you'll be set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422897483123-1ONEBU2Z7G2GAD4YYZOY/usage.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Phones for Rent This chart depicts how fast cell phones took off in Guatemala. Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422900930611-2VW5843MAHARP2C8Z750/phones.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Phones for Rent These are some of the mid-lower end phones that are commonly used if someone needs to buy a new phone. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/1/30/door-number-three monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422661521757-VWMTZ7WPMNVMOHVRE9BU/masa.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's Behind Door #3? Locals bring corn to this building where it is ground up in a machine that makes masa (the dough like mixture needed for corn tortillas). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422661491592-6MHMD622I8TXO0GRYVJ4/alley.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's Behind Door #3? This alley is narrow, has an uneven dirt floor, barbwire along parts of the side, smells like dog poop, is quite long with no other real entry and exit points so one might conclude it is not safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422661410161-C1EFLJIB6T8JZ608OXKG/mechanic.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's Behind Door #3? That's my car parked inside my mechanic's garage. You are looking at his entire shop. It's basically a car port with a sign advertising car alarm installations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422661449887-8RMQYKEMK62AKXI2689H/agua+pura.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's Behind Door #3? This is the building where we get our drinking water from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422661378884-QKL5X4ZN7AC9F58OF7BV/choco+banano.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's Behind Door #3? Pay the guy with the baseball cap 1Q (12 cents US) and he'll open up that freezer, pull out a frozen banana, walk to the other side of the store where he has a pot of melted chocolate sitting on a burner, and coat the banana in chocolate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422661586918-W8G7AIZ96P6OK4M4KK64/sushi.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's Behind Door #3? Sushi, in Guatemala? How good could sushi be in a remote area of a 3rd world country? The answer is, pretty awesome! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422661555325-J16PHXRVM8X09978HT6O/ice+cream.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's Behind Door #3? A small tug on this cord made of shoelaces will result in someone peeking their head out the window to take your order for homemade ice cream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422661352819-C489A9I3IU9QO2W4F180/doc.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - What's Behind Door #3? Behind this unmarked, nondescript door is a fantastic children's doctor. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/1/27/wrong-turn monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422414801014-NOIEPE6533CIKLFPLNEK/road+gone.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - One Wrong Turn and a Lot of Surprises The road...was gone. It was gone! It had fallen into the river (likely attributed to the rainy season that ended the previous month). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422415002526-EVC8NE1RDDSLB45SGNN9/road+gone.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - One Wrong Turn and a Lot of Surprises the end of the what used to be a bridge over the river. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/1/24/mayan-ingenuity monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422230853187-NJUDEUZKGZWNAHY0TISX/rocks.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity Weigh down the portable basketball goals with weights, I mean rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422230350467-5N0Z92LX28I0644VJ7KE/cone.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity Build your own traffic cone (with a handle) by pouring cement in an empty jug of water and topping it with a bent piece of rebar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422230765788-EN3MN1ESMV9C8FUGLFTY/shower.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity No need for a hot water heater to take warm showers with this inline electrical hot water heater (note the string holding it up). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422231683749-1AXZ1SXWOVU548XU8TM9/tires.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity Used tires, painted, filled with cement and buried makes for some creative games in a park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422230575967-N7SOKK33PFDJHFL2HE1Q/hose.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity Need to connect two hose? Just shove one inside the other, add two pieces of rebar and some rusted wire for good measure and you're set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422230997348-GGNS688FXB3UV8EJAK0R/pvc1.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity How much PVC can you use at one resort? See below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422231409187-LEQM958SSVMLOW3NHT0P/gas.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity You want to open your own gas station but can't afford the signage, no problem, just put your prices on the a jug of gas using electrical tape. That's literally all you need. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422231308599-KY61WHOJO8ONRW5CWIAJ/pavers.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity The lake is rising and the docks have been raised, just stack some pavers and you get stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422231363098-GKQ55AWJ8II0989AUETN/bumper.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity There's no more room on the bus...duh, that's what the ladders and bumper are for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422231499038-GCVE5ZX7Y3YCLDNU9WDY/fence.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity Recycle your glass bottles by cementing them into your rock fence. It's the environmentally friendly solution to home security. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422231091424-LEXDOYZGN0ZDCQQUTL33/pvc+3.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity The poles holding up the hammocks (PVC). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422231164149-G2WMPN5RNOVB2SKME21Q/pvc+6.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity Basketball hoop and poles (PVC). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422231206360-ZVL7XRZ0YG55REC2FBL1/pvc+7.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity Legs for the "cement" lounge chair (PVC). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422231255712-ZI6MFCBL2EAPRD1QCFOU/pvc+8.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity Hang your clothes on the closet rod (made of PVC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422230682933-3LKO6BSR1ZBHZVA20E5R/bench.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity Got extra wood and some old tires, you've got everything you need for a comfy bench. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422231126280-T0R9DKZ5IZP3TSCTO485/pvc+4.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity The railing up the wheelchair ramp (PVC). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422231045234-TQVN957NOZQJ4712KT8J/pvc2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity The poles holding up the pool shelter (PVC). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422231638236-856HYID0YFP0YQFX6ZEV/playground.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity More PVC and more tires used at a local playground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422230927421-XGXUZC044UYHEZ7L9NAQ/pallets.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity Make beachside benches and tables with old pallets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1422230484465-NDWQXE1NMXGIVXOFLYVS/pole.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Mayan Ingenuity Put a metal pole down a rotted tree and you get an instant pole to run telephone wire. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/1/17/christmas-2014-panama-part-3-of-3 monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421948307936-RAABHG71L2OHYZ11ILJU/plantain+juice.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 3 of 3) 80% Apple Juice, 20% Plantain Juice. It was nasty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421947732879-PD9IOT42FNYW3BWDMBCD/snack.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 3 of 3) Another perk in Panama....Goldfish poolside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421947758048-LJKQEP9X833LLZ6ACMG2/swing.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 3 of 3) The playground was large, very nice and even had Mick's favorite - Big swings! We hadn't seen a playground like this since the US. We miss playgrounds! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421947658006-HMRAJJPBUWAUB7GIJMTY/flashdance.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 3 of 3) Tag trying to keep up with the fountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421947784701-PQ19X142ICYXGLBNDFTY/zonk.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 3 of 3) Sometimes vacation is exhausting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421947688063-GT57XXSFZAHH1WDLFG9I/swimming.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 3 of 3) We all loved the pools and hardly left them during our stay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421950270734-3UAI8DVGZ43W1VN5TDJF/marriott+pool.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 3 of 3) View of some of the pools, with the beach in the background. No I did not take this. Courtesy of the resort's Facebook page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421947809594-EX8P8M47I1HX6JTVA9GN/zonk+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 3 of 3) Man down...it's time to go home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421949741929-J0YEK39G6P78CRTCIHNA/rio+hato+beach.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 3 of 3) The fam chilin at the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421947429005-YY9P5KRCZ5XYI84VGILP/trek+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 3 of 3) Although Rio Hato is located half-way between Venao Cove and Panama City, the drive is at least double from Rio Hato to Venao Cove. We played pothole frogger on many of the roads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421947496384-40Z9L7D81BZMAF7QQR7H/marriott+front+door.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 3 of 3) The front reception of the resort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421947711777-5YJVXOOXV2L5FC8S4O4E/lounging.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 3 of 3) Lounging in our cabana while the fresh application of sunscreen sets in. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/1/15/christmas-2014-panama-part-2-of-3 monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421355196700-QG93CZIB2XBZXXIZ4T41/gifts.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) YES! Santa found us. He left the presents on this wooden counter top after eating all the carrots and chocolate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421340705137-R2MYUENVC1O7AMKKDRUE/hostel.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) The hostel looked awesome online and had great reviews. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421364620541-VFZUU13BJF9GIX6F5M00/selfie.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) Mick and I climbed out on to the rocks with just enough time to snap this pic and quickly get back to shore before the waves got us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421340790271-VQ3Y42VJGOGSZX3M17F5/trek.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) In this 5 hour trek we covered about 1/3 of the length of the country. Yes, Panama is that small. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421356597405-IZEAEK3616F5IRH8V6AO/venao+cove+arial.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) Arial shot of Venao Cove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421341172424-XW8V8VM6XMD9B751LOCJ/road.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) We were driving on "the Road" and in 8.0 km we needed to turn right onto "the Road". If only the GPS showed all of the pot holes along the way...maybe Mick wouldn't have broken the plastic hubcap on the rental car, a $25 surcharge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421357370145-ATBHQ0IW8VKL8NIU0CWG/kitchen.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) Partial view of the counter between the kitchen and dining room. Look carefully on the watermelon and you'll see red magic marker scribling. Since we shared the kitchen everyone wrote their names on their food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421364720693-3DWGC20O2WY1DC9C7QSR/tidal+pool.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) While Mick and I were at the coast line, the kids were farther inland playing with locals in a big, safe tidal pool. The local kids were using driftwood to act as boats in the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421341306260-43PK8DRFVWJLSB1KYE7E/scenery.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) Roadside scenery in panama on the way to Venao Cove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421358026418-79W1CFN7M0AWDWHLP01X/waterfall.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) The hike was a little over a mile and it was hot. The dip in this natural waterfall was just what we needed. Since there was no one else anywhere near, Tag decided to swim in the buff shortly after this picture was taken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421364549787-ZK815J14C7X4J5JNSYBT/beach.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) The beach was gorgeous. The tide was coming in and the waves had started to smash into the rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421357281310-8SYL71C0M2EYMC7WBBY6/surfs+up.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) Just grab a board and get out there. When you get back you note how long you had it. They'll charge you when you leave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421357932692-UXWO9UDT2BMG7HS4B19R/stick.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) Tag found this stick and decided he wanted to take it to the waterfall. About 3/4 of the way there he decided to put it down and leave it in the woods "so the monkeys could play with it". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421365019301-S08OH2NFUXSMHDFRRUJR/pizza.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) We split a loaf of freshly baked bread and a pizza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421365807380-5QRSPZU6Q18LMJRCRDS9/monkeys.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) We counted at least a dozen in the tree (including two babies). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421340676757-BZT3L5359O00KKDCWI2L/venao+cove.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) Venao Cove Beachfront Hostel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421342648630-G1ACI5C0PXANBQO7J00Z/santa+note.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) The chocolate chips were not for the cookies. They were Ghiraradelli dark chocolate chips that Mick bought in Panama City as a special treat for us to snack on (we can't get them at a reasonable price where we live). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421358503395-OW3EJAX22R0OYNTY8F8D/fish.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 2 of 3) The price, convenience and freshness of this fish could not be beat. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2015/1/13/christmas-2014-panama-part-1-of-3 monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421208722880-A0A6MMKH10KJPJ8JMMCC/ancon+hill.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) Panama City from a top Ancon Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421208862785-OU0D5490H8GGCHF0XVNS/santa.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) The blue Santa was somehow related to the movie Frozen. You just can't escape that movie. Before leaving Panajachel, Mickelle was joking that our best Santa picture option this year would be with the blow-up Frosty the Snowman in front of the local grocery store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421208985214-G5YS8BIIC7XXNPHJ61LU/running.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) The park behind me was finished only a few months before our trip. It's very nice and was built using landfill from the Canal expansion project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421206113315-JB8A7TPWJL5KO48LNX7F/taxiway.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) The kids were in good spirits (most of the time), and especially enjoyed the shuttle ride on the taxiway to our puddle jumper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421208275930-99DBZJ2V89WHOVF5QSVI/big+boat.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) A very large boat going through the Canal. Cruise Ships pay as much as $500,000 for one passage. See the waterway behind it? That is part of the expansion project of the Canal. It is scheduled to open in late 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421207372020-0Z8W4FRI0KMR8JJ3DV67/done+walking.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) Tag proclaiming he's done walking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421207441411-3DK4NP6JBNDPCWE26QD1/food.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) The neighborhood had all kinds of cool places to eat. Mickelle and I loved the ice cream at this top-rated TripAdvisor suggestion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421208069408-Y6CAOWCZJAESLRTDIN9R/locks.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) The Canal celebrated its 100th year of operation in 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421208197236-7NVFC0WSP3Q71FKVR4XH/lookout.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) It's crazy to think that we had the engineering foresight to build the locks this big 100 years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421206667817-Y2YHJJPLA5H17H5Y0GHC/taxi.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) The driver put on a DVD for the kids. NOTE, there's a screen where the rear view mirror would normally be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421207755610-ES2D3XYGHUK8FMS2DH38/hot.JPG Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) Did I mention it was hot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421206388132-XVRYDIJVQT7JQKAA3RAP/workout.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) The kids enjoyed the workout facilities at the hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421207542739-Z7EYJMX2Z2DOJ6TN443K/skyline.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) Panama City has an impressive skyline, only part of it is visible here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421207973932-RJSIRHM02NPR5RQ3AFCX/canal+line.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) This is the line to get into the Canal's Museum and viewing station. It was early and the kids were not happy...but they recovered. They really like it when we take pictures of them grumpy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421207128743-O7VG93UO8SAZHHJZFTJQ/ballcourts.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) Kids were playing basketball and soccer literally on the water. Both courts appear wet in the photos because it had just rained. If Tag and I had turned around (top right photo), we'd be looking at the President's House. Although we couldn't knock on the door, we were within a 100 feet of the actual house. Naturally, there were security guards around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1421207321002-5JNOV8EYIOK4ZZ7W3CIR/sulk.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Christmas 2014 - Panama (Part 1 of 3) At one point they both refused to leave this deck. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/12/17/class-pickup monthly 0.5 2015-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418851062776-LBMTGRT5FJXOMXJRQY5P/Class+in+Pickup.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - My Class in a Pick-Up Truck! I've been wanting to stand on the truck bumper and hold on for a while. I finally had my chance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418851406119-UG08E8PR0BWC3FJAX6AP/school+pickup.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - My Class in a Pick-Up Truck! The kids loved high fiving him as we drove past. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/12/12/fire-at-school monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418434512268-7XBVEG6UWHD72JLUVX0W/putting+out+fire.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Assembly Line Firefighting...at School The LIFE School Director, the Guardian and a teacher pouring water on the fire. Notice the teacher in the background holding a 5 gallon water container that he used. The director (in front) is holding a white pitcher that she filled using water from the big bucket. Quite the operation! These people are in the trenches because they wore high-quality footwear to school! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418434674415-PORBEO8UWKSZ8UCNMV0A/bomberos.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Assembly Line Firefighting...at School Another teacher just happened to have the Volunteer Firefighters number in her cell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418434623845-Q5GUBRBKR50P1VYH78D7/charred.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Assembly Line Firefighting...at School Some of the charred ground. The fire probably covered 30 yards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418434767249-DB4DSY42XY2M305J2O10/firefighters.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Assembly Line Firefighting...at School After the fire - Santiago, Brandon, Xeila, and Tara, some of our volunteer student firefighters, relaxing after their hard work filling containers with water. Brandon is eating a common snack - corn on the cob smothered in mayonnaise and ketchup. They like to show me this snack because I think it's disgusting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418434431444-3X9W2IM5WS80MKPQJ042/water+crew.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Assembly Line Firefighting...at School Three 4th graders (my students) and one 5th grader filling the BIG water bucket. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/12/10/guate-fruits-and-veggies monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418234102047-BVLAU785GJ0KM0JP4TUP/canary+melon.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Produce Not Found at Safeway - Guatemalan Fruits and Veggies Canary Melon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418233351290-903VBS2V79HMKF67NV9T/annona.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Produce Not Found at Safeway - Guatemalan Fruits and Veggies annona fruit - it's not an artichoke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418234132314-DW2ZLTIVJBW82U6TKDPA/canary+melon+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Produce Not Found at Safeway - Guatemalan Fruits and Veggies Inisde of a canary Melon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418233501810-07YGD6E57QX7DZOWE3YY/sapote.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Produce Not Found at Safeway - Guatemalan Fruits and Veggies Meet the sapote https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418233303454-9UEOAHBXJMS5PF5DPD0W/jocote.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Produce Not Found at Safeway - Guatemalan Fruits and Veggies jocote fruits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418234072836-EZDU11LW0UT7290EZEG2/maduros.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Produce Not Found at Safeway - Guatemalan Fruits and Veggies maduro Bananas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418233378716-FP5K7E86X9IBKAVNC42Q/wiskil.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Produce Not Found at Safeway - Guatemalan Fruits and Veggies wiskil Fruit - don't squeeze it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1418242833043-SSCXCTVXKZD5W51ZDI80/sapote+inside.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Produce Not Found at Safeway - Guatemalan Fruits and Veggies sapote's have two seeds on the inside https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/11/23/day-2-in-santa-cruz monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1417910456874-7GY9Z08TAFQXHYYNL1BJ/silks.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking the Planks and Hanging from a Rope: Day 2 in Santa Cruz Playing on the silks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1417909995176-B8STQ837F8O0PEE531I0/soccer.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking the Planks and Hanging from a Rope: Day 2 in Santa Cruz The soccer field was full of rocks and holes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1417910093349-N99H5ITYW529115DDHEG/yoga.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking the Planks and Hanging from a Rope: Day 2 in Santa Cruz A yoga studio and relaxation space. This hotel doesn't mind if others use it when it's empty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1417959449039-YXZRWJ2IEPC9H93JXKC1/silks+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking the Planks and Hanging from a Rope: Day 2 in Santa Cruz Apparently I took more impressive pics of Ken on the silks than he took of me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1417910397239-DED308X0RKF12MK84UQK/hammock.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking the Planks and Hanging from a Rope: Day 2 in Santa Cruz Reading books, swinging in hammocks and enjoying the view from the yoga studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1417910224627-DHQYS4EJIRKH9J3G14HV/boat+swing.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking the Planks and Hanging from a Rope: Day 2 in Santa Cruz Tag & Elle played for an hour on this old boat turned into a swing. It is pretty cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1417910107980-NGDBDP9NO7WA07GU9RZE/swimming.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking the Planks and Hanging from a Rope: Day 2 in Santa Cruz Elle thought it would be funny to wear Tag's life jacket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1417910438110-WC4MGCDKD45XSUGPX6BH/puppy.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking the Planks and Hanging from a Rope: Day 2 in Santa Cruz We also found a litter of puppies along the path. The kids loved petting as many as they could. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1417910479529-289JAW6KOOA1DOGFTF0D/silks+3.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking the Planks and Hanging from a Rope: Day 2 in Santa Cruz Our happy little boy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1417910052619-XYEQI4ALDNFUHVZPXN5I/planks.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking the Planks and Hanging from a Rope: Day 2 in Santa Cruz I thought it was quite fun walking on the planks. It was sturdy enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1417910018484-S822Q709Q6OFZ3URW9OF/planks+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Walking the Planks and Hanging from a Rope: Day 2 in Santa Cruz Tag also enjoyed walking on the planks. Elle, not-so-much. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/11/22/la-iguana monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416716347579-3406HMPB1RLOZ57DDGRX/salad.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! My healthy salad with black beans and tostadas. This is one of the best salads I've seen in Guate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416716103798-FLHZ0UFSL2HD2X8TROBN/iguana.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! Looking at the boat dock from the dock of La Iguana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416719840752-9FPAL9N2UI0IJPA3QGQH/sodas.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! The Coke vs. Pepsi Challenge is ongoing in Santa Cruz! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416716219216-F2MLCTGZL2Q7IPX0WCK4/santa+cruz+tuktuks.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! Tag and Elle had quite the discussion about which tuk-tuk we'd take. We checked with La Iguana's front desk to find out what we should pay before got in. It was a good thing. The driver tried to tell us it would cost more on the weekend, but we knew better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416720572010-CN1YWRX9P1TNT8M53UV0/lake+atitlan.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! Taking a moment for a family pic to capture the day. Once again, we can hold Tag in the picture, but we can't make him smile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416716314699-VXYNBKOK7S22E2FNZCR4/cecap.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! CECAP Restaurant is the yellow building with the turquoise sign. We ate in front of the top level of windows and enjoyed views of the lake with our lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416721012440-9E46VAWM3DHDK3XWULDJ/sauna.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! The Hobbit House at La Iguana. Guests are welcome to build a fire in the house and enjoy a traditional steam. The kids liked playing in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416767518955-UT3BGQBNZC2FSINNPAYA/window.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! A window in the guy's bathroom. Using recycled materials for windows like this is not uncommon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416720952776-B7QK9W8YAXSE24IEFFG3/iguana+couch.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! A little cuddling and wrestling on the couch back at La Iguana before it's dinner time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416720174485-ZHEFYK1AB79E893DM6RR/road.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! Here's the road connecting the town center of Santa Cruz with the boat dock. Notice the wall. The next two pictures show the project of reinforcing this wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416716447195-PFWUSOFF2KBWG1F9Q5RC/local+kids.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! After taking their picture, the kids hounded us until Ken gave them a quet (12 cents). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416716038155-IUXO6JUSWRENX72MIFXY/Santa+Cruz+Boat+Dock.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! We arrived around 3 pm. Lake Atitlan is pretty choppy in the afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416720285965-GWHFVK6R6V93WBKSVC6E/road+wall+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! Another shot of the scaffolding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416719922673-D8WU8NLFQ727MTLIL9BK/school.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! We don't really know if this is the town square, but it's our best bet. This appears to be the town's big church, the school and a basketball court. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416720252590-XURTT4DP7WFV2GWMCGZ1/road+wall.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! This is how Guatemalans do scaffolding.The scaffolding will be raised as needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416720877393-4HZ6JDIURTQH3SC7M9J0/steps.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! Although we took this trip two months ago, this image has stayed with me. This is someone's walkway. The house may be decrepit and pieced together with recycled materials, but their view of Lake Atitlan is breathtaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416767446574-BB0DXK88LTJEST5VEJJ9/band.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - La Iguana, a Hobbit House and Tag is in the Band! Tag's first appearance in a band. He's playing a singing bowl. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/11/25/door-locks-and-work-safety monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416961575274-1MXJTVBRDN45Y4OJ9TAT/door+lock.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Locks and (lack of) Work Safety The initial grinder cut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416961623192-5GQ1PO5R0B1GGZH0LH9D/door+lock+off.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Locks and (lack of) Work Safety The spot where the lock once was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416961776248-FE20P49RC6E4564NCHET/lock+finished.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Locks and (lack of) Work Safety The finished product (on top). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416961670905-0T91L63EJ097UWNR6MIA/welding.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Locks and (lack of) Work Safety Since the lock was previously welded on, the new one needed to be. NOTE: the lack of eye protection while welding. He was actually shutting his eyes while doing it. 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Elle & Tag were lucky to get seats. Notice the cardboard box next to the woman on the left? It's full of baby chicks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416454264426-PCAUYNBGGT42R07ICV0U/pottery+shop.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Elle's 9th Birthday Men sculpting and firing pottery somewhere in the middle of the alleys and homes of San Antonio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416453794533-QH0T4C0CUXHW06QAGCGI/pickup+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Elle's 9th Birthday Benches run along the long outside sides of the pick-up truck. There's also a bar in the middle that allows others, including Ken and myself, to stand and hold-on. At one point we counted 24 people in the bed and/or bumper of the truck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416453833305-ZPDY50550ZF3685OZURK/pickup+3.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Elle's 9th Birthday Still others stand on the back bumper of the truck and hang on. We often turned around from our perch and found Tag standing on the floor of the bench and hanging over the side. Clearly he didn't appreciate his luck having a seat. Either way, he was safe...or safe enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416454111843-RR9NXU68IVJPXXUPR320/pottery.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Elle's 9th Birthday Pottery for sale on the street. Really? This is it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416454341796-KXXW3FW7AYXON41SBNQT/finished+goods.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Elle's 9th Birthday Pottery for sale. It was tough deciding which piece was each person's favorite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416454302291-0T6ML4HPXQ5OLCZDFXZG/drying.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Elle's 9th Birthday Pottery drying in the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416454078736-KXXFU7DDSXQEM07SAB70/san+antonio+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Elle's 9th Birthday Of course the view overlooking the lake is stunning as always. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416454371541-R31X36Q2HYF1UTAF3585/the+haul.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Elle's 9th Birthday Bowls for Tag (left) and Maya (right) and mugs for Ken (back left), Elle (back right) and me (back middle). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416453568890-JO1ZSNMEFIEFTAPFWXN0/elle+9.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Elle's 9th Birthday Elle's new waffle iron and a birthday card made with love by Tag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416453926164-1X2E63H0ZR80X0H586B4/san+antonio.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Elle's 9th Birthday The main drag in town separates the upper half from the lower half. It pretty much looks like this everywhere except behind us. The main church and market are directly behind us. They weren't much to look at, and we didn't even take a picture. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/11/16/shots-in-a-3rd-world-country monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416198087760-GNJ7ZCQ3JZHIOY1OCO8T/megapaca.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Shots, Shopping and Site Seeing in a 3rd World Country The entrance to the long awaited Xela MegaPaca. Elle was not so excited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416197978250-4OBK03QYS36JNFIAQ69I/trampoline.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Shots, Shopping and Site Seeing in a 3rd World Country Tag played in the trampoline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416198618938-UYF29JP34MMH7TSTEKG2/baa.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Shots, Shopping and Site Seeing in a 3rd World Country Brand new 2009 Boston Marathon Finisher shirt. They had a dozen of them. I told Mickelle that I could not buy this shirt. I'd needed to earn it one day. Cost was less than $3US. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416198499588-FOBTWO51WTWXIDTFUYFI/inisde+megapaca.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Shots, Shopping and Site Seeing in a 3rd World Country The place was huge. We spent a lot of time here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416197799665-HBFROWD5M7VE2B7FTOC6/chicken+joint.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Shots, Shopping and Site Seeing in a 3rd World Country We told the kids we'd stop here next time we're in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416198866110-M3Y9Q0E5E1XRV8TJL3BN/trophy.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Shots, Shopping and Site Seeing in a 3rd World Country Old trophies from the US for sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416197258482-XVDGHCY4KCRS1CHKLPP7/inside+docs.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Shots, Shopping and Site Seeing in a 3rd World Country The inside was clean but they had no electricity when we visited. I'm not sure why there was a punching bag on the lobby wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416197151390-S361ZKNFE9N5UUDVHV35/docs.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Shots, Shopping and Site Seeing in a 3rd World Country The white door is the outside entrance to the clinic where we got the shots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416197907944-FMZW1HYT6ME8QF7766FI/balls.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Shots, Shopping and Site Seeing in a 3rd World Country Elle and I had a knock down drag out roll in these blow up balls on top of a few inches of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416199036817-6GXPWGS0BI2UKTYLNOJR/xela.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Shots, Shopping and Site Seeing in a 3rd World Country Xela's Centro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416198766009-9LRWIQ1MAITBJN4KOZ2Q/waco.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Shots, Shopping and Site Seeing in a 3rd World Country From the Great State of Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1416197606667-O06U6VQOWLVVKGOFBZNB/mcdonalds.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Shots, Shopping and Site Seeing in a 3rd World Country After the shots we took the kids to McDonald's to pick up their spirits. We had not seen a McD's since Mexico and we've not been worse off for that. This would have been a special treat, even in the US. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/11/10/half-marathon-at-8000ft monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415674745581-OCWD7J67VVHVL8S15WD3/xela+finish.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft Chip timing mats, professional labeled archways and sponsorships adorned the finishers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415666661157-4HFOL7VOJ2MIXKIE7I67/race+start.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft The race is about to begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415674920102-8WBMUUD3N4WEKW7XXO1F/gatorade.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft Gatorade a plenty for the finishers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415675444703-N8ZOM6XALGRWQG6JOE59/swag.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft My tech shirt, bib and finishers medal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415663753644-S9R66ENU2Z5TMJX9GVJ6/altitude.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft Who runs a Half Marathon at this altitude? Me, about a dozen other expats and a few thousand Guatemalans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415663906788-KVWOBYOHLIDATNA2C8K7/Elevation.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft The course elevation fluctuated between 7,594 feet and 7,966 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415675153950-M8QFRJKRUZAQB48MLBZH/medals.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft Race medals being prepped for distribution to runners. Note the woman's traditional Mayan traje. Also very common throughout the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415676975154-8RYNLIUYL5HTF7RSNYMM/text.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft Race results were texted (for FREE) to each runner that asked for them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415674986909-GS3JHXNJ95HUPKOSFBFU/unhappy+water.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft A very unhappy water worker. NOTE the water was served in sealed bags along the entire course. This is great for races as it is impossible to spill. Just bite, tear and drink. This is also a common way to buy water throughout the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415674856869-7DPGDMYUK7IHIMTFLP3F/finishers.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft The march of finishers headed towards refreshments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415666787402-4Y1WAGVN2472YKK14VRU/21k+start.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft Xela 21K start - 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415662267869-W9WYAWEL6OS4GWVM9SOQ/BAM.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft My receipt for registration was technically a deposit slip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415662581740-VB681MPTP512XGWKBAWT/expo.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft Tag and I at the expo in front of the race map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415663266760-PF1OP3PE1D14KGBWNOQT/microbus.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft Xela's form of public transportation, the Microbus. Yes, they will all fit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415675276696-RRMZ52SHI1CY7O9BK3AK/medals+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running (a Half Marathon) at 8,000ft Medals being presented around the neck of each runner. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/11/3/day-of-the-dead monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415073749183-0TRKTB613RGUCUN0O6FY/kite+side+view+up.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! From the front, it's nearly impossible to see any tape. I suspect there is glue too, but it's done to blend in with the design on the kite. The detail reminds me of complex patterns sewed into intricately made quilts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415072949849-FW6GHYMXQL4Z7IMLI2MF/kites.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! Panoramic view of the cemetery in Santiago set atop a hill. The bamboo poles are the beginnings of a big kite. I admire their passion and unique ability to celebrate the dead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415074603087-429NFV57HFPE29UGIIM8/Kite+Flying.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! Watch out for huge flying kites! Protect your eyes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415073680899-ITZRN8GTXUQ6WFBDLGDG/big+kite.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! Mick's favorite kite. It's hard to believe these are made with tissue paper. The details are stunning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415072789054-E86UBAWY1GR3CGI38DBY/pig.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! This little piggie went to... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415072551648-XB6KMPKU8C6P21YW9NUK/day+of+dead.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! November 1, 2014. A truly magical day, one that we will always remember. Sometimes I still can't believe we're living here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415073414031-LZTPOSZAWQTUTZAV3APL/family+kite.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! Here is a family getting ready to fly their medium size kite. The father is poking a hole in the center to thread rope through the middle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415074540120-KKN74C0HWZ1W451YL747/sumpango.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! Ken's favorite kite. incredible art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415285497660-85WNJD2PR9P6U8USJGIW/happy.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! Oh' the curls on this kid (and the scalp on the other)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415073905894-Y30AWVBN83FIVHGMJZC2/kites.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! Sumpango, the second celebration we attended. The cemetery is off to the side and the kites are erected in an open, muddy field. We all went home with dirty shoes. Tag's, of course, were the dirtiest! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415073232177-9WJMB7N71NWG987ZF2WQ/grave.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! Marigolds are known as the "flower of the dead" and are an important symbol of Day of the Dead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415074020588-JJKIME28W8JIP76FRQZK/Big+Kite+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! Several kites had holes built into the shape to make it more resistant to strong winds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415074366193-DX6CANX5IZWTO35CWMT9/dragon+kite.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! The Dragon kite, probably Tag's favorite. Look carefully at the bottom and you can see a 3D dragon head sticking out. Clearly the woman depicted in the kite is pre-children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415074183172-85RYAR2MLE5A8XFNBUHJ/kite+material.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! A view of the back of a kite where one can see the tape and feel that it really is regular tissue paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415072848273-CJN7D6ZCB31B6WK3WSMJ/cotton+candy.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! Elle is always happy with cotton candy in her hands! Love the decorated grave marker and erected advertisement for Tigo, a local cell phone company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415073484317-9UB0JHKJY29T1EPA8Q2R/Elle+and+Tag+on+tomb.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! Tag was the first one of us on top of this tomb. He enjoyed jumping off of it. Not long after, the rest of us joined him and we had an ideal spot to watch local Guatemalan boys and men stand up three different kites. The rope on one kite got stuck and a man had to climb the tree stub and adjust the harness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415074243097-VU3AUJEE8IILXP2D2YA8/kite+construction.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Grave Hopping, Kite Flying & Cotton Candy -- Celebrating Day of the Dead! Kite construction from behind. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/11/4/guatemalan-house-hunters-conclusion monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415159444132-MOP3GG85R5GY23KLMYNA/stairs.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters - Conclusion Stairs to the loft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415159593915-3X9HZXLFIVZ24F9NUZDG/loft+view.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters - Conclusion View from the loft to the Dining Room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415159391863-5ZWO6EH45LKNQ3XI4RHY/fireplace.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters - Conclusion the fireplace we've never used https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415159700927-C0EUR9GCCQ7Q9WP8INNP/tub.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters - Conclusion the bathtub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415159537710-V4M5EJDRFNMHVA3A0O5C/elles+bed.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters - Conclusion Elle's bed and play area in the loft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415159081812-YD8ITS79QRA254CW0YWP/front+of+house.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters - Conclusion Front Porch of Calle Frutal house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415159500195-Y7A18933R0RCF2WBBW9J/tags+bed.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters - Conclusion Tag's bed in the loft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415159324931-5ALSWKA0R7YLMTWVGBOO/living+room.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters - Conclusion Open Living Room of Calle Frutal House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415159651006-3VEFOHJ49WGOK2A8SYF0/kitchen.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters - Conclusion The kitchen is small but works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1415159749328-HTPTK2K3ZFNZRBMH8KQI/screen.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters - Conclusion Screened windows https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/10/31/guatemalan-house-hunters-guess-our-house monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1414956823819-J8517QEDN9JKXJ7LOBPG/calle+frutal.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters There's a bathrub? Really, they are hard to find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1414956769878-O2VCKF9F48WAA20WRMZF/Jucanya+house.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters Barrio Jucanya House for Rent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1414899530489-5S24S91BXP04WXGCT17M/for+rent.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters We looked for signs like this all around town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1414956998462-7JEMJ8R6Y9TP3Q31UD8J/Los+manos.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters It's a little hard to see but the shower head has electrical wires coming out of it to provide electrical hot water....just don't touch it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1414956914700-0YPW9Q3QQ0A0Z365WKGK/apartment.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters The Columbia Blue exterior decor is likely in homage to the Houston Oilers. Mickelle did not see that as a PRO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1414956869820-7EV59XZFL10LQ9TWMVNY/near+boats.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters With the fridge in the living room you would not have to go far for a snack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1414956960096-0LBUSNP4OKKJLGBDZV8M/barrio+monterrey.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Guatemalan House Hunters Barrio Monterrey House for Rent https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/10/9/not-mexico monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1412911264309-9WHXTWJZE84SVVVQ1RCW/chickenbus.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving in Guatemala -- We aren't in Mexico anymore! At one point, we hedged our bets and followed this chicken bus for about 40 minutes. When it pulled over, so did we. Eventually, they waved us on and we were on our own again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1412913045495-OD7PTQNXVLKIAZ1AL0N8/We+made+it+to+Panajachel%21.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving in Guatemala -- We aren't in Mexico anymore! I still feel the rush from that night. Pulling into Panajachel after 6 weeks of driving was the ultimate accomplishment. To have planned this and completed the journey with my best friend and our kids is a once in a lifetime experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1412911214166-KY4K1S0PJ4P4LR8KILD0/taxi.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving in Guatemala -- We aren't in Mexico anymore! Need to transport compost? No problem. Call a taxi. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/10/1/driving-through-mexico monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1412486173046-NJP2388FQHT6YQL6B0KP/popcatepetl.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving through Mexico Mount Popcatepetl Volcano rises to almost 18,000 feet above sea level https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1412486125342-BYS5XS6CFW761KI8XDGL/load.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving through Mexico The bricks on top are held on by gravity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1412486057735-JM0A32BYEYQ93PJ3X46R/mexico+livestock.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving through Mexico Livestock on the highways in Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1412487233510-TLVEEQYRY7WUVT910ZXC/puke.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving through Mexico the kids and their puke buckets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1412484227029-N9GG83F6M4ABBI42WA79/mexico+route.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Driving through Mexico The route we took through the country. 2,326 kilometers or 1,445 miles. We did not do it in 26 hours. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/10/1/leaving-mexico-tapachula monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1412180885805-8MHZHDQ1NEQN8OFP5D22/tapachula.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Our Last Night in Mexico (and border crossing), Tapachula, Mexico Almost into Guatemala....Tapachula is one of the farthest points South in Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1412183165846-96QNOQ26NFAQKLHU7DTO/tapachula+border.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Our Last Night in Mexico (and border crossing), Tapachula, Mexico Mexico done, Guatemala here we come! https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/9/20/oaxaca-blur monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411243360574-GOK4ED1J2G4JI7TWNDGH/elle+chocolate.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Oaxaca is a blur! Elle won. She's as good as me at finding delicious chocolate. This is one of many days she got away without brushing her hair! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411243283258-71CU9ETVQU8YN3P6TYEC/hot+chocolate.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Oaxaca is a blur! A delicious, fancy hot chocolate. Elle and I fought over it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411243538703-JQX3JRFOWYXLN330SMBB/zonk.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Oaxaca is a blur! We woke early. Elle learned to get comfy in the car when she needed to. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/9/20/downtown-puebla monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411266197426-SL04DZV8873V0UK0QPN4/PUEBLA+CATHEDRAL+3.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sightseeing in Downtown Puebla INSIDE THE COLONIAL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH NAMED PUEBLA CATHEDRAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411266719769-33B30RZEGOYCTCJ5J637/wood+BIBLIOTECA+PALAFOXIANA.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sightseeing in Downtown Puebla Woodwork at BIBLIOTECA PALAFOXIANA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411265461226-VGLNYF0OQVF9BOIKLTC3/zocalo+street.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sightseeing in Downtown Puebla One of the main Streets around the Puebla Zocalo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411266344639-XDDXBGZBQIVFG2H30NC6/puebla+girls.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sightseeing in Downtown Puebla The girls in the Puebla Zocalo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411268219566-IWZA5WOCBZL4QBZJM43L/knife+sharpner.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sightseeing in Downtown Puebla Puebla Knife Sharpner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411265396729-LNW6OOB8BGK8OBIEND4P/zocalo+sidestreet.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sightseeing in Downtown Puebla Side street off the Zocalo in Puebla, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411265594016-MPIEXGIRU2Y48TTUYW1Z/PUEBLA+CATHEDRAL.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sightseeing in Downtown Puebla Outside the colonial Roman Catholic Church named Puebla Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411266449860-GOO24R5YP3RK5EBZDEB2/puebla+street.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sightseeing in Downtown Puebla The girls in a street in Puebla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411266384073-SYTCV7NIKZVOWSANOKVD/tag+puebla.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sightseeing in Downtown Puebla Tag, checking things out in Puebla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411266602812-HDYH3IFPKBVF8NL9GA56/BIBLIOTECA+PALAFOXIANA.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sightseeing in Downtown Puebla The family at Biblioteca Palafoxiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411266117910-9GVR1F9ESSWYBVTRIN2U/PUEBLA+CATHEDRAL+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Sightseeing in Downtown Puebla Inside THE COLONIAL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH NAMED PUEBLA CATHEDRAL https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/9/20/great-pyramid-cholula monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411263401779-0PDZMZ6P0PHJBQDANCNN/tunnels+cholula.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Great Pyramid of Cholula - Puebla, Mexico The tunnels were a bit claustrophobic (for Ken) but we made it through them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411263461978-7AUPS6LARQ8V7XIFGLOC/more+tunnels.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Great Pyramid of Cholula - Puebla, Mexico The tunnels went on and on. The people who built them were either really short or they banged their heads a lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411262487504-EV58B1GSZVZSA1AGBBLT/cholula+family+pic.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Great Pyramid of Cholula - Puebla, Mexico Family Pic at the Great Pyramid of Cholula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411263328017-M0700CQE77IW1OPMLGEE/tip+top+cholula.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Great Pyramid of Cholula - Puebla, Mexico An awesome view...and yes we were out of breath. Not a lot of oxygen up here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411262785485-66QOCCP2QSNDDAJMYM71/climbing+cholula.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Great Pyramid of Cholula - Puebla, Mexico A rope for hand rails. The pyramid was steep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411262892974-BXM4IIDS88A685BUEYZ5/top+of+cholula.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Great Pyramid of Cholula - Puebla, Mexico At the top of the first stage of the pyramid. A lot more to go. The town of Cholulu is in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411263535296-CPINTZW5G5O1HFOPQT30/closed+cholula+tunnel.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Great Pyramid of Cholula - Puebla, Mexico We probably walked for 1/3 mile in the tunnels and there are many sections barred off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411262610913-Y4WX7E7QK3B9E36M1UEZ/cholula+stand.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Great Pyramid of Cholula - Puebla, Mexico The plaque behind Tag said they used to sacrifice small kids on the stone structure (for real)....so we had the kids pose for a pic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411263282439-BMC4LTGOWJ6KTF3WJUBG/cholula+steps.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Great Pyramid of Cholula - Puebla, Mexico Finally, the final steps. Tag's legs gave out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411263179153-C4MH0QPMQ9BJLEV8J3KO/new+hat+cholula.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Great Pyramid of Cholula - Puebla, Mexico How many people can say they bought a hat on an ancient pyramid? It was a sunny day and I did not put on sunblock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411263005512-TZ0VFVE9UE7MG89547H2/cholula+popsciles.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Great Pyramid of Cholula - Puebla, Mexico Halfway up to the top the kids were rewarded with Popsicles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411262563438-DU6TY17L2R77CK0UJUTL/cholula+ruins.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Great Pyramid of Cholula - Puebla, Mexico Ruins of Cholula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411262530036-Q5KMIXQSGD1ZLOJFT1PW/cholula+lawn.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Great Pyramid of Cholula - Puebla, Mexico The big lawn at Cholula https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/9/20/puebla-errands monthly 0.5 2015-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411242645155-TY51038WX44PNU46PS4N/walmart+puebla.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Running Errands in Puebla Back to school time in MExico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411242558590-VF5ZEDVMHVI91RH56IY5/mexico+blockbuster.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 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Treasure Hunting in Puebla Puebla Street of Candies https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/9/19/mexico-city-driving monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411171483434-7EULHF2LMIVG34K69IH0/driving+in+mexico+city.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Why Not to Drive in Mexico City Mexico City Driving can be hectic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411171537240-UKTXSSD5G683FDS3WCHU/mexico+city+driving+fun.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Why Not to Drive in Mexico City Mexico City Driving requires a watchful eye https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/9/19/fitness-sundays monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411169801776-BFWS310G7A9GBJN1ADUD/sunday+fitness.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Get in Shape Sundays - Mexico City Sunday Fitness in Mexico City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411169452113-INUFMFSDYQ8R73V4SLMJ/mexico+city+run.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 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Fun & Exhaustion in Mexico City Mexico City Subways are clean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411148443059-RVF26WJ7GMIYKPK33IFM/tag+goes+crazy.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Fun & Exhaustion in Mexico City Now Freddy has the mask. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411146928861-VZJQ0IKK5YC2DPVN7DCO/paddle+boats.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Fun & Exhaustion in Mexico City Paddle Boats in Mexico City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411147817105-30WBEMLK1QD5AB8S30UV/CELAYA+DULCERIA+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Fun & Exhaustion in Mexico City CELAYA DULCERIA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411146678741-9JQG8AZZVHJ1VOR66SAR/elle+tag+wrestle.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Fun & Exhaustion in Mexico City Elle and Tag wrestle in the hotel room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411146804496-C6V3SW6Z2GTXJZVQXMHL/Mexico+City+JW+Marriott.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - 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Fun & Exhaustion in Mexico City Eating the goods from CELAYA DULCERIA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411147633144-YDHYGNKDWWDUGN2I1236/zocalo+mc.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Fun & Exhaustion in Mexico City Center of MExico City Zocalo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411147768922-6EOWHK5O7IW2P7NQBZAG/CELAYA+DULCERIA.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Fun & Exhaustion in Mexico City Celaya Dulceria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1411147184001-T1GWVPKCI44XK3UQ44NV/mexico+city+subway.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Fun & Exhaustion in Mexico City Mexico City Subway Map https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/8/10/san-miguel-de-allende monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407733784231-UIY93G7MTRTMVD23VPTN/san+miguel+door.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Tag loved this gold door (his favorite color) in the market. This is actually a closed stall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407733881780-MPYT1MSZAMYND47N2CN1/san+miguel+market.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico This market continued through at least 3 consecutive alleys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407734757378-3HLPUAUBGPYWN4B9QGLJ/tag+in+san+miguel.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Pure joy...as long as you don't push him to high. If you do, it's pure panic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407733434095-AQTK3S58EYEVT5MDIPLA/Tag+Elle+pool.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Small but 6 feet deep in the center. Tag swam across the pool 71 times! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407733218021-P45A28IKXGRHAONZVFG8/san+miguel+square.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Lots of families hanging out in the town center (aka Zocalo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407734603941-M7TPK4PU4SNW0I1TS9FE/san+miguel+bubbles.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico There's always something for sale on the streets and parks in Mexico! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407734164084-LQJO5OQISXY4AGXVVLW4/chica+chica+book.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico This used to be one of our favorite books at home. Their version had a whole second half about the letters crawling back into the tree. Apparently we bought the cheap (and edited) version from the Scholastic book order! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407734349738-8FSGZ8HMSUV2G04W9314/library+art.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico No tocar! (No touching!) Clay sculptures made by children on display at the library. Notice the flower in Tag's hand. He picked it on the way to the library, kept dipping it in the fountain in the courtyard to revive it and finally agreed to "save" it between the pages of a book I was carrying. He's probably forgotten about it by now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407734491796-BHS1F3X2PB0WFX6R4GOG/san+miguel+gelato.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Pit stop for gelato on the way to the park. We loved this swing and the window seat, and the gelato wasn't bad either. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407734655239-PAPVZ98NS9K142FSCZB8/san+miguel+swing.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico We were pleasantly surprised to find such nice playground equipment, similar to that in the States. Of course Mexico doesn't have the same safety regulations and much of this was on concrete tiles which is just fine with us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407733352205-8NSGS0VEJX345U530CPV/san+miguel+lounging.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Dessert in the cozy courtyard of the hotel steps from our hotel room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407735005961-U1G7JO4PVOQ08ZH7D2G8/san+miguel+downpour.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico The kids were nervous, but we just laughed and had fun with it. Notice the spouts pouring water that has collected on the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407734272222-Y3NRVDFATDR0J0MNG5EJ/library+reading.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Some of my happiest moments are reading to my kids. I love that Tag immediately cuddled up next to me and both kids are engrossed in the story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407734934585-IT3Z79LL51G18YY76IDY/kids+in+san+miguel.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico As we walked through the park, we found other structures for climbing and playing too. There was a big sand box under this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407735196862-LS2MZG1BF3CWYG8C82MD/san+miguel+4+wheel.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico These were common to see on the streets with the cars. We saw several with young kids on the back, and kids sitting in the back on someone's lap. This would work great for a family of 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407735045304-9QS5K4BWVLWUCRACTRI4/san+miguel+flood.jg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Water is flowing quickly downhill. At it's highest, the street was completely covered and probably 6 inches deep at the high points. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407734824943-NFKWIQROSHSYGB9MM6S0/mick+elle+titanic.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico We loved the variety of the play equipment which included outdoor music equipment, toddler structures, and baby swings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407733730017-I4APMA14J5XKZZM5Q8Y6/san+miguel+door.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Pink doors and other bright furniture for sale everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424581336509-GIDW9IY2ZVEVRS7YOL43/san+miguel+books.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Pursuing the English fiction section. The English mysteries were in another hallway. In order to checkout books, one must buy a membership to the library, which comes with free access to the library. For a nominal fee, one can check out up to 4 books for 15 days.The library is run by volunteers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407733283837-127CWZJPM8G8RQ2MTKX7/san+miguel+pizza.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Every parent's nightmare - green stuff on pizza! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407733602920-RNESBBSDOOG0MCC40FYV/san+miguel+cactus.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Hiding in a Lebanese Restaurant & Mick’s Next Car, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Cacti on the grounds of Fabrica la Aurora, the Artists' Studio https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/8/10/san-luis-potosi monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407687916537-ZAIEHT4KMPW1X2DPPY4Q/lunch+meltdown.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Relaxing and Adjusting in San Luis Potosi And this was taken before lunch. Elle & I were near meltdown mode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407687243734-BR805106VN3DJWI4916V/san+luis+pool.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Relaxing and Adjusting in San Luis Potosi The kids have been out of the car for less than 5 minutes. Not sure if Tag will wait long enough to put on his swimsuit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407687688628-DY0K8S4XYTBK5QQQD5Y8/mick+poolside.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Relaxing and Adjusting in San Luis Potosi That's me conscientiously watching the kids while they're swimming. (Ken is watching too, and Tag has his life jacket on.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407687652469-7X5G3MCUYGPI29QOOFLC/san+luis+starbucks.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Relaxing and Adjusting in San Luis Potosi Ahhh, my happy place. I'm always happy to support Seattle based Starbucks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407687364964-X430SA6WK2HO064EIEA4/Elle+bakery.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Relaxing and Adjusting in San Luis Potosi Many locals visit bakeries daily, and we often see them carrying their bag of goodies home in a colorful tied up bag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407687568069-SKG8OP3Y7P2O63FZ1520/tag+hairstyle.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Relaxing and Adjusting in San Luis Potosi Tag gently making me beautiful. His words. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407687590854-E8L0L9GYZK2HAVGP6X5D/micks+hair.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Relaxing and Adjusting in San Luis Potosi Elle's turn. While Tag falls asleep, Elle made my hair beautiful with every hair clip and headband she could find. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/8/9/laredo-border monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1424581617688-49SG1WT5ZC97HONRJFN3/border+crossing.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - We are Now Expats! Crossing the Border into Mexico. We were lucky and got our car permits and visas on our first try. The guy in line behind Ken was on his second try and was told he needed more info. So back to the US he went! (His case was complicated because his car wasn't originally in his name.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407647158770-UIVVDPO1H0CGCQ1P0R31/digital+in+mexico.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - We are Now Expats! Crossing the Border into Mexico. Sorry for the fuzzy picture. Here's Tag and two of his new friends. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/8/12/houston monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407908142443-KY77L9JDEDOU4IF1U0Y9/houston+puzzle.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - H -Town - Our time in Houston, TX We let Tag put the last piece in the puzzle. He worked hard on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407908069177-OKM92K6JMGS2XAKW3PBE/houston+swimming.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - H -Town - Our time in Houston, TX Have pool, will swim https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407908355941-WL9PLU3V1U5ZCBG3FPBI/fossatis+deli.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - H -Town - Our time in Houston, TX Fossati's Delicatessen in Victoria, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407908277404-YXSBJ5LL0DCP26OHJECU/houston+kids+museum.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - H -Town - Our time in Houston, TX Tag decided to crawl inside the play oven and soon other kids followed. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/8/13/blue-bell monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407940358196-86RG82TICSZ1WB9OMOQY/bluebell+lawn.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Childhood Magic in Brenham, Texas Beautiful manicured lawns around the Blue Bell Factory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407940286588-0IIFRNJ8NBA7JR73CNQN/dont+mess+with+texas.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Childhood Magic in Brenham, Texas Ken has Elle referring to the great country of Texas! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407940079966-HYHT9N50IPQKWP2HV1CF/blue+bell+samples.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Childhood Magic in Brenham, Texas At the end of the tour, everyone got a free scoop. Elle sampled at least half of today's 16 flavors, and the girl behind the counter encouraged her to sample every one of them. (It was the end of the day. Maybe she didn't want to start cleaning!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407939879570-G6QPSDJZNLCUSGLK30SC/blue+bell+visit.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Childhood Magic in Brenham, Texas Elle took this picture! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407940418096-ZR4EVHJ9BVJMP429JSXI/blue+bell+slogan.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Childhood Magic in Brenham, Texas Great Slogan: We eat all we can and sell the rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407940478148-3ZZR8P9R42C8HR9NN89C/blue+bell+sticker.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Childhood Magic in Brenham, Texas Ken - adding another sticker to the cartop carrier. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/8/12/texas-hill-country monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407902574662-PG3ICBBT7E6WMU5SB3UV/torchys.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Deep in the Heart...of the Texas Hill Country Torchy’s Tacos Little Devil. Morale of the story, ALWAYS ask if they have a kids menu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407903258307-0XAPND6V9RP3ABA0IMFV/roundrock+donuts.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Deep in the Heart...of the Texas Hill Country Yes, that is a donut in the case beside Tag's head. No, we did not get one, but Tag tried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407903364435-XJBCJVW7Y5FB1BFCVV8F/blackout+donut.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Deep in the Heart...of the Texas Hill Country This is called the Black Out Donut. It is brownie batter, fudge icing, and chocolate covered brownie bites on top of a donut (yes there is a donut in there). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407903681738-AE106RJ4JQGPQBBVGHMJ/san+marcos+river+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Deep in the Heart...of the Texas Hill Country The river flows through Texas State University at San Marcos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407903166535-JSEV9J38DL2QTTMVT7XX/sunglasses+required.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Deep in the Heart...of the Texas Hill Country Sunset while cruising the Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407902726978-E1NKM0A9TBC7OKV1OU8X/rainwater.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Deep in the Heart...of the Texas Hill Country I wonder if Richard also invented the pet rock? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407903112766-3F0M01MH8AQGUW5ZPH31/lake+georgetown+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Deep in the Heart...of the Texas Hill Country Success! More swimming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407903303494-AN1LDDQDNTJUWII76ZSL/gourdoughs.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Deep in the Heart...of the Texas Hill Country A must visit for any sweet tooth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407902658543-TTMAMTZE9THIWAU0QL7U/blue+hole.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Deep in the Heart...of the Texas Hill Country Elle with our friend Kate at the Blue Hole https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407902888520-L7U73WZYKB8GRDV6X8EC/blue+hole+climb.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Deep in the Heart...of the Texas Hill Country Fearless Tag climbing up the slippery limestone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407903598073-0D2Q3X5VS55C0BFQAJ6V/san+marcos+river.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Deep in the Heart...of the Texas Hill Country The beautiful San Marcos River. It's so clear because the mouth of the river is just a few hundred yards from this spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407903017926-A6Q5PEURSBPLHVT7SEJP/blue+hole+damn.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Deep in the Heart...of the Texas Hill Country The Blue Hole dam that creates the lagoon. You have to walk across the dam to get to the best swimming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407903062618-GPNXPMADFMFLDL6W3DOM/lake+georgetown.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Deep in the Heart...of the Texas Hill Country Elle giving the thumbs up in route to our anchor point on Lake Georgetown. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/8/12/branson monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407889377420-AFSSV5AWGV0YXCNQDCQV/branson+ice+cream.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - When the Unexpected Happens, Branson, MO It was hot! Tag grabbed his ice cream and sat on the ground in the thin shadow of the menu sign. All he has left is his extra sprinkles on the side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407889480028-MPS63COLRC5M0G9ICOID/branson+tv.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - When the Unexpected Happens, Branson, MO Traffic allowed us plenty of time to check out the advertisements. This motel's claim-to-fame is written on the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407890075206-CELQ43CSAMAAW4IDZLJ3/tag+bridge.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - When the Unexpected Happens, Branson, MO Tag making a bridge between the two beds using luggage. I guess it's better than him walking on the floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407889319875-2IDC36BOYJR5EPY75YJF/branson+bumper+boats.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - When the Unexpected Happens, Branson, MO My thumb is on the squirt gun part of the boat. We had more fun spraying each other than actually driving the boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407889943986-Q5ONIDESOET4GGJZV49C/branson+acrobats.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - When the Unexpected Happens, Branson, MO The ten mad-hatters are all juggling multiple hats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407889272943-2P150V83DJ4MR0RQGUPU/branson+guitar.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - When the Unexpected Happens, Branson, MO The Go-Kart Track is behind the kids. We drove up the track and then zoomed two downhill parts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407890005178-DYNNMURA4DDTW72ZQT7V/Tag+asleep+Acrobats.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - When the Unexpected Happens, Branson, MO Even the center second row couldn't keep Tag awake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407889237259-PKIY4XKSUEZRYANBEJ6X/branson+go+carts.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - When the Unexpected Happens, Branson, MO Elle loved it when Ken went as fast as he could, especially on the downhill part. No helmuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407889966157-OL65T1DFYTYPZX1J1OWC/branson+acrobats+2.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - When the Unexpected Happens, Branson, MO The woman on the bottom climbed on first. Her friend then climbed up with her chair Repeat until there are 5 woman standing on their heads on a stack of chairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407889912734-JVYK6EVP3MVPKM6431CS/branson+acrobat.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - When the Unexpected Happens, Branson, MO This woman (or man - it's hard to tell) stacked and climbed the chairs one at a time. Someone would hand her a chair when needed. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/8/6/laura-ingalls-wilder monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407347054614-FHB6X26R8XBGXEDJHRIK/wilder+family.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - The Adult Home of Laura Ingalls Wilder in Mansfield, MO We did take one picture in front of the bust of Laura in the town center of Mansfield. https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/8/6/tag-meets-laval monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407345700009-84PZYF1QTHK8VIS1QZLY/dora+laval.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Tag Meets Laval in Kansas City, MO Love their expressions! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407346354879-NCYXMBMNHATC13Q0T1FT/tag+laval.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Tag Meets Laval in Kansas City, MO Tag: Where's your sword? Laval: No swords or weapons are allowed here. later... Tag to Ken: I think it was a man in a Laval costume. His mouth didn't move right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407345967489-KR5E1PHSAMCUN50HJYGP/Star+Wars+Scene.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Tag Meets Laval in Kansas City, MO This one's for you Uncle Kevin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407346186690-854JGKWUDGMJWHNO3O67/1959+ford+fairlane.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Tag Meets Laval in Kansas City, MO 1959 Ford Fairlane Hardtop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407345522722-ROY96D8SNFFZQ4G1UL5V/master+builder.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Tag Meets Laval in Kansas City, MO This is actually someone's job! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407346090273-UK55CDXE6I68S1D7RMUU/elle+puffer.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Tag Meets Laval in Kansas City, MO Elle and the Puffer Fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407345871832-M3KMZR61UZH8VZYSM5R7/c3po+lego.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Tag Meets Laval in Kansas City, MO C3PO is taller than Tag! https://www.sunglassesrequired.com/blog/2014/8/9/prairie-dog-town monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407592664515-CXFZJFOTMGPZZUOMN4UA/rattlesnakes.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pitstop at a Roadside Zoo The snakes cage is kept free of flies due to two large spiders that have webs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53827308e4b036bf39f2ecb7/1407593060782-36XYAFGQ3CUVKXJC793P/more+goats.jpg Expat Family Travel Blog - Pitstop at a Roadside Zoo Tag enjoyed teasing the goats. He kept acting like he was throwing food over the fence. 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