Blame it on the raiiiiiinnnn

This communique comes to all of you from lovely, touristy, gringo-tastic, rain-soaked Antigua, Guatemala.

A lot has happened in the past few days. I´m sure that I mentioned the two Gringos we met at the hostel in San Pedro Sula, one of them being from, of all places, Livingston, NJ. Que comico. The next morning, we hopped an 8am bus to go to the Copan Ruins, in Honduras.

The bus ride was kind of uneventful, until we made one stop and two clowns, in full makeup, got on the bus. One of them was a rather loquacious fellow, and he spoke with the sensitivity and restraint of an auctioneer. I have no idea what he said, outside of ¨Hey man, how you doing," which he directed at me, the Gringo. Then he made a pair of red lacy underpants disappear. Bizarre.

We got to Copan early in the day and checked into our hostel, which was chock full of travelers. We rested a little bit, then set out to explore the town. It was beautiful. The streets were cobbled and steep, and the architecture was fantastic. The town square was quite a site to see. Later on that night we met up with some of the other travelers, all of whom were wonderful people. Three Irish guys who had a lot to say about a lot of things kept us gabbing most of the night.

The next day, Michelle and I went to the Ruins with our new Dutch friend Marous, who used to work at a hostel in Lanquin, Guatemala. We had a wonderful day, and I felt like a kid again running around in the ruins like Indiana Jones. So far, the ruins alone have been worth the trip.

This morning we took a shuttle from our hostel to Antigua, not really expecting to spend much time here. It´s raining. A lot. And there´s lots of white people, which is really surreal. We stopped at a wine bar for a little bit, that was gringo owned and the clientele solely comprised of gringos. It reminded me a little bit of The Sun Also Rises. Our current plan is to get out of here, because it´s a little pricey (although our hostel is pretty awesome), and there´s really not much to do thanks to the weather. We shall see where the cobblestones lead us next. More on that next time.

Adios!