And then she became a chocolatier…

by | Sep 20, 2013 | Blog posts, Central America, Life

Chocolate. One word that excites all your senses. The taste. The smell. Just the sight alone is enough to make my mouth water. And I was going to spend a whole afternoon mastering the skill of chocolate making. Fabulous.(Cacau beans)Back in Antigua while killing some...

Back to school…

by | Sep 20, 2013 | Blog posts, Central America, Life

It has been 3 months since I left Thailand and I feel that my brain was turning into mush. While traveling is great, sometimes I need to feel like I am actually learning something. So when I was in San Pedro I enrolled for some classes.(The pier at San Marcos)I had...

Life in San Pedro

by | Sep 20, 2013 | Blog posts, Central America, Life

San Pedro was to be my home for 2-3 weeks. A little town on the side of HUGE Lake Atitlan, a windy 3 hour drive from Antigua. The last hour of the journey was down a road with hairpin curves every 10m. The lake is surrounded by mountains and volcanoes and is insanely...

Guatemala, my 40th country!

by | Aug 28, 2013 | Blog posts, Central America, Life

Foreword: August 21 – the day I entered my 40th country. I could never have imaged that I would visit 40 countries…  I always thought at this time in my life I would be settled somewhere, not sitting in a cafe on a lake in Guatemala writing this...

The curse of the light sleeper…

by | Aug 18, 2013 | Blog posts, Central America, Life

I have never loved the fact that I am a light sleeper, but I do try to look at the positives. I’ll always hear a robber trying to break in, I get to listen to the sound of rain on the roof and when I have kids I will hear them sneaking out.The downside of this...