Status quo

It hasn't been long at all since my last post, but since I'm on the internet I figure I should write something more. I have done just about nothing since my last post. Honestly. I went for a bike ride as far as I could around the island (there's a big canal you can't get over, so really it's not that far), ate some food, had a pain in my stomach (presumably from eating too fast), took a nap, went to the weekly UDC barbeque to watch some snorkel tests, went to sleep, and woke up with a very bad stomach. Boo. After a day of convalescing, drinking pepto bismol, and somehow dragging myself out for a golf-cart tour of the island (Sara rented one), I'm now good as new. I don't really know what it was all about, just that many people here have been complaining of stomach cramps lately, so it seems something is going around. Alas, it's over with now.

I rode my bike to the other end of town to meet Sara yesterday, and then left it locked up on the side of the road when we took off in the golf cart. So this afternoon I wandered through town finally taking pictures of the place, and retrieved my bike. Picture taking has finally commenced! I know you would all love for me to add pictures to my blog, but I'm afraid I can never remember to bring the patch cord with me when I use the internet. Perhaps I'll get it right sometime soon. In the meanwhile, know that I'm taking pictures (even if I'm not in enough of them).

My plan was to leave Utila and head straight for Belize on either June 30 or July 1. However, the ferry to Belize runs only on Mondays, and I'm not prepared to leave the island tomorrow in order to catch it. So I think I'll be heading through Honduras over to Gracias and Celaque National Park first, and then probably doubling back to catch the ferry to Belize on the following Monday. Otherwise I'll just wander into Guatemala from Honduras and see about Belize later. I promise that whatever I do, you'll all be posted.

Lynn Anne, I miss your well-thought-out itineraries. I will manage on my own, as I have done in the past, but travelling with you really was such a pleasure. It takes me forever to figure out an itinerary for myself. I just want to have someone to bounce ideas off of, but no one else could care less about which way I circle Central America (understandably).

I'm off now to continue mopping up my sweat, and work my last shift at the UDC bar. All the best, and keep in touch.