Our first visitors!

Ken and I have had quite the weekend with his friend Nate in town! Nate and his girlfriend Katherine arrived from Roatan on Thursday afternoon and ever since we have been playing host to our first visitors. It has really been a great weekend.

Thursday night we ventured out in the rain to the one and only Expatriates for some food and drinks. Some of our friends met us there for the live music and instrument jam-outs that anyone can partake in. Ken ended up taking a personal day on Friday so they were able to walk around La Ceiba in the gloomy weather and enjoy some "down time" while I worked all day. It was of course beautiful, sunny weather all week until our guests arrived so there wasn't too much they could do during the day. We decided that night that we would have people over and just relax with all of our friends after a long week of work. It was of course a great time and it ended up being a late night.

After a slow start yesterday, we made it to the trail head to hike to the waterfall in Pico Bonito National Park. The "easier, more beautiful" trail was open this time around so we decided to take it to see what it was all about. I can definitely say that it was easier, and very pretty, however it took us twice as long to make it to the waterfall!! All of the anticipation of getting there kept being drained out of us because it was never "just around the corner". There were some other beautiful waterfalls along the way that were nice to sit and rest at. Once at the waterfall we sat down to a spectacular view to eat our lunch. With all of the rain we had been getting, the waterfall was BIGGER and BADDER than it had ever been. The water was no longer spilling over the rocks but shooting the water as hard as it could. There was just so much water...nothing like I had ever seen before. I'm sure its probably a much much smaller version of Niagara Falls but to me it was just insane. We didn't go sit underneath the waterfall this time because of the waterfalls strength but Ken and Nate did go down for a "light shower". We headed back to meet the “spirit” of mother nature (see post below) and it was very insightful.

As the day wore on, we ended up going to the classico soccer game. The two home team rivals were playing (Vida vs. Victoria) and we just didn’t want to miss out on that action. Plus Nate really wanted to get to a futbol game in Central America. Our team, Vida, ended up winning the game 2-0 and they completely dominated. It was a rainy game so the field was a mess and elbows were flying everywhere and Ken was thoroughly disappointed that there were no bonfires or fireworks in the stands this time around. Security must have really been doing their job. To finish off the day, we ended up at Hibou night club, a place we had visited for the first time last weekend. It is full of reggaeton music and lots of women on the prowl. Don’t worry, I held my man close! Around 2 AM we decided we should head on home but not before stopping for baleadas in Parque Centrale (the best place to go for baleadas in La Ceiba!)

Nate and Katherine left this morning to head back to the states and our weekend with our guests was very successful. Ken and I have been relaxing and recooperating all day to prepare for the week head. Ken leaves for Tegucigalpa on Thursday for the high school Knowledge Bowl competition with his students. He is going to need all the rest he can get! It is a beautiful, sunny day (the first we have seen in 3 days) and we are enjoying it by relaxing in the hammock. There is no better way to spend a Sunday!