New Travels

The recent numerous landslides changed our travel plans last week.  Instead of going to Uspantan to continue our work among the Quiche' we headed to the hot country to investigate the Itza'.  It was a long trip (just a 9 hour drive) with a few interesting sites along the way...

Sorry it is blurry but note the oil pipeline beside the road.

Love these buses around here...there is NEVER too much to go on top.

Our first stop was in Sayaxche where we visited with friends Wendall and Jane and David, Regina and Cruz. David, Regina and Cruz will soon be moving to this town so they (and the Parkers) were looking for suitable housing. It will take another trip or two to find just the right place for them. We enjoyed our time together and stayed in a nice hotel.

Recently, Jane and Wendall had stayed in room 6 (our room for the night) and when they left, informed the management that they had been shocked when they turned on/off the water in the shower. They were told it would be repaired. 

This shower was equipped with a widow maker (remember a tale of a widow maker in another hotel?)

We checked it out, and they certainly did fix the problem.

Close up view of the "fix"- black electrical tape around the handle...haha

As always, it is good to share time and meals with special friends and we try to take advantage of as often as we can.  Here is a photo of us all before we left to go our separate ways on Tuesday morning. 

David, Glynis, Wendall, Jane, David, Regina and Cruz

The road runs out in Sayaxche, but have no fear, we can cross on the ferry and continue on to Flores. 

The ferry that crossed ahead of us.

We only had an hour wait before we could cross the water and continue on our way.  The roads in this area are asphalt and flat...a welcomed relief from our usual rocky side of the mountain drives.