Sh*t Bags & Sawdust

Hello out there,

Here's another update of Lewis and I's very glamorous life.

Last week I picked up a housekeeping job here at the hotel. Overall it's not too bad, very sweaty, learning how to fold things to perfection, and I get to remove people's toilet trash for $1.50 an hour!!!!! So I try to pretend I'm like J-Lo in Maid in Manhattan, and constantly remind myself that I'm living on an island in the Caribian, traveling Central and South America with a good looking Australian.

Speaking of.... Lewis is more like Ryan Gossling in the Notebook. He wakes up early every morning and stops work just before the mosiquotes get really bad, all while he hand sands the two stories of railings of the hotel. All for love and. $1.50 an hour.

We try to make light of this, and were very proud of ourselves last week when we earned $150 for the week. Crazy to think I used to make that or more in one night waiting tables and Lewis made that just by sneezing at his old job.

But don't worry we do have some fun around here! Last Thursday was Indepence day for Honduras and a few other surrounding countries. We had been listening to the highschool band practice since we arrived on the island so we decided to check out the parade. The music was good, but it was nothing like th surprise parades we saw in Antigua. But the funniest and oddest thing was the assembly at the school stadium. We got to listen to the national anthem, THREE times, each time sang by a different person. The second woman who sang, was just awful. The school band couldnt keep rythem with her and the whole crowd was trying not to giggle. We just wondered why her???? There were plenty of people to pick from! It was a great place for some people watching and the town really did seem to go all out for th celebration.

This weekend the hotel is hosting some live music and they are doing a pig roast!

Now we're off to the beach, life isn't too bad!!!

Tarantulas, Personal Space, and Island Time

Ya Man! We're back in the Caribbean!!!!!

Our journey to our new host was long and slightly stressful, but the island greeters came in the form of a pod of dolphins that followed our ferry, a exciting surprise following our 13 hour trip in a van. 

After being broken up with by our Nicaraguan Surf Camp Hostel stay, we hooked up with an even sweeter relationship with a host on a small island off of Honduras.

Utila is known as the place where backpackers come to get their PADI dive certificate. This small little island is full of scuba shops and tanned bodies. After living in a constant party in Antigua, Lewis and I are very pleased to be staying off the main path, away from the thump thump of island party hostels. Colibri Hill Resort is a lovely little old colonial style building, over looking a small garden, pool and its own five star restaurant. Our boss is wonderful and we get to practice our spanglish with the other employees! Our work hours are relaxed and I get to waitress again on the weekends, while Lewis gets to be a handyman.We've committed two months here, at $2 an hour, and are happy we've done so!

After living in a 23 person open loft, it's nice to spread out in our own mini apartment. Although I did just have to evect a tarantula from our room!!!!! Plus Lewis bravely removed a HUGE  one from the outside pool bar yesterday. What a hero!

One last note to squeeze in is the way people talk here. I know they are speaking English but I can hardly understand what they are saying!!!! And apparently they speak their own style of Spanish so that will be fun for Lewis and I's learning!!!!

Life is good, back to the go slow vibes :) Fingers crossed we spot a whale shark!!!!