Bye Bye Xela

Having trouble writing a post about leaving Guatemala and entering Honduras so I thought I’d put it all into bullet form Played trivia three times in Xela. First two times won a massage because I knew the bonus question but never got to use the massages. Last time we came in strong second for actually [...]

Hike and Help, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Recently we paid for and took a hike up the Volcan Santa Maria with Hike & Help here in Xela, Guatemala. A non profit that supports libraries on local communities, we chose to go with them because their guides are actual Guatemaltecos rather than gringos.   I have recently begun to dislike the concept of gringo [...]

Changes to the Site

You may have noticed some changes to the site over the last week.  Consider it ishouldlogoff 2.0.  We updated most of the information pages and added several new pages: an itinerary page with an updated schedule of our around the world trip and map of places we’ve been a FAQ‘s page about us and our [...]

24 hours, two volcanoes, we’re spent

Because we haven’t had enough of lava and volcanoes we signed ourselves up for a full moon hike of Santa Maria, an active volcano just outside of Xela. Although it last erupted in 1922, the best part about hiking Santa Maria is being able to look down on the ever erupting Santiaguito, a vent off [...]