Paris and Antigua

The next couple of weeks are going to be sweet!

Next week, probably Tuesday or so, Stephanie and I are loading up the little Tracer and heading out into the wilds of Guatemala. We will see places like Tikal and Semuc Champe (or however one spells it).

Tikal is most likely Guatemala’s number one tourist attraction. It is a Mayan ruin site, the oldest religious site, in fact. It is in the far north of the country. I am very much looking forward to seeing it. I am also very much looking forward to seeing the monkeys that inhabit the surrounding rain forests. There are a select few places to stay in Tikal, we’ll be sort of roughing it. Also, Star Wars filmed in Tikal. I can not wait! It will be beyond sweet! Near death stories will come after we make it back…..hear that fates??? NEAR death, please and thank you!

The week after next brings a visit from my buddy, my pal, Geoff of Michigan. I feel so worldly! I must tell people who he is and where he is from! Nice. He shall hang out here in Antigua with me for 5 days, I shall show him the sights and Shannon shall protect us. Awesome.

A very strange thing is happening at the moment. A huge crowd is gathered outside of Antigua’s best hotel, about three blocks away from where I live. That huge crowd is gathered hoping to get a glimpse of Paris Hilton. Not kidding. She’s down here for a reality show or something like that, who knows. I am not among the throngs. I love Paris, but I am no stalker. Welcome to Antigua! I bet everyone in the crowd has a flute that they will try to sell her……insider Antigua joke.

Everyday here in Guatemala is another adventure. Life comes at you hard and fast here.

Yet, I feel that anywhere in the world, from Antigua to Boise, life can be like that if one allows it. Is it not our own choice to sit on the couch and let the hours tick past? Is it also not our choice to instead spend those hours amongst friends or strangers allowing the next adventure to come to pass? One can not catch a dream if one is not in the path that it travels. Believe me, sometimes, being hit with a bit of the unexpected is the very best thing that will ever happen to you! Safe and secure is not the way life is lived. So, I say to you, hop into a car and go! Say yes! Be that person that everyone envies because everything cool happens to them!

That’s my little schpeel for the day, folks. I am now off to the internet to research adventure for the upcoming road trip!!! YES! WE WILL BUY SNACKS!!!!