East Coast

At the end of November I returned back to the States and headed out to the East Coast to see family. While there I also headed down to South Carolina to get my Wilderness First Responder Certificate. It was a 8 day course and I learned alot about wilderness first aid while there. I will be in Virgina for a couple more days before I head out to Colorado to meet a friend and then we will be heading to South America.

Sunrise over Greenville, South Carolina
WFR Group Photo

Dupont State Forest

Washington D.C. the Capitol

Costa Rica

The last week and a half of my trip I spent in Costa Rica. I also met up with friends Stoney and Jodie while there for Thanksgiving. I spent my time in Monteverde, La Fortuna and Playa Tamarindo. While in Playa Tamarindo I got to see Leather Back Turtles laying eggs but I don't have nay pictures since cameras were not allowed.

Stoney and Jodie on the Hanging Bridges in Monteverde
Me on a bridge

Santa Elena National Park

Hummingbird, there are over 50 kinds of hummingbirds in Costa Rica

Spider

Pit Viper

Orange Kneed Tarantula

Canopy Tour

Stoney and Jodie coming in on the zip line

Playa Tamarindo Sunset

Nicaragua

I only spent about four days in Nicaragua before I needed to head on. It was real nice I spent my time in Granada which is on Lake Nicaragua and the surrounding area.

Looking back towards Granada
Volcano of gassing

Granada

Granada from the bell tower

Central Cathedral

Utila and Roatan

I spent a week in Utila and Roatan diving. I enjoyed Utila alot more prices were less and it had more of a backpacker crowd. While there I got my Advanced Open Water cert. All this means now is that I can dive to 100ft. I did 9 dives in total on the islands and really enjoyed it. I saw all kinds of sealife such as Parrot Fish, Rays, Squid and Porcipine Fish to name a few. I was really hopping to see Whale Sharks but no luck.

Utila
Sunset

The Dive Boat

Sailing over to Roatan. It was just me and the captian on the boat and once we set sail he informed me he was really hungover from the night before. He just put the boat on autopilot or something and passed out. Luckly it was calm sailing and he woke in time to dock us.

Roatan

Sunset from Roatan

Copan Ruinas Honduras

Copan Ruinas is on the border between Guetemala and Honduras. Its one of the few preserved Mayan cities in the world.

The living area

The Ball court

When people died they were buried at the corner of their house.

This was the best sculpture I thought

All the carvings tell a story

This is a replica of one of the temples that was found under other temples. When a new King took over they would build a new temple on top of the old ones.

You can still see some of the original color on some sculptures.

Lago Atitlan and Antigua

Horseback riding
Riding through town.

Lago Atitlan

The group

The lake
Lago Atitlan

Lago Atitlan

Butterfly

Some kind of flower

The trail up the Pacaya Volcano

The lava........soon after this pic some lava broke loose and almost took some people out.

Old Cathedral

Antigua

Old Cripts under the Cathedral