Away is good, home is best. I have used this saying before in my posts and I will repeat it once again. Though this is not our actual long-term home, Antigua in our current setting is pretty close to the comfort zone that we enjoy in Arizona. But, we do plan times away from what has pretty much defined our lives in both Arizona and in Guatemala. While we always enjoy new places and experiences, we find ourselves almost always comparing and contrasting new situations with what we have already experienced. Often when traveling, we might say to one another that this reminds me of this and that - places or situations that we have already experienced.
Our recent time away at Panajachel and at Quetzaltenango was very rewarding and we always do love to experience differences when we travel. Again, as I have stated several times before in my posts, we tend to look at new experiences and situations as neither correct nor incorrect but different. I believe both of us are willing to employ new things that we feel will benefit us personally and corporately but we also feel it beneficial to ward off those things that would not enhance our experiences and lives. Even though we are far nearer 100 years of age than zero, it is still quite easy to be flexible when we encounter differences. Yes, I do hang my toilet paper so that the paper hangs over the top instead of under and I make sure that tubes of toothpaste or ointment are squeezed from the bottom with the tails always wound up but who really cares? Any combination of ways really do work. Why spend time worrying about trivia? So, we are excited about new situations and both of us embrace and welcome the "new". That having been said, we do have many items still on our "to do" list.
It has been a restful handful of days in Antigua. Again, borta bra men hemma bäst - Swedish for away is good but home is best. But, John and I both have commented on our quick recovery from being away. It takes only a handful of days or so before we both are ready to wash our clothes and pack our bags for new discoveries.
So, that having been said, we did arrive back here on Sunday and today we are traveling into Guatemala City to purchase tickets for our up-coming trip with brother Don and sister-in-law Nance this coming Tuesday. We will be making this trip to Costa Rica with two hiccoughs: one in El Salvador and the other one in Nicaragua. We will take a motor coach from Guatemala City to San Salvador on the first leg. In San Salvador we will rent a vehicle and do some sight-seeing in and around El Salvador for two or three days. Then, we will begin our second leg by taking another motor coach from San Salvador to Managua. Again, we will rent a car and do some travel in and out of the capital city to visit spots we especially enjoy in Nicaragua. Our third leg will be done by motor coach again from Managua to San Jose, Costa Rica. In that city we hope to connect with some of our new-found friends that we met on our trip to Belize a few weeks ago. After a very short time in the capital city, we will take a fourth motor coach to the coastal city of Jaco, Costa Rica where mutual friends of ours live and work. We hope to sight-see and visit with our friends there for a few days after which we will return by motor coach to San Jose for our respective flights back to the USA for Don and Nance and returning to Guatemala City for us and eventually to Antigua. Our target date for return to Antigua is 10 March.
Most of our itinerary except for Jaco will be familiar to both of us as we took a whirlwind swing through all of the Central American countries a year or so ago. So, there should be few if any surprises on this journey. However Don and Nance will be traveling in new territory and it will be enjoyable to see and hear of their experiences. We both enjoy re-experiencing situations new to others but familiar to us. We tend to see again what sparked interest in us on our first passing.
John has informed me that some of the legs in the motor coaches will consume a passel of hours - some up to twelve. Me thinks that it might be good to have a whoopee cushion to relieve maximus gluteus discomfort and pain. I suspect we can just squirm and try to distribute or redistribute pressure on the trouble spots.
That is the story for now. We are looking forward to the arrival of Don and Nance who are scheduled to be on a flight from DFW to Guatemala City this coming Saturday night at 7:55. Until then, we have clothes to wash.
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