The beach in front of our hotel was simply beautiful!
We rented bikes one day and biked up the peninsula to Maya Beach for lunch and some relaxing in the hammocks. It was a fabulous day and the fish there was delicious!
Biking up to Maya Beach.
This one is for my cousin, Maya ;)
The super awesome ocean cabana, built over the ocean!
Relaxing in the ocean cabana after filling our stomachs with delicious fish.
We spent another afternoon kayaking through a lagoon to the open ocean where we unknowingly caught a fish that literally jumped into Darrell's lap, that was quite unexpected and made for a good laugh.
It was so nice to be on vacation and have the ability to sleep in each morning without any plans for the day or anywhere we needed to be, to go on dates each night and eat delicious food - shrimp, fish, vegetables, cajan food, etc.
One day we took a tour to Laughing Bird Caye (pronounced key) to snorkel. The island they took us to was a national park and was the most beautiful turquoise ocean we had ever seen. It looked like the pictures you see on post cards and think they are edited in Photoshop, but they're not!
While snorkeling we saw squid, gigantic lobsters, many brightly colored fish, swam with schools of fish, and even saw a nurse shark! It was awesome.
The beautiful Laughing Bird Caye...
...where we snorkeled!
Our vacation was wonderful. We returned to Siguatepeque, Honduras to spend Christmas and New Years in our home here. Sadly, Karen was sick for the holidays.
Now we are back working at our school, and are very busy once again. We are glad to be here, and glad to be investing in our students lives. We know God is using us here to further His kingdom and are thankful. Please keep us in your prayers as we continue to teach and work here in Honduras.
Great to hear an update! Praying for you to be refreshed and for God to use you mightily to further His kingdom! We're thankful for your obedience!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you two were able to relax and be refreshed in Belize! It sounds like the perfect place to get away and I love the pics! :)
ReplyDeleteBuenas tardes! I was hoping you could give me a bit of advice on renewing ones tourist visa in Honduras. I heard the law has been changed, and that a tourist visa can be renewed anywhere in the c4. I am hoping to save on expenses and travel to Nicaragua, but my first graders would be very upset if my error resulted in more time spent away from them! Thanks for any updates you have!
ReplyDeleteWe actually just went to Nicaragua over semana santa to renew our visas and did not have any troubles. WE took the tica bus to Managua (though I recommend hedman alas over tica, we were all feeling pretty sick on some of those windy roads), then took a van or a bus to granada for a few days. Super cute town, very tourist friendly. Great food, and they offer some great tours too.
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