Daily Archives: January 9, 2012

Day 8 // Maribel’s Birthday

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On Sundays, at Marco’s grandparents’ house, they have a big breakfast that everyone comes together to eat. They had tamales, platanos, beans, mantaquilla (super creamy butter), different cheeses, bread, eggs, bacon, coffee and juice. It was SO delicious!

breakfast!

For Maribel’s birthday, we went to a place called Ecos de la Montana (moan-tahn-yah) for a late lunch. It is on the way to La Tigre, so we had to ride some rough dirt roads to get there. But when we did, it was so worth it! It’s a beautiful hotel/resort and restaurant that had game fields (soccer, volleyball), horseback riding, and little bunnies you could hold. They also had a ping-pong table.

After we finished eating and playing games, we went to Marco’s cousin Vanessa’s house. We were supposed to cut the cake and sing happy birthday there, but we forgot to bring the cake when we left 😛 So we just visited for a while, and I was able to talk to my family on FaceTime because they had good WiFi there. It was the first time in a week I got to talk to them, and I had missed them so much!

Later, we headed back to Maribel’s house and sang happy birthday and had cake there. It was a caramel and chocolate cake from a place called Pan y Mas, and it was SUPER delicious!

Happy Birthday!

Today we are tidying up the loose ends for our trip to the Bay Islands! Roatan is one of the most beautiful places in the world, and I am so excited we are able to go! We have to leave tomorrow around 3am to drive to La Ceba to catch the ferry to the islands. This will definitely be a highlight of our trip!

**A note about ziplining: we were planning to go when we went to Valle de Angeles, but arrived pretty late in the afternoon and completely forgot about it! Hopefully we will have another chance later in the trip!**