Blog Numero Uno

So, This is a blog to document the travels and trials of Chandra Potter and Benjamin Roberts, who, as of May 17th, will be lost somewhere between Panama and Cancun, Mexico. This will be the place to keep updated about our life on the road. As many of you may remember, Connor Oburst once sang that, "There is nothing that the road cannot heal." With about a third of the angst, we agree with Mr. Oburst. We leave this country with one purpose. We want to see and experience as many things as is possible. 

Our trip starts in Alejuela, Costa Rica where we will be attending classes with the university. During this time, which lasts three weeks, we will be staying with host families. We hope to make it to Panama on one of our free weekends. After our stay in Costa Rica we will be headed to Nicaragua. First stop La Isla Ometepe, which is an island in Lake Nicaragua that has formed between two volcanoes. We will then head to the beautiful town of Granada. Next, we will hit up a few other towns before ultimately heading to Honduras, where we'll only be staying one night before continuing on to El Salvador. Our first stop in El Salvador will be the quaint village of Alegria. The, we will head to Santa Ana to visit a child that Chandra sponsors. Afterwards, we will cross back into Honduras and find ourselves in the PreColombian Mayan ruins at Copan.  After our venture through history, we will high-tail it to Guatemala City. For Benjamin's birthday, we will be staying at the Black Cat Inn in Antigua, Guatemala.  Next, we carry on to Lake Atitlan. We will be spending close to three weeks on and around the lake, before heading on to Tikal. After camping a few nights, we will jump the border into Belize. We will head into Belize City before hopping onto a boat and heading to the Ambergris Caye with one goal in mind: The Rum Punch II, a cocktail hour tour boat. We will head from this isla bonita straight into Mexico. Once in Mexico, we plan to relax on the various beaches of the Yucatan Peninsula before flying out of Cancun.

If we can manage to avoid swine flu and gang violence, we will be flying back towards the beginning of August to return to life as normal.