Central America and Mexico

We have had the most amazing 6 weeks together. People ask us what was the highlight. It is a toss up between Costa rica.... the adventure country, to Guatemala and Nicaragua...... volcano heaven or Honduras .....island paradise. and remembering we have only scratched the surface. It is really too hard to choose because so many different events and memories have shaped our feelings on all the countries we visited. We have tried to emerse ourselves in the culture try to get to see as much of the landscape and most importantly interacted with the people of each country as well as our limited spanish has allowed us to. Our experiences with the food have been on the whole been interesting. We have tried all the regional food that we have been offered and there was nothing we would not eat again.The weather has been incredibly kind to us as far as moderate conditions go. That in itself has let us explore from daylight to dusk. Very few times have we felt uncomfortable in any country at anytime of the day. We have met some great people as tour leaders and our fellow travellers on our journey of discovery wich also helps make our travels so memorable. We would definitely recommend the Gap tour that we did to any one. It covered Volcanoes to Mayan ruins. Beaches to awesome mountains. Really old cities and fantastic architecture.It was colourful and joyous. dancing in the streets , kids being kids, making games out of what they have available to them.the six weeks flew by was just the right amount of time and we only spent the whole 6 weeks with 4 others . Kate (our doctor from Ireland )is going to join us for christmas .When we go to L. A. we are meeting up with Niamh (irish) sounds like Neve , she swears a lot , and Hin (german born to Chinese parents ) and now living in Detroit. K short for Kirsten( english )and Rachel (english )soon to be Panamania , courtesy of Julio whom she met on her holiday .We will remember these countries for their very individual reasons.We have really enjoyed sharing our thoughts and our photos with you all. It will be a lasting memory for us. Next instalment will be Mexico which outshone , wonderful place.