We went to hear Miguel and Sunny and Jerry play guitar and harmonica and sing soft rock and blues in the garden at Angie Angie’s, and we joined Lori and her mother, Muriel, along with Judy and Gene (formerly on Skylark) at Don Martin’s – a terrific little restaurant that served very good international and tipico food. I had the Pepian de Res (a traditional stew with a rich, complex gravy) and Jim dined on tender pepper steak. This is the first beef we’ve had since we got here – chicken and fish are much more commonly found.

Jim made one more visit to the dentist where he had the impression made for the crown that will top the post currently adding interest to his smile. Muriel flies home to Florida tomorrow, and we board the Litegua bus for Rio Dulce. Lori will get the rooms freshened and be ready for the next crop of clients.

It has been a wonderful stay in Antigua, but it is time to go find our floating home. We’ll stay a couple of days at El Tortugal Marina where we’ll get haircuts and massages from Blanca, and stock up on a few groceries and then we’ll climb into a lancha with all our bags and boxes and head down to El Gofete.

I’ve got some pictures in the gallery – of New Zealand and of Guatemala. Check out the links in the side bar if you’d like to take a look. For some reason I can add only a few at a time – I never did get the picture part of this blog figured out very well.

And this picture is what I saw walking home tonight – over Volcan Fuego. Is that not impressive??