A Traditional Honduran Wedding-I Love My Life

Its always interesting to see how couples in other parts of the world begin their matrimonial bliss. Here in Honduras there are some unique customs. Typically the couple marries on a Tuesday, which is an ancient custom of unknown significance.  The actual ceremony takes place in a stream near the village where the couple will live. They feel that the running water in the stream is symbolic of the eternal passage of time and the life and fertility that springs forth from the water. After the ceremony all who have come to share the day eat rice and beans, and dance traditional dances. Then before the evening ends two gecko's are placed on the head table. If they begin to mate it is believed that the couple with be blessed with many offspring. It looks like this couple will need a big house! They will love their life for sure. Well thats all the reports from Roatan today I'm sure its easy to see why i love my life here on this island! (Please see pictures below)

Ants In Our Pants-Febuary 5, 2011

Hello to our dear friends
I have created this blog so that you all can hear how much i love my life here on Roatan Island. Meredith  and i decided to dedicate the first blog to the thousands of ants that live in our apartment with us. After we voiced our concern to some others on the island we were reassured that each place comes equipt with them, without charge. It seems that its part of the Roatan experience. They are the tiny ants however, so they dont take up much room. Meredith came up with the good idea to put our underware in baggies though so we dont have ants in our pants. After alot of thought though, i have decided that better to have these ants in my pants than to have the aunts i have at home in the states here (like my crazy aunt that kept finding us in room 128).  So were listening to George Staight and making food for the superbowl party were going to tonight. Seems almost like North America, except for the hollering game of domino's going on in the apartment next door. Well thats all for loving my life here in Roatan today. Ill be sure to update you as new loves come along.