I’ve managed to get most of what was lost back. Raf had many of the pics from my birthday festivities, which he should be getting my way shortly. I also managed to get a copy of the poem I wrote about Raf. Surprisingly, I was able to remember much of it, but I ended up getting the original version anyway.
So I’m going to start posting up stuff to get the site back up to speed. I’m going to try to be as chronological as possible.
In the meantime, Andiamo is still hanging out in Utila, biding time. I’m still waiting on my new mainsail which should have gotten to La Ceiba last week. There was a big customs snafu, and that slowed everything down. Hopefully I will get word that the sail is there by tomorrow.
Lotte and Pauline left earlier this week for Nicaragua. It was tough to see them go, but they really needed to get out of Utila, that’s for sure. They’re on their way to a couple of stops in Honduras and Nicaragua, and then to Costa Rica, where they will fly out from in June. We’ll be keeping in touch pretty steadily as we’ll all still be working on the school project back in Rio Dulce.
A day after they left, Miet, our friend from Belgium (the one who comes from Raf’s hometown and actually grew up with his ex-girlfriend) showed up on Utila. She’s on the island for a week to take a break from her school project in Antigua, and to get PADI certified. She came over with Linda, who’s from Holland, and of course they were welcome to stay onboard. It’s been nice having them aboard, and we’ve been eating quite well too! They’ll be here til this Sunday.
Other than that, things have been quiet. Just trying to get stuff fixed and squared away and to get the boat ready to head back to Guatemala in a couple of weeks.