Rain, rain, go away

We awoke to more rain...heavier than yesterday, not torrential but constant. Our roof is leaking, half the hotel is leaking. Per the hotel guy “it’s not made for so much rain!”.

We hid inside until Anna needed her coffee, then headed to Dona Luisa, famous for it's amazing banana bread. The bakery and cafe are set in a colonial house with a courtyard; this one having two floors which is unusual in view of all the earthquakes. Anna's coffee was very good, my hot chocolate was good but not as amazing as yesterday’s. We were given half a loaf of the banana bread which was nice but I prefer my own! And Anna had cinnamon toast with maple syrup which wasn't a patch on Utila’s cinnamon rolls (52Q).

We trudged to the market to buy Anna an umbrella for 20Q which has barely survived the day! The rain continued…all the roads have rivers running down the middle...the drains are gushing. We passed some very lovely buildings. We noted today how there is no litter anywhere and all the electricity cables must be underground rather than a zillion wires hanging everywhere as per most places this side of the world. It would be lovely to see it in the sunshine! We also came across the Easter parade floats which included many gory statues of Jesus. After a quick stop at the supermarket to pick up some fruit we headed back to the warmth of our room. And there we stayed reading / writing until dinner time!

It was still raining. We headed to the Rainbow Cafe and both had falafel which was amazing (136Q). Despite wearing jumpers we were both cold from having wet legs and feet. I chose mint tea to warm me up, Anna chose beer!

We were planning on moving on tomorrow. Not because we have seen everything, but because we have given up. We wanted to do the $10 roast your marshmallows on a volcano tour plus Anna has waited until here for her coffee tour. However, it seems we are a little stranded! According to our hotel guy, the roads aren't safe to travel on due to fear of landslides - on our way here we saw huge chunks of boulders on some of the roads. As well as Guatemala, Belize and SE Mexico (ie our next destinations) are also suffering from heavy rain. The wet season has been unusually dry and it's now near the end and all coming at once! He recommended we hang around and see how the roads are tomorrow. We have a nice room, good wifi, Netflix, hot shower (apart from it smokes if you stay in it too long!), and a multitude of cafes and restaurants to test so I think it's a good place to wait it out.Read more