The weather man wasn't too far off today: we got some rain, some clouds, and a few fantastic but oh-so-short minutes of blistering sunshine. Joe played chef and made us all some egg and bacon sandwiches for breakfast while I pried myself from bed. Getting up before 9AM on vacation just feels wrong but peer pressure is a powerful thing. By the time I'd finished my sandwich everyone else was ready to go so they ventured out in pursuit of a pineapple while I took my...

We've been here for a whopping day and a half but we all agree it feels like a week since we left. We lived an awful lot in that first 24 hours. We drove four hours to the airport (while so stressed/worried we would miss our flight that dinner consisted of a gas station lunchable) then flew 3 hours on a plane so tight that our knees held our chins, took a taxi at 2AM to a second airport (where our driver nearly vaporized a wandering capybara on the road: check ou...