Hawaii

Back in America and it feels so nice!! Although, it was a little bit awkward being so familiar with a place. I found myself anxiously pondering how I would be able to get across my desires to cab drivers, still speaking very slowly, loudly, and with accompanying hand gestures… soon to realize they too spoke perfect English. I even found myself trying to mentally compute how many dollars my cab fare actually was. It was already in USD! We finally had Mexican food, I drank tap water just because I COULD, and I was carded for the first time as a real live 21 year old! I even bought my first bottle of alcohol with a legitimate ID. This however, was an issue for all of my underage friends who had a wave of reality hit them when they were denied alcoholic beverages for the first time in 3 months… so many rules in the states. We only had 2 days in Honolulu, and I spent the majority of that time on the beach or by the pool. It was much needed and not long enough!

Now 7 days till Guatemala and I’ll be home in 2 weeks!