looking out across the tile rooftops of several colorful neighborhoods in Antigua, Guatemala

102 in Antigua

It鈥檚 funny how quickly things can change. Yesterday we were trying to make plans for the weekend. Last night I was just trying to survive. I woke suddenly at 2:30 am with a stabbing pain in my gut. I could feel all the muscles in my abdomen starting to tighten up. I went quickly to the bathroom and puked my guts out. That was my routine every 2 hours for the rest of the night and on through the whole day. I didn鈥檛 sleep for more than about 45 minutes at a time from 2:30 am on. I had a fever that would spike and then drop and then spike and then drop. We measured it at 101.7. I felt terrible. By morning I looked terrible too. ...

March 18, 2021 路 2 min 路 jtalbot
a flag is hung on a barnacle encrusted pole deep under water on the deck at the stern of the USS Spiegel Grove

Back Under Water

I really like how Rainbow Reef runs their scuba business. Everything is top-notch and professional. The rental gear is always high-end and brand new. They make you do some of the work, but it helps you do things right. I really like them. They are why we came back to Key Largo. We were so impressed with the way they did things when we were here doing our Advanced Open Water certifications last year. ...

May 17, 2015 路 10 min 路 jtalbot