SunJam: A Holiday From Real

So, after helping move nearly 300 Cayos Cochinos bound research students and biologists from San Pedro to Río Esteban over the past 6 weeks, and finishing most of the work in Jutiapa's parquecito, I think it is time for a quick weekend get away, a "holiday from real if you will." This upcoming weekend is SunJam, an annual festival/rave, on a deserted Caribbean island a little larger than a soccer field. The party rages all night this Saturday on the small island known as Water Key, a few miles from Utila. It has been known to get more than a little crazy, which is exactly what I need after this past month of craziness of a different sort. We've been politely reminded by our country director that, "...you do NOT have diplomatic immunity." Let's hope it doesn't come to that though haha. 


I have only been to Utila once, but this is also a good opportunity to explore the island a little more. Maybe do some swimming and relaxing, and when it's all over "come back for another year." As of tomorrow I only have one year left here in Honduras before I return to finish my MUPP at UIC and get on with my life, but for now it's time to sit back on the beach and relax for the next couple of days. 

But if you left it up to me

Everyday would be a holiday from real

We'd waste our weeks 

Beneath the sun

We'd fry our brains 

And say it's so much fun out here

But when it's all over

I'll come back for another year

Oh, it's a picture of perfection

Ah, and the postcards gonna read

"Fuck yeah we can live like this...

We can live like this"

Being poor was never better

A safety buzz 

Some cheap red wine

Oh, the trouble we can get in 

So let's screw this one up right