Hobbitenango!

Yesterday we nearly died of boredom due to being stuck in the house. Loo woke up that morning with her stomach hurting. She started puking soon after. She threw-up a few more times and then slept the rest of the day. By that evening, she was back to her old self and this morning she was ready to party, and so we did.

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Not Hobbitenango ^

Crazy steep hill of death

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We hopped in an Uber, which I have found to be the most cost effective method of transportation around here with my big fam, and headed up up up to Hobbitenango.

Side note on Uber, of course I am saving money on them. I have the Discover It card and the quarterly bonus right now is Uber and Lyft rides, so 5% cash back. Since my account is new, Discover actually doubles all of your cash back for the first year, so I am saving 10% on Uber! I should add that I am not 100% sure if rides outside of the US are excluded, like they are for Amex offers, but I searched over the terms and conditions and didn’t see any location exclusions, so I guess we shall see!

Now back to Hobbitenango: The suffix “-tenango” is used often here in Guatemala and from my understanding means “wall or side of the gods.” Hobbitenango was just that, a little shire on the side of the mountain. I honestly didn’t really know what to expect but living in a house full of nerds, I knew that we just had to go.

Uber took us to the parking lot and we hiked the last 800ish meters straight up to the site. That was some serious climmage.

Anyway, the kids loved it. I loved it. It was very laid back and had a great relaxed vibe. It didn’t have a cheap tourist trap feel to it and the food was super good, which is always what matters the most.