Move over 7 Peaks and Lagoon!!!

That´s right, we hit up ITRA, the biggest water park and amusement park in all of Central America. Lily and her family had been talking this place up, claiming that it was rated one of the top parks in the world. Well, I now believe them. It was INCREDIBLE!!! You would never know that either park was there because it was smack in the middle of the rain forest, you can´t even see it from the parking lot because of all of the trees. We went with Lily and the fam to the water park first. It was so beautiful; it was worth going to just to see the surroundings. The slides were unlike any I have ever been on....so stinkin fun!!! I wish you could all experience it. We hit up every slide, every pool, and right when we were going to start round two, it started to rain. When I say rain, I mean pour!!! You haven´t been in a rain storm until you have been in the rainforest (they don´t call it that for no reason). The good news was we were already in our swimsuits so getting wet didn´t matter, it didn´t last too long, and it was a warm rain.

After we changed, we went to the amusement park. I felt like I was walking into Disneyland and almost jumped for joy. The scenery was just amazing. We hit up a couple rides with the kids, rode on the bumper cars and checked out the jaguars. We finished all that up just in time to see Alux Nahual, a big time band here in Guatemala. Lily and Fernando were like little kids, they were so excited! We got really close and were rocking out until the crowd got a little hairy. We stepped back a bit but it was still totally awesome! My favorite part of the whole concert was watching Lily sing her heart out to every single song. When someone got pushy around her kids she would hit them with her umbrella. Hilarious. The band was there because it was the parks anniversary. After the concert they lit off fireworks. Ben and I felt like that was our Independence Day celebration, even though it was the wrong date and wrong country. We totally forgot where we were. It felt like we were in the states again. It was an absolute blast.

This is the entrance to the water park. Isn´t it beautiful?

This is one of the crazy slides. The red and blue tube shoots you out and you go flying up the ramp on the left. when I rode it, I was sure I was going to go straight over the top of the ramp, but I didn´t.  

I still can´t even believe that there were slides smack in the middle of so much green. One of the funniest things about the park was seeing what the people wore. If they didn´t have a swimsuit, then why not wear a bra or pajamas? There were oogles of men with mustaches in speedos. Just picture that in your head for a minute and you know it was a good time. 

Second row from the top is Ben and the boys. I got sick just watching them.

Here a pic of the guy who plays the electric cello and the singer in Alux Nahual. 

Rock on!

Here is a pic of the crowd that was behind us at the concert. Yes, we were the only white people in the whole park. 

Georgy, Lily and Juanfer singing with the band. They LOVED the concert!!