S\u00f3lard\u00fdrin t\u00f3ku daginn snemma til a\u00f0 vinna fyrirfram upp s\u00f3lartapi\u00f0 sem framundan var vegna fyrirhuga\u00f0rar sko\u00f0urnarfer\u00f0ar inn \u00ed frumsk\u00f3ginn a\u00f0 fornum Maya r\u00fastum. Sko\u00f0unarfer\u00f0in h\u00f3fst um h\u00e1degisbil me\u00f0 klukkut\u00edma r\u00fatufer\u00f0 inn \u00ed land.<\/p>\n
Lei\u00f0s\u00f6guma\u00f0urinn var innf\u00e6ddur mex\u00edkani sem tala\u00f0i stanslaust \u00ed klukkut\u00edma \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00e9g skildi nema \u00feri\u00f0ja hvert or\u00f0 sem hann sag\u00f0i. \u00dea\u00f0 skipti svo sem engu m\u00e1li \u00fear sem \u00fats\u00fdni\u00f0 \u00far r\u00fatunni var n\u00f3g. Merkilegt a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 h\u00fasin og s\u00f6lub\u00e1sana vi\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0veginn \u00fear sem innf\u00e6ddir seldu ananas. \u00c1\u00f0ur en lagt var af sta\u00f0 inn \u00ed sk\u00f3ginn f\u00f3r allur h\u00f3purinn \u00ed einhverskonar \u201cskord\u00fdraeiturs sturtu\u201d. Allir \u00fa\u00f0u\u00f0u<\/p>\n
eitrinu fyrir sig og \u00e9g n\u00e1\u00f0i varla andanum \u00fear sem \u00e9g st\u00f3\u00f0 inni \u00ed my\u00f0ju sk\u00fdinu. G\u00f6ngufer\u00f0in inn \u00ed sk\u00f3ginn a\u00f0 r\u00fastunum var athyglisver\u00f0 og heit. L\u00edklega um 40 stiga hiti og rakinn eftir \u00fev\u00ed. \u00dearna eru engar \u00e1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir. Alltaf sama ve\u00f0ri\u00f0 allan \u00e1rsins hring. R\u00fastirnar voru um margt merkilegar, hla\u00f0in, mish\u00e1 musteri \u00fear sem Mayar f\u00e6r\u00f0u gu\u00f0unum f\u00f3rnir. Oftast mannf\u00f3rnir. Tali\u00f0 er a\u00f0 nokkur hundru\u00f0 borgir s\u00e9u enn \u00f3uppgrafnar \u00ed sk\u00f3ginum sem s\u00e1 Mayum fyrir \u00f6llu sem \u00feeir \u00feurftu \u00e1 a\u00f0 halda. Mat, frj\u00f3um jar\u00f0vegi, lyfjum og vatni.
\nVi\u00f0 erum b\u00fain a\u00f0 bralla margt \u00e1 skipinu, smakka alla kokteila sem \u00ed bo\u00f0i eru og finna \u00fat hva\u00f0a kokteill hentar mismunandi t\u00edmum dagsins. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00fain a\u00f0 fara \u00ed leikh\u00fasi\u00f0 flest kv\u00f6ld \u00fear sem \u00ed bo\u00f0i eru Brodway s\u00fdningar og einnig koma einstaka skemmtikraftar fram. Um daginn s\u00e1um vi\u00f0 einn sem heitir Travis Turpin, fyndinn n\u00e1ungi og h\u00e6fileikar\u00edkur sem \u00f3lst upp \u00ed einhverskonar \u201cOsmond\u201d fj\u00f6lskyldu \u00fear sem allir spila \u00e1 eitthva\u00f0 hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og syngja. Hann er l\u00edka me\u00f0 uppistand \u00e1 s\u00fdningunum s\u00ednum og \u00e1 \u00feeirri sem vi\u00f0 f\u00f3rum \u00e1 sag\u00f0i hann okkur a\u00f0 hann vildi alls ekki vi\u00f0 v\u00e6rum eitthva\u00f0 \u201cstarstruck\u201d ef vi\u00f0 myndum rekast \u00e1 hann \u00e1 skipinu. \u00dea\u00f0 sem hann vildi a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 ger\u00f0um v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 kalla \u00e1 hann og segja: \u201cHi Travis. Can I buy you a drink.\u201d
\n\u00cd lok s\u00fdninganna \u00ed leikh\u00fasinu st\u00edgur Martyn, skemmtanastj\u00f3ri skipsins \u00e1 svi\u00f0 og reytir af s\u00e9r brandara \u00e1samt \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 segja okkur fr\u00e1 vi\u00f0bur\u00f0um n\u00e6sta dags. S\u00e1 er breti, hress og skemmtilegur.
\n\u00dea\u00f0 var s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00ed lok sko\u00f0unarfer\u00f0arinnar \u00feegar Hannes og Inga voru a\u00f0 koma aftur um bor\u00f0 \u00ed Costa Maya a\u00f0 Hannes s\u00e9r kunnulegan mann fyrir framan sig. Hannes brosir og segir: \u201cHi Travis. Can I buy you a drink?\u201d Ma\u00f0urinn sn\u00fdr s\u00e9r \u00fe\u00e1 vi\u00f0 og svarar alvarlegur \u00e1 svip: \u201cNo. I am Martyn.\u201d Hannes var\u00f0 kjaftstopp \u00fear sem hann st\u00f3\u00f0 fyrir framan skemmtanastj\u00f3rann og \u00fea\u00f0 eina sem honum datt \u00ed hug a\u00f0 segja var: \u201cHave you been to Iceland?\u201d
\nH\u00e9r \u00e1 skipinu er einnig keppni sem heitir \u201cThe Voice of the sea.\u201d \u00dea\u00f0 er kara\u00f3k\u00edkeppni \u00fear sem far\u00feegar keppa s\u00edn \u00e1 milli. Vi\u00f0 kynntumst tveimur \u00feeirra um daginn, hj\u00f3num fr\u00e1 LasVegas, en \u00feeir t\u00f3ku b\u00e1\u00f0ir \u00fe\u00e1tt og komust b\u00e1\u00f0ir \u00ed \u00farslit keppninnar sem fram fer anna\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld, laugardagskv\u00f6ld. \u00deeir eru b\u00fanir a\u00f0 bj\u00f3\u00f0a okkur sem VIP gestum. Annar \u00feeirra eru afr\u00edkanskur amer\u00edkani og hinn er alveg eins og Ben Stiller. S\u00e1 er sk\u00f3lastj\u00f3ri \u00ed menntask\u00f3la \u00ed LasVegas og hinn er kennari \u00ed sama sk\u00f3la. Hressir n\u00e1ungar.
\nSambandi\u00f0 vi\u00f0 umheiminn er ekki gott fr\u00e1 skipinu sem er gott m\u00e1l \u00ed sj\u00e1lfu s\u00e9r. Vi\u00f0 getum komist \u00e1 neti\u00f0 en \u00fea\u00f0 er d\u00fdrt og sambandi\u00f0 eins og \u00fea\u00f0 var \u00ed \u00e1rdaga internetsins. Hriklalega h\u00e6gt. H\u00e9r kaupir ma\u00f0ur einhverjar m\u00edn\u00fatur \u00e1 netinu og \u201csk\u00fdst\u201d inn \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 til a\u00f0 gera \u00fea\u00f0 sem ma\u00f0ur \u00fearf a\u00f0 gera. \u00deetta \u00e1stand er mj\u00f6g sl\u00e6mt fyrir Facebook f\u00edklana \u00ed h\u00f3pnum \u00feau Hannes, Sv\u00f6vu og \u00d6llu. \u00deegar vi\u00f0 f\u00f6rum \u00ed land \u00fe\u00e1 eru \u00feau alltaf \u00f6ll me\u00f0 s\u00edmana uppi, halda \u00feeim h\u00e1tt \u00e1 lofti starandi \u00e1 skj\u00e1inn og s\u00ed\u00f0an heyrir ma\u00f0ur reglulega: \u201cHey \u00fea\u00f0 er netsamband h\u00e9r. \u00d3 \u00fea\u00f0 datt \u00fat.\u201d Og s\u00ed\u00f0an er g\u00f6gnunni haldi\u00f0 \u00e1fram \u00fear til opi\u00f0 net finnst. \u00de\u00e1 s\u00e9r ma\u00f0ur s\u00e6lubrosi\u00f0 \u00e1 andlitum \u00feeirra og \u00feau hverfa inn \u00e1 Facebook. Algerlega me\u00f0vitundarlaus fyrir \u00f6llu nema s\u00edmanum s\u00ednum. \u00deau taka s\u00ed\u00f0an s\u00edmana me\u00f0 s\u00e9r \u00e1 kv\u00f6ldin inn \u00ed skipi\u00f0 \u00fear sem \u00feau taka upp v\u00edde\u00f3 og eitthva\u00f0 sem heitir \u201csnap\u201d til a\u00f0 vera kl\u00e1r me\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 \u00feegar netsamband finnst \u00ed n\u00e6stu h\u00f6fn. S\u00ed\u00f0an renna \u00feau \u00ed gegnum facebook appi\u00f0 \u00ed s\u00edmunum s\u00ednum og lesa gamla statusa. \u00dea\u00f0 er eins og \u00feau r\u00f3ist a\u00f0eins vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pistlar-2016"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6426,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771\/revisions\/6426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvitur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}