Horses & Courses It is midday. I have counted 8 people passed out on the street. People are playing xylophones and dancing on graves. Yesterday folk got as drunk as humanly possible before racing horses whilst holding chickens in the air by their throats. All this in a 'dry' town. Guatemala is as every bit crazy as I remembered it when I came here 5 years ago. First stop was on the Caribbean side was Livingston, a really chilled spot where Creole is spoken ...

Pool and Pupasas There is something that troubles me when I see an armed security guard protecting a grain store. I was not expecting much from El Salvador, nowt to see and really dangerous was how most people described it. Thought it was worth the look though. I was actually pleasantly surprised. Apparently it's the most affluent of the Central America nations, probably due to it's closeness to the USA. They even use the dollar as their currency. It is tho...

Rain and Rocking Chairs Today I saw a blind beggar meowing loud enough to be heard a block away. I had a bit of bother getting into Costa Rica as you need an onward flight ticket when entering the country. However I managed to convince passport control that my Napper sabbatical agreement was in fact my flight ticket, fortunate that they understood no English and must of thought that Napper were a new airline. I had been warned that Costa Rica was very touristy ...

Yoghurt Pot and YachtsPanamanian guys have this strange haircut. They sculpt their front hairline by shaving it, this gives them the trouble of stubble on their forehead if they don't shave it every day. I have decided to go Panamanian and have gone for an M.Had a good last week or two in Colombia. Went to the Tayrona national park hiking through some more mud trails eventually getting to a beautiful set of Caribbean beaches. No real accommodation there though so...

Coffee and Colombians I don't know how many times you have to say it but Colombia is safe, very safe, much safer than the likes of Peru and Ecuador for example. I spent 7 weeks in Ecuador in the end, not sure how but it has been nicer travelling slower now that the trip has been extended. The last few days in Ecuador I spent in the Amazon Basin, many many hours from anywhere despite Ecuador being a small country. After a long bus journey we took a long oat to a...