27/2/10 - day 80. got up at half 8 feeling better than yesterday. went down to another sports bar id found yesterday that advertised showing a load of football. i watched birmingham vs wigan followed by stoke vs Arsenal. chanced a sauasge and egg roll and thoroughly enjoyed the games - particularly our victory. the fella behind the bar was from england and he'd told me when i got there chelsea had earlier lost to man city so all in all a great morning! in fact...

26/2/10 - day 79. woke up feeling sick. i felt pretty rough, was having some odd stomach pains and without going into detail i had to stay within easy reach of a toilet at all times for a few hours. when these issues subsided a little, my stomach was feeling really empty so i went out and risked some tomato soup. while i was out, my run of chance meetings continued when i saw canadians cole and christina for about the 4th time. after commenting that i didnt...

25/2/10 - day 78. got up around 10 and went into the town. there are old women that sit about on the streets selling bread and EVERYTIME you walk past they ask if you want any. they sell banana bread, coconut bread, chocolate bread and im sure others as well. so when my answer was yes to banana bread she nearly fell off her stool in shock! it was actually really good as well. that afternoon i went to have a look around the rest of san pedro. once you get aw...

24/2/10 - day 77. up at half 8 and got a boat to another lakeside town called san pedro la laguna. as soon as i got there, the differences between here and san marcos were very obvious. one of the first things i saw when i got of the boat was a bar/restaurant called ''nicks'' so i knew i was in gringo territory. not to the extent of panajachel but much more than san marcos. there was a little information booth at the dock where i enquired about accomodation si...