Day 156 - Wednesday 4th August Took a river tour down the River Dulce past colonial forts, huge lilypad fields and thermal baths down to the alternative town of Livingston. A stark contrast to the rest of Guatemala, it's home to old pirates and the like, ejected from Roatan in Honduras. Everyone speaks English and it has a distinct laid back fill. Mainland but only connected by boar, it's very cool and chilled out. Day 157 - Thursday 5th August Helga had decid...

Day 152 - Saturday 31st July Felt awful so slept a lot of the day and didn't do a great deal. Did meet a couple of guys who went to Uni with lots of people from Borlase though. After an early night, I was woken up to everyone drinking in the room and on a toss of a coin got dragged out for 'one of those moments that could make my life'. Actually a good night down at the local karaoke bar, filled with groups of middle aged cowboys in their stetsons taking in the ...

Day 149 - Wednesday 28th July Lazy morning. Took a tubing tour with just Helga and I and our tiny tour guide Mario (everyone here is around 5ft, perfect for me...) down the rapid river running at the bottom of the eco lodge's grounds. Chilled for the afternoon, took a walk down the picturesque valley and reading in the hammock. Late afternoon we headed out to the local caves and took a tour into their depths, concluding in a long stop at the end as thousands of ...

Day 146 - Sunday 25th July Strolled the nice colonial town of Antigua, set to a background of 3 different volcanoes, one of which erupting the week previous. Some sort of children's day so all the schoolkids out in parades, including a wicked drum set from a music college. Not much to do in the town so just enjoyed coffee and food around town. Day 147 - Monday 26th July Same story. HUGE lightning storm. Bought a Guatemalan shirt. Had schnitzel for the first ti...