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...

Day 145 - Saturday 24th July Caught a chicken bus out into the mountains, a yellow US schoolbus packed to the rafters. Then just kept hopping on different buses through busy market towns out to the Guatemalan border. Crazy place and I saw my first other gringo at the border. A nice few days to myself...Strolled across the bridge into Guatemala and continued my day of busrides through Guatemala City and straight onto Antigua to meet up with my Icelandic cousin He...

Day 144 - Friday 23rd July Having just made it over the border before dark I found myself in the quiet mountain town of La Palma. Beautifully set in the mountains, a lot of the buildings have colourful artwork painted on their walls and I settled down for pizza in a lively local place. The following morning I sadly didn't have time to stay and hopped on a collectivo down to the capital San Salvador, ending up at a small, friendly motel in town. Not a pleasant ci...