Grand Finale

Not much going on. Since Little Corn I´ve been to 4 countries. Sorry I haven´t updated you all. From Nicaragua I headed to El Salvador where I tried surfing. For a day. It was really hard, one of those things you need to spend a month learning and I didn´t have the patience/time for it...next trip?! I chicken bused my way to Hondurus, through dry hot pine forests, it even smelled like home! I arrived in San Pedro Sula at 10pm, not a nice city to arrive in after dark, but found a hotel safely and got out real early to avoid the scary transients who were seeking shelter there. I went to Utila (a Bay Island) for some more diving. I met a couple girls from previous encounters and we spent about a week hanging out. I completed my Advanced Diver and decided to not go to Belize or the Yucatan because I´d run out of money too fast. So I went to Omoa (never ever ever stay at Roli´s Place. The Lonely Planet raves about him but damn he is the grumpiest man I´ve ever met...and angry too.) So I bolted for Guatemala and took a couple boat trips thru the Rio Dulce. It was Semana Santa so every single person was on holiday. And 90% were at the beach, so I headed up to Flores, the town near Tikal. During my 4 days in Flores I went to Tikal, Ya´xah and a couple other little ruins. At Tikal we hiked up every single temple (that you were allowed to actually ascend). It was stinking hot! From Flores I went to Coban to experience Semuc Champay. Semuc is a series of natural fresh water pools that glisten in the sunlight and are turquise coloured. When you sit in them the little fishies nibble on your toes. Then, I went to Antigua, to climb the volcano. Pocaya was probably one of the craziest things I´ve seen on my trip. It was a very very active volcano, we were walking on the hot lava (indeed they were melting shoes and even skin if you weren´t too careful) and razor sharp rocks. That was fun. Antigua to Lake Atitlan and the little town of San Pedro. I spent a few nights there and met a really fun couple, Jacobi and James. She´s from Sask. (somebody got out!! ) and James is from Oz. When I was getting packed up to head to Mexico, they decided to come with me. That was a week ago, we´re still chilling together (on the beach at Zipolite). We spent a horrible night at the border between Guat and Mex (to save money cause we´d not be going far and Mexico is more pricey) and then 2 at a beach (with 6am hammering wakeup calls). We then went to Boca del Cielo (mouth of heaven) and had a mozzie ridden night then a fun sleep in hammocks on the beach. So, now we´re in Zipolite and I´ll spend 2 more nights here. On Thursday night I plan to take an overnighter to Mexico City and spend a couple days exploring the giant city. I fly to Toronto on Monday morning. Can´t wait to see you all when I come home!!!!

Little Corn