Finka Arabu Livingston

... come thundering down on us )really nice after no hot showers), then dived under overhangs and took a sauna incased by rock on one side and water on the other. When things became a little too warm we simply swam in the cold pool of the river . What a great day!<br><br>Now we are staying at another cool hostel )Central America seems to have loads of cool places to stay!), owned by Rusty, an English guy who went to Anglia University aswell ...

... one of the lagoons. To say it was an endurance test would be an understatement and nearly 2 hours of hard rowing in and the finish line in sight, Jerrad decided he had had enough and declared it as '****ing rediculous'. Handing over the money and camera he headed back towards the lodge. Myself and Dave made it to the restaurant about 10 mins later and after the huge lunch and few beers couldn't help thinking he'd made the wrong decision.. I'm just waiting for my upper body ...

... where it went) it was a really nice place to stay.<br><br>with a recomendation from the guy who run the place scribbled on the back of a fag packet, we set off up the river to a town called rio dulce and after a quick nights kip headed out instruction in hand to our destination Las conchas.<br>im gonna get slightly boring about the geology of gutamala in a sec as its pretty crazy.<br><br>However, after 3 buses, quite a lot of luck as the locals dont speak ...

... even larger, hairy spider in the room and had to run back to the front to desk to have the shirtless man come back with his broom and sandal and kill this other spider. Needless to say we had some difficulty falling asleep that night even though we were both exhausted and made the rational decision of leaving the lights on all night so that no more spiders would find our bungalow a comfortable hunting spot. Can&#8217;t wait until tomorrow.

... direct boat to Livingston is well worth waiting for!!!! After a brief stop in Puerto Barrios whilst we waited for more customers to go to Livinigston we once more stepped tentatively into a boat. This one hugged the shore line, however, and so was much much calmer (although still a little bumpy) however, a much more pleasant trip than the one before!!!! <br><br>We met a couple of guys in Puerto Barrios who work for a software company in ...

... What? I dig through my pockets while doing a little dance and pulled out a buck. Ok, where's the bathroom? The girl hands me back my dollar and showed me a tear in the bill. She wouldn't accept the dollar! ****, I'm being coerced by a five year old girl for 2 quetzales (approx 25 cents) and she won't take my torn greenback! Finally I found a dollar bill she'd accept and she handed me about 3 squares of toilet paper and led me through the kitchen, through the ...

... there was no effort to get tyhere. We go in, wake up the owner, ask him for a room. He shows us a double room and my eyes just focus on 2 things, the sheets and the a/c hidden in teh corner. ¨We will take it.¨ I said. Then as an afterthought realizing we were low on cash, I ask ¨How much¨. He says 150Q which is just enough for what we have.<br><br>Needless to say, we slept really really well in the cool room and woke up early the next morning to a new day and forgetting the last.

... City as possible. It didn´t really matter so much where the bus was going, as long as it was not staying within the city limits--for Guatemala City is a surprisingly horrible place, despite the gorgeous views during the descent. <br><br>After making my way safely to the Monja Blanca bus station, I began my journey North...to Cobán. (I just figured out how to put the accent on that 'a'--maybe this keyboard isn´t so bad after all.) On the way up to Cobán we only ...

... we saw the monkeys so worth the early start. It started raining shortly before we returned so although I was already pretty wet from splashing myself with bad paddle technique, the rain finished me off and I was drenched from head to toe!! <br><br>At 9am all of us took a boat trip to Livingston on the Carribean :o) It rained most of the way there and I got drenched again, but it was warm rain so more like having a shower really!! <br ...

... knew that I wanted to stay at the Casa de la Iguana hostel-- it was recommended to me a zillion times by a zillion people. And luckily, a local tout met the boat and walked a small group of us down.<br><br>He was a trip. As we walked down the street, he would randomly throw his fist out in front of him and yell: <br><br>¨Ya mon! Rastafa!¨ <br><br>Then he said: <br><br>¨Ya mon, we call it Living Stoned cuz we smoke weed every day. I just smoked a biiiiiiiig blunt, mon.Ya ...