Green Bay Hotel Livingston

... all sat down for dinner together yesterday and talked about Cambridge. I got the drunkest i have been for a while and sang and danced with abandon! We have kind of been travelling with Corrina )Candian) and Mika )Israeli) over the last week, which has been fun. They have gone today to Honduras, and we follow them tomorrow.<br><br>It will be strange to be leaving Guatemala after 4 weeks here, but i am really excited about seeing a new ...

... stiffen up which should make carrying my backpack a real joy..<br> Tonight we've just arrived to Antigua and are back in civilisation. Dave has hooked up with an Italian girl heading to Belize so is staying in Livingston for a couple of nights so Jerrad has headed down with me. Am planning on spending a couple of nights here before moving on to San Pedro to do a Spanish course for a week.<br> All I can say is get to Guatemala, this place seriously rocks!<br> Until the next time, Bo!

... t buy anything except for Kirsty and Troy who managed to haggle hard and get a fantastic hammock. The boys deciding the markets were a waste of time and Derk couldn&#8217;t find his precious macadamias for a decent price, which are everywhere as are cashew nuts, decided to leave us early.<br><br>We said goodbyes and then went our separate ways. That night the heavens opened and a three hour torrential downpour ensued, but it didn&#8217;t dampen the party or the ...

... one is from Argentina the other Mexico so there was a slight language barrier (!) Their English is obv much better than my Spanish though, so we tend to default into English) We went out for a smoothie (on their company account (! They insisted) and a wander around Livingston. Livingston is in some ways much more 'Belize&#8217; than Guatemala in feel because there is a large Garifuna population (the carribbean decendents). It is ...

(CENSORED)<br><br>I had a restless night and woke up to disaster. Paul had woken up and gone for a run. So much for my easy money! I fork over my 30 qs at breakfast.<br><br>After breakfast we pile into vans to head to Rabinal, the site of our build! We ...

... s. Malgré tous ces petits inconvénients et sur les conseils des routards français de la veille, on en chope un (tu dis où tu vas et tu montes dedans ;)) Oula la conduite est .... osée... à fond, il double n'importe quand, s'agrippe à la portière dans les virages pour ne pas tomber... ne ralentit pas quand la route devient mauvaise ...

... There *re no se*ts, just concrete sl*bs, people throw things *nd bring their own fireworks, there *re no food st*nds, the food comes to you, usu*lly by sm*ll children *nd Domino's pizz* deliver. It's * gre*t *tmosphere even if the footb*ll is shocking (*ccording to p*ul, I h*ve no ide*!). We *lso got involved with the *nnu*l flour *nd egg throwing shen*****ns which h*ppen, we now re*lise, the d*y before lent. So when we *re m*king p*nc*kes with ...

... street. But that night a group of random hippies decided to have a bongo party at the end of the street: loud drumming going on untill 3 am. And I´d booked a trek up San Pedro volcano the next morning, meaning I had to be up at 4.30. I was not best pleased. I´ve always thought of hippies as inoffensive and harmless bearded weirdos. But playing drums outside a hotel until 3 am is unacceptable. I might shave off ...

... br><br>We stopped off on the way at what looked like someone's house, but was actually a kind of shop, although it didn't really sell much!! Nevertheless, we were able to have a coffee and it really was beautiful, surrounded by water lillies, and a very friendly stalk provided some entertainment too!! <br> <br><br>The scenery on the boat ride was pretty lush, winding through an impressive gorge and as we approached Livingston there ...

... br><br>That night a bunch of local guys came to the hostel bar to hang out and then take a group of us to a local bar and see then perform in a traditional Garifuna band. When we got to the bar, I ordered a Coco Loco, mainly because the name was so intriguing. The bartender then pulled out a huge coconut from the fridge and started hacking at it with a machete. When the top was off, there was a little hole into which he poured rum and inserted a straw. Then he handed it ...