Hotel Casa Amelia Flores

... twice ha ha ha, we had to yell stop stop or hasta hasta to the driver, luckily there was nothing behind us on both occassions. Our guest house in Flores was in really beautiful settings and right on the lago (lake) which is huge, on one side we would see the sun rise and on the other the sun-set. There's not much to do in Flores it's really a town nearest to Tikal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikal which are the most impressive Maya ...

... island city of Flores. Something about riding in bus&#8217;s takes it out of me, so after I found a hostel, I just went to sleep. <br><br> Flores is a small city on a small island in a small lake only a 10 minute walk over a little bridge to another, bigger town. <br><br> Today began a period of anti-socialness from me. I&#8217;m not sure why, but I think it was a combination of not staying anywhere very long, not ...

... at the side of the road for a half an hour to pick up more passengers, but when your 'door-to-door' direct shuttle is parked on a bend in the road in the baking heat in the middle of the countryside waiting for two extra people to show up its pretty frustrating.<br><br>We eventually arrived in Flores, booked our 'sunrise' tour toTikal,got some grub and went to bed. I say 'sunrise' because even though we got up at 4.30 in the a.m., by the time you reach Tikal ...

... gorge. So buggy that I didn't hang around & luckily got a ride back up the hill first try. Had intended to get up for the 5.20am session today, but as I had slept badly the previous 3 nights, turned over & went back to sleep - will try again manaña! Got in my exercise with a walk to the viewpoint on the top of Cerro de los Serpientes - had some company in the form of a big black hairy dog from the Ashram called Aries - he pretty ...

I heard about couch surfing dot com so I decided to try it out. It's a bunch of people that are willing to let random people sleep on their couches. It's a pretty cool idea but it's a little sketchy at times and you never really know what you are going to get. Fortunately I ended up with some really cool people the first time so ...

... ueb** eine Pause im Schatten recht froh zu sein. Dann ziehen wir weit** zu einem kleinen Naturpark in d** Naehe. Wir fahren dort hin mit einem lokalen Bus, d** fu** Abkuehlung sorgt: ** aehnelt mal wied** einem Kuehlschrank, so extrem ist die Klimaanlage eingestellt. Es ist schoen, wied** auszusteigen. Bevor wir uns auf eine kleine Wand**ung begeben, essen wir **stmal in einem lokalen Restaurant, wo alles, auch die Tortillas, von Hand frisch h**gestellt wird. Yasmin **kla**t uns ...

Written from Jalcomulco, Mexico: A phone call was just received directly from Jordan at 19:35 our time. Joel is awake and recognizes his brother as well as other friends and family. He has little memory of the incident but is making jokes and talking about kayaking. One lung continues to labour but the doctors plan to take him out of the ICU tomorrow. The family will be sending us further updates as they come along.

Written from Esprit in Jalcomulco: 15:00hr We have had a particularly good but particularly long night hence the delayed update. Yesterday evening Joel's condition was trending very favorably and many of his vital signs and organ functions had drastically improved. Joel has displayed normal function of his heart, stomach, kidneys, liver, pancreas..... his lungs are drastically improving but remain laboured and potentially susceptible to infection. Although still ...

... ren rundt og kræver penge ind for turen, men der er ingen billetter. Han må været udstyret med en god hukommelse, for der er stor udskiftning af passagerer undervejs. - Hvad der var sket med fyren uden billet ??? - Ved det ikke. Han var formentlig blevet sat af. - Men så var han da kommet det stykke ! - Og kunne vel derefter prøve lykken igen med næste bus. - Det er også sandsynligt at det var en undskyldning for at slå penge af en turist !I Belize City, med det d ...