Travelodge Hotel Tapachula Loma Real

... its expansion and how pleased the locals were that we had come to see their land. Basically, please spend your American dollars here!

Once in Tapacula, we were greeted with a nice central square, with a church and museum on one side, the local town hall on another, and “upscale” shops on the others, not to mention McDonalds and Scotia Bank! We bypassed the museum, wandered around the square and discovered there was to be a ...

... 8 ore di pullman (di prima classe).
Il livello di caiunneria locale e' notevole, musica a palla dai finestrini delle auto, capello impastato di gel (tipo leccata di vacca), gli autoctoni non sono esteticamente interessanti (non so le autoctone, devo chiedere a Giuliano) hanno delle espressioni un po' stolide, mah...
Giuliano concorda sulla mediocrita' estetica delle autoctone.
Se doveste passare da Tapachula vi consiglio di venire al Ciber Snoopy per connettervi 8 avenida norte.

... black. It was completely desserted and I only had the crashing pacific waves for company. After wandering up the beach for a while I noticed some figures in the distance. As they got nearer I could make out a small thin man with a herd of cows walking in the surf. Was very strange to see so many cows and so few people on the beach.

After getting lost trying to find my way back to our hotel I found Jody still resident in the hammock. The ...

... a scarf, a fleece hat, winter gloves, and an extra pair of pants. As I was careening through the lamp-lit streets of pre-dawn Xela, an alcoholic sitting on a curb began to point at me and laughed hysterically. This relieved some of my stress because I suppose it WAS rather ridiculous to see a gringa blundering down the calle with a look of panic on her face with her whole life packed on her back bouncing from side to side with each bounding stride...

As I ...

... and now worked at the hotel, as a tour guide and as an English teacher. We walked through San Marcos, San Pablo, SAn Juan and eventually to San Pedro. On the way we saw:
A soccer match, where the coach was totally ripping his team apart since they were losing at half time.
A baptism ceremony in the lake
We bought water in plastic packets instead of bottles - turns out it is one sixt of the price but takes some getting used to.
We stopped by San Juan ...

... impression that everyone whats to live in the states and i dont really think that is true as you dont really see anyone missing their wide-screen tv, or hige shopping malls when you are in places such as san cristobal, there is just not that desire i dont think to be super rich and try and let everyone know about it. What there is though is something that you cant buy and that is the spirit of a community, from seeing the town meeting in one of the villages, to ...

In wie vielen Varianten gibt es Vulkane? In Mittelamerika gibt es jedenfalls einen juengsten, einen aktivsten, einen mit der meisten Lava, einen bei Nacht. Und, und, und. Was fehlte da noch in der Sammlung? Richtig, der hoechste Vulkan. Dann braucht man nur noch ein paar verrueckte Freunde, mit denen man freitags trinken geht und um Mitternacht auf diese geniale Idee kommt ...

... Tapachula (the Mexican town bordering Guatemala), about 12:30 p.m. - over three hours later than scheduled - and with Annette experiencing motion sickness - something she thought she had shed in childhood. Luckily the 'Estacion de autobuses' in Tapachula handles Tica Bus as well. This is the line we hope will get us to Costa Rica, through six nations in three days. We were able to get tickets and reservations for the next morning (Thursday ...

... other to get to the next potential passengers. F*cking crazy. But cheap. Besides, when in Rome... ;-) At the border we (well, i) exited Mexico painlessly. My companion ended up paying for a new Mexican tourist card - the cash for which was the border official´s beer money. Pricey but pretty good given his situation!).

Rather that take a cyclotaxi over the bridge to Guatemalan immigration, we walked. Bad idea. Hot, humid...and heavy bags. Never again. Two ...