So last night was fun, we met big steve and the polish girls at jolly rogers. we ate bbqed lobster and shrimp for the second night running and drank a few 'rum n pine'. chatted to steve about where he came from etc and he grew up in belize city but spent a few years in america, where he was sent to jail for drug dealing, but he has been running his tours on the islanbd for 15 years now and is living the good life. we also met a girl from Fareham who is 23 and then two ladies staying next door to us who were 40 odd (and very odd - think the were cugers!) and one of the women guessed my star sign was leo and turned out that she is also born on the 22nd of august, weird!
This morning we caught the boat from caye caulker at 7:30am and arrived in belize city at 8:30 - not the safest feeling place but we stayed in the ferry port and caught our bus from there at 9:30am. The bus ride to Flores, Guatemala took 5 hours and we had to change at the border to do customs. I slept for most of it but what i did see of the countryside was stunning! We overtook a man riding bare back on a horse, who then over took our bus when we slowed down for the pot holes and a little Guatemalan girl waved at me from the garden of her house. The place is so green! Rolling hills and palm trees cover the landscape and it is so beautiful that i never want to go home.
We arrived in Flores - a little town on an island on a lake, and it is such a lovely place all colourful houses and cobbled streets. Our hostel is amazing - Los Amigos - 45 quetzales a night equivalent of about 5 gbp. there are at least 5 dogs, an alsation, two cute small ones, a proper paris hilton type dog and a sausage dog. And a big ass rabbit. Now we feel like we are proper travellers, sharing a dorm with six others, there are no walls - the 'walls' are basically straw beach mats hung up and there is a huge dream catcher in the centre of the room. it is busy - there are several other dorms and private rooms in the tree house and they are pumping bob marley out from the bar. the food was yummy, i had a chicken curry that was a lot spicier than expected, not good with this heat and man is it hot! We met becky and aaron in the hostel a canadian girl and irish guy who we met in playa del carmen and are on their taiks throughout our trip - they leave for lanquin tomorrow and we leave for lanquin day after tomorrow.
Tomorrow at 4:30am we leave for Tikal - i cant wait to see the ruins in the jungle.
Shall update when i can, hoping i dont get eaten alive by the mosquitos tonight!
Peace x
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