somewhere in the jungle

Hi guys

well i am somewhere in the jungle in central america.
i arrived in guatemala about a week ago and came here because i like guaccomole....the name sounds similar.

I have ditched my trolly bag and high heels for thongs and a back pack.... yes i no longer look like a flash packer... i now look like a backpacker in mid life crissis.

Its all happening here... i have bee travelling with 3 guys who just want to drink beer, party ad get laid.... yes 2 aussies and 1 nz.....

My sidetrack has let me to an adventure.... so far i met some students from Canada who have been shot at..... then when we all went caving ... the NZ guy cut open his foot which is always interesting getting 6 stitches in a third world country.
And on the way hitching to the doctors he was in the back of a truck which rolled off the road.

Not to mentioned the earth quake that we had ... but it was only minor... not as bad as chile.

We visited an amazing Maya ruin site which was a whole city which was called Tikal.
It was where Mel Gibson based his movie called Apocolypso which looked at the human sarifices. The Maya settled here around 700 BC with a population of 100,000 people.
The place was amazing with the wildlife here cosistig of the howler monkey... which i have attached.... it is the loudest animal in the animal kingdom and lets off a sound to a jaguar.... other animals included spider monkeys, crocs, tucans, many birds and jaguars at nite.

Next we went on a 10 hours bus ride... in 35 degrees... with no airconditioning.
when we arrived at the camp ... they had run out of water.... oh i love this back packing....
The next day we went caving.. which is a bit like Jeonlan Caves filled with water.
We waded through with candles in our mouths...it was incredible.
Next tubing.. which is going down rapids on a inner car tube.
Then we went swimming in the limestone pools called Semu Champey.

That now leaves me on a boat today to stay at a retreat to do yoga, meditation and relaxation for the next month... after that i am doing homestay and an intesive spanish speaking course...

until next time

kat