http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/djlolo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from djlolo en-us Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:06:26 BST Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:06:26 BST we are now back in san josethe rest of our time was pretty uneventful in panama. we hung out with sophie some more after she got back from san blas. we went to a bar called unplugged with p and jessica. the music there was really friggin loud. so we left went to a salsa bar where jessica a half phillipino proceeded to teach me how to dance salsa. how pathetic is that. mike couldnt take any more sa http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/San-Jose/San-Jose/blog-238193.html well we finally escaped the grasp of bocas del toro...wafter everyone we hung out with for new years left we met up with rona and proeded to pretty much hang out with her for the rest of the time in bocas. she made dinner most nights and we would go out drinking afterwards. we went to red frog beach wizard beach caranero beach twice and the aqua lounge alot. me and mike had plans to fly out of b http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Panama-City/blog-236598.html shit i let so much time pass.well lets start from san jose and chrismas. we had a good enough xmas night the day was rather boring a dreary outside but we a girl from switzerland that had a whole bottle of absolute vodka so we had a good time and met some argentinian fellows and all got pretty drunk. unfortunantly we had to get up early the next day to get a bus to puerto viejo on the carribean s http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/Isla-Colon/blog-232885.html well ive been in costa rica for a bit now and about all i can say about it is there are alot of hookers and cocain.anyway...the rest of our time in tamarindo was pretty crazy i went out four nights in a row and wore myself ragged. but it was fun. i even got to play a digerdoo thanx mike u chippy bastard. we finally left tamarindo and took a shuttle to santa theresa which was nice we saw allen th http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/San-Jose/San-Jose/blog-230100.html we left granada on a chicken bus headed to rivas where we shared a cab with a couple of american guys. we all loaded up in a small toyota and were on our way to san juan del sur. we drove on the worst road ive ever seen. 4 guys in a tiny car on a road with huge pot holes doesnt mix. the car actually made it in one piece. we got out went to casa oro for a room but they were booked. so we went down http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-227371.html well we left the bearded monkey yesterday to go to the monkey hut in lago de apoyo. it a crater lake on a volcano. the place is gorgeous. right on the lake u can graba kayak or an inner tube or jump off the dock and swim to a floating dock and lay out in the sun. it was very relaxing there but there was hardly anyone there so after we swam we just kinda sat around and read and played a couple of g http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Bearded-Monkey/blog-226150.html after spending a day in san salvador i was more than ready to leave. we stayed at the tica bus hotel cause it was the most convinient place cause we had to take a bus at 5am. we walked around and the smog in the center city is brutal. we walked around the the market and i was getting queezy by all the exhaust fumes everywhere. we went back to the hotel and decided to venture out for dinner. we fou http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Granada/Bearded-Monkey/blog-225906.html well i finally got out of el tunco. that place was amazing it was hard to leave. we stayed 2 extra days but probably coulda stayed an extra month. we have about a hundred pics of sunsets though lol. on sat there was a reggae band playin at a campground so we decided to head on over and check it out. it was pretty cool there was a dj there as well and guys doing crazy ass fire tricks. the dj played http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/El-Salvador/San-Salvador/blog-225175.html okay let me try this again... well we left san pedro and took the boat to santiago great boat ride thru the lake but santiago was nothing special a great markey but since i cant buy shit there was nothing really to do so we got a hotel room and went walking around to learn about where we have to get the bus the next morning we found the place i asked around and it turns out there are busses leave http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/El-Salvador/El-Zonte/blog-224264.html i am soooo pissed right now. i just fineshed writing the longest blog yet and right when i was about to save it some ass clown droped something and fucked everything up and i lost it all. fuck fuck fuck fuCKoh well here qwe go again.we left san pedro took a boat to santiago styed the night there ate tacos watched tnt believe it or not. got up early took 2 hicken busses to the border walked it acr http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/El-Salvador/El-Zonte/blog-223502.html we left antigua around a quarter to one and made our way towards lake atitlan. luckily there was only three people on the bus so we could spread out and relax. every bus ride i take thru guatemala i amazed at the beauty of this country it almost doesnt seem real. me and mike were chatting away till in front of the bus was a pick up with the worst exhaust ever so when u are going up and down and ar http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Lago-de-Atitlan/San-Pedro-La-Laguna/blog-222863.html last day in antigua we go to lake atitlan next. we will be taking a 1230 bus and should be at panajachel around 3pm then a boat to san pedro. went out for my bday on friday and had a pretty crazy time at a bar called the monoloco where pretty much everyone from the hostel was at. i fell asleep around 330 am in all my clothes and woke up amazingly without a hangover. went for the free breakfast whi http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Antigua/Antigua/blog-222598.html where do i begin...well the after i last posted in flores i got off the computer turned around and askd the lady at the reception desk if there was a bus that went to semuc champey where i heard there was the clearest waters to swim in. she said yes it was coming to the hotel in an hour for 150 quetzalez so i ran up woke mike up and told him so we packed in a rush went to look for a bite to eat f http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Antigua/Antigua/blog-222115.html still in flores decided to stay an extra night but unfortunantly all the beds were booked up so we had to find a hotel. we checked into mirador del lago a deceent hotel but at least it has hot water yyyaaaaaay. we were wxhausted from running around tikal with andrea and sofia for germany. we went to the hosetl restaurant for some food and beer me an english girl called sebina. and she told us http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Flores-Tikal/blog-221508.html well we only spent a day in chetumal decided to get the fuck outta there case there was absolutly nothing to do. we met an english couple that was heading to belize so we shared a cab with them to the border. crossed the border and got on a mini bus to corozal we were going to make the 3pm ferry to caye caulker but after waiting around for about 30 mins this guy came and told us that there was no http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Flores-Tikal/blog-221102.html well we flew into cancun around 130pm got assaulted by different shuttle companies offering to give us a ride. finaly after having a smoke we got on the shuttletaxi with 2 other guys and it droped us off at our hostel. droped off our bags and went out to find a place for a bite to eat. ended up in a sports bar or how they call it sport bar that were offering 3 beers for 4 dollars which sounded http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Yucat%E1n/blog-219804.html