http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Chiquimula/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Guatemala , Chiquimula en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:57:07 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:57:07 UTC Even though it's not long since I last scribbled here I'm at a bit of a loose end this evening so figured I'd bring you up to date with my goings on. It could be worse I could be getting bored and breaking the Corby trouser press in the hotel room one for the Alan Partridge fans amongst you there. After the photo disaster of my last entry I won't be trying that again my photos are on Face http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Chiquimula/blog-331700.html Chiquimula 27 marzo 1990.Reentering Guatamala was pas de problem. I didn't even have to pay the entry fee did have to pay 8 Lempira exit tax in order to leave Honduras though.I'm entering the Guatamala highlands again full with small pictoresque indio villages. I still have nearly two weeks before meeting up with my travel partner James in Panajachel and plan to spent these weeks doing a lot of http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Chiquimula/blog-314689.html Our trip began flawlessly no wait at the airport free wine from a wine rep at the bar we stopped in to kill time good natured guy named Larry who determined that I should be Curly since we also had a Mo and then proceeded to do a 3 stooges stunt accidentally landing me with a sound smack in th nose in the process. and great seats on the flight. After a smooth if relatively sleepless 4 hou http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Chiquimula/blog-173525.html So once we left Livingston that goofy garfuna town we took a boat to Puerto Barrios. From Puerto Barrios we took a loooong bus ride made longer by a blown tire and a gagillion stops to Chiquimula. In Chiquimula where there is no indigenous culture we have found the most aggresively nice people in all of guatemala. People have budded in to our converstaions just to tell us where we were and whe http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Chiquimula/blog-161515.html Dear Friends First off the apostrophe on these spanish keyboards is replaced by this symbol . So I know my words will look a little funny but Im far too lazy to correct the way my fingers work. Anyway We returned from Honduras today. There are some ruins there that display some of the best carvings in the Mayan worlds. Everybody at the border crossing knows that people leave Guatemala f http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Chiquimula/blog-155566.html