Hi Everybody

Hey everyone!

I am now in Esquipulas, Guatemala, just inside the border. I got here today after an arduous bus trip that started at 6:30 this morning in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Try pronouncing that one!

Anyway, the past few days, nothing has really happened that´s much to speak of. for one, I left Nicaragua Monday morning after a barbecue with Kevin and Marita, my Austrian friends in Leon. I decided not to go to Estelí, because, despite the fact that it sounds somewhat cool to visit, it´s 4 hours on apparently the worst road of your life, and I already lost two days in rainy San Juan Del Sur.

The traveling has been fun, I finally made it to the FSLN (Sandinista!) museum in Leon, took in a view of the whole city from the roof, have been practicing Spanish, helped Kevin and Marita and their friends make a SHIT TON of gnocchi, made the best grilled veggies ever, spent 2 whole days busing, made a travel buddy in Honduras yesterday, checked in with Kittie Fatass in Granada, and...that´s about it. I should be arriving in Xela tomorrow at around dinner time, hopefully all will go well on the way there.

The past two bus rides have been absolutely hilarious. I haven´t even been on Chicken Buses, and they have been cramming people in as if it were one. Last night I had the misfortune of being on the last bus of the day to Tegucigalpa, and they were actually cramming people underneath in the luggage hold!! I´d never seen anything like it. Today I spent the San Pedro-Santa Rosa leg of the trip standing up. No big deal though, Ryan (travel buddy from Lake Tahoe, CA) is a cool guy and has a lot to talk about a lot of things. He got off at Santa Rosa de Copan, and maybe will show up in Xela before he heads home.

Anyway, I think that´s all there is right now. I´m looking forward to Xela, and looking forward to any work that I´ll be doing there...stay tuned!