"One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Poptun

Scenery on the way to Poptun, strange pyramid like hills

Craig found plantains on the side of the raod!!!

Treehouse

Not actually in a tree
Today was by far the hardest yet, steady hills just about the whole way. Not big hills but lots of them. We left El Remate at 6 am and didn't arrive to Finca Ixobel (pronounced ee-show-bell) until almost 5. I'm sore all over and sunburned. Had an awesome shower, all the debris from the road likes to stick to me. I arrived with black legs! I'm now waiting one hour til the all you can eat dinner buffet that starts. Didn't get to eat much today cause nothing was open when we left. Had a nasty bubblegum soda towards the end cause I needed fuel. I was was lead to believe it was strawberry flavor, but definitely not. We got a tree house room here that I am very excited about! I will likely spend the day resting tomorrow, cause I'm sure I'll feel even more disabled tomorrow. Since we are staying two nights, I get to sleep in!
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  1. Jerry GarrettJanuary 25, 2012 at 6:17 PM

    Glad to hear of your progress. Buy some shampoo, for God's sake! Where do you go from here?

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  2. Jerry GarrettJanuary 25, 2012 at 7:28 PM

    Mammoth just got four feet of snow..,

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  3. PeachyJanuary 26, 2012 at 9:17 AM

    I intend to ride the 5 km into Poptun and buy the luxury item of shampoo! I was waiting for a big town in Guatemala to purchase it cause it'll be way cheaper than Belize.

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  4. Jerry GarrettJanuary 27, 2012 at 4:20 PM

    How did you happen to discover the Finca Ixobel? I didn't know you had been that way before. On your San Pedro Sula adventure a couple of years back? Will you also be stopping by the restaurant your bus smashed through, on this trip?

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    1. PeachyJanuary 28, 2012 at 5:17 PM

      Yep found finca ixobel when I was here in 08 and have been wanting to go back ever since. Thought about volunteering there on my last year of school when I needed an internship.

      As for the restaurant in Honduras, I'm not even quite sure where it was, I think along the bus route from San Pedro Sula to La Ceiba but not sure. We shall see when we get there. Gonna spend another week or so in Guatemala, then it's on to El Salvador.

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