photos!

so - i have managed to put some photos on my blog, 3 here from yesterday when i went flying with robert in his ultralight. the last one is not of flying as i am on the ground, and yes i had seen the rainbow behind me, but was taking a picture of a nice tree the other way. if you zoom in you can see how frizzy my hair has gone. we flew up the river as you can see, it was really fun, very windy, but totally not scary like flying in an aeroplane is. they aren't meant to be flying at the moment as the runway needs to be certified by the aviation authorities so that bigger aeroplanes can land there to bring people to the resorts around the area. but we knew that the civil aviation authority man lives in the other direction to the river, so it should be ok to fly that way. if not, i'll be writing next blog from prison cell. robert was the first person to fly in an ultralight across the gulf of mexico a few months ago, and was the first person to hanglide off mount fuji a while ago.

if you also go to previous blogs called shoes on a wire, you can see the aforementioned shoes on a wire, and if you go to israeli sandals you can see some hula hoopers in flores on independence day. i will try to add more photos later to other blogs.

anyway since last writing, i have finished my spanish school in san jose, and left guatemala on a small minibus to the belize border, around 2 hours (i got to sit in the front, vaguely more comfy, plus it made me feel special), the last 40 minutes of which journey is totally unpaved road, lots of huge holes and bumps and mostly driving on the left to avoid these, towards oncoming minibuses and lorries. nearly hit a mad dog crossing the road, and obviously saw lots of machete wielding farmer types, and children. anyway crossed the border and got a taxi rest of the way as it's not far back to san ignacio from there. my friend robert came to get me and we went and spent all his money at the supermarket - baked beans! and a new toothbrush!! very exciting. and other things of course, be a bit worrying if that was all his money spent on just those 2 things. spent the weekend mainly reading and sleeping and eating and washing clothes, and having a bath and getting used to being back in a proper house etc. yesterday we borrowed mountain bikes, so for the first time since leaving london i have ridden a bike! this was very exciting, though we only cycled about 5k, but i plan on doing lots more this week. need to get practising for my mexico to patagonia extravaganza...

in other news:
mosquitos in belize are officially worse than ones in guatemala.
thanks for recession updates. has everyone started growing their own fruit and vegetables, or was mum over exaggerating the situation?
francis ford coppola is making a film of on the road by jack kerouac, should be good.
i watched juno the other day, it's totally brilliant, if you haven't watched it you should.