well i can now say completely truthfully that i have been stranded on a tropical island. we´d been trying to leave for the past two days, but the weather got a little weird and they shut down the ferries so everyone was stuck. so we had to go lie in the sun a few more hours and read some more and eat a little bit and have a bonfire. BUMMER! It wasn´t so bad really, but we were definitely ready to leave. kinda felt like cabin fever. and now it feels good to be speaking spanish again! and i didn´t think id say it but having a tipical breakfast after a week without was actually pretty alright. everyone on the island spoke english, but kinda in a rasta type of way that was hilarious to listen to and at times a bit hard to understand. the first local i really had a conversation with was this huge black guy who said he was called the prime minister or little brother. he made a mean barbeque. i dunno how clear i made this earlier, but i dont think it was very-two of the germans i was with split, so now its just been me and this guy alex, whos 21 and of course a very cool dude.
my birthday went over very well-thanks everyone for the good wishes! it started out with my first oatmeal breakfast this whole trip. we put pineapple in which was bomb. then i met an austrian and a south african, bringing my total count of countries ive met people from this trip up to a whopping 28. then i went diving! where we went there were tiny jellyfish everywhere, which aside from the stinging was awesome cuz theyre all so crazy looking. we also found some little shrimp that were purple and white (bulldogs!) and super cool. the second dive was to a big circle of sand surrounded by a ring of coral. before we started looking at stuff tho we had a sea-floor kung-fu-off! we all took turns doing backflips and headspins and floating around karate chopping like in croutching tiger hidden dragon. and then took off our flippers and had foot races. we also found a huge sea cucumber and some brittle stars. for the big birthday meal we went out with 3 other friends we made there to a mexican place and had cocktails and delicious food. i got a bloody mary, which they brought me with salt and pepper on the rim, which reminded me of when my grampa asked for one like that and proceeded to drink it all out of a straw. before going to bed we went out to the dock to lie in the hammocks for a bit. so all in all, not too shabby of a birthday id say!
the next stop is into la moskitia, which is the huge eastern part of honduras that has no roads and is reportedly like the amazon. there are 4 indigenous peoples with their own languages and you get around by boat or donkey. i now walk into the wild.
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