TORONTONIAN (24) MAULED BY 3 SPANISH STREET DOGS

Guatamala - sustaining lethal lascerations to the neck, pelvis and 3rd lumbar, Jon Lee, was carried by coconut throne to the nearest hospital.

"I begged for mercy but they were unrelenting.. so blood thirsty. or perhaps they couldn t understand english."








back to reality, yesturday we peeped a natural reserve just outside of town. for about $6 USD we got to check some butterflies, waterfalls and spidermonkeys. truthfully, i was more focused on the 3 tacos for $1.25 waiting for me back in town. later that evening i ate an argentinian empenada and a whole coconut for about $2. i lost $6 on peso exchange and ripped off for $2 more at the hotel. that s a fine day.

































behind the buildings is a volcanoe..

guat-E

misprint in last blog.. not 2000 ft. - 7800 ft.!
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it recently occured to me that oaxaca was our first trip inland since jasper, ab. that was almost a month and a half ago - wow!

further,
goodbyes to mexico. hasta lluego. you have allowed me to see large quantities of hair jel, and in recent days, children{s boxing matches (unethical, yes. but they were too young and weak to actually hurt each other).
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guatamala is lush and tropical. there are plenty of children intentionally flying kites next to powerlines. the woman are swinging the hoe in the fields (with two babies on their back), and the men are tearing up city streets with a chizle and hammer.
also,
similarly to the girls in south east asia, the water quality here is the pits. so we are watching our anus s very closely now.

that little lake on the bottem left corner of the map is where we{re at - lake atitlan.

Guatemala...wow

we spent one night in san cristobal de las casas...it was really nice..but we just didnt know what to do (i did mange to get a falafel though)
so we hopped in a van for guatemala.
i kinda fell asleep for the exit of mexico..so i cant say much about that
but guatemala is crazy..its weird the sensation you get crossing a border..i mean its not real at all....just some bloody lines...and yet you get this excitement because youre entering into "new place".
first imprerssion of guatemala is that is incredibly beautiful...we came in through the highlands so everywhere you look a large hills/mountains with a powdery covering of green foliage...everything is incredibly lush and fecund.
so far ive noticed a lot of speedbumps, indigenous people, cool ass stray dogs, and handicrafts

we{re currently at panajchel....which is a 300m deep lake (actually a volcanic crater) surrounded by hills and volcanoes.....its a pretty breathtaking spot..

jon. post some pics yo!

colder still...

oaxaca to san cristolbal, 2000 ft. in the sky. got into a car (or bus) accident last night on a curvy mountainous road. rear-ended by an 18 wheeler. all is well, though. only minor damages.

there´s a lot of hippies and reggae here. can´t say how i feel about that... tomorrow or the next day we´re over to guatamala.

monte alban ruins

saw some ruins, napped on the grass.
its cold in the morning. first time i{v been cold/worn socks in a month.
colin... write something.

have you any children?

a little more PE..
it has been our longest stay of about 5 or 6 nights. and, beyond the hostel and people that made the stay what it was, i met a cool street dog named stealy-dan. he liked stealing people´s towels and blankets right from underneath them, and i liked that.

other highlights include:

-hitching a ride on the back of a bumper from a distant surf spot. we needed a ride, and he needed directions.

-most of time, poop-tickets go in the waste basket.
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this morning we arrived in oaxaca, capital of oaxaca state. in the underworld, oaxaca is acclaimed for its one-of-a-kind hot chocolate. this is the first thing we bought upon arrival. mmmm. switzerland´s got nothing!&%·
























stealy dan and I

puerto escondido

we just spent a week in puerto escondido...didnt do much blogging cause we were busy doing nothing...
vans surf contest....our freind from the hostel won the bikini contest (props nicole!)
we made friends with lots of stray dogs on the beach,,,surfed a bit...you tube parties...lots of nights on the beach.....sunburns
i dont really know how the rest of the days past....7 dollars for a litre of gin maybe?..
i also learned that i hate sandals.

one good thing about acapulco

so yeah..this place was shit.
but one good thing is the buses..
theyve been privatized which i usually dont like...but it has had some cool effects in acappulco.
so every bus you see has been uniquely decorated by the operator.
some examples would be stuart little., apocalypto, little boss
all of which have coresponding designs...usually spray painted on the inside and the outside.
they also play really loud music sometimes..
one was blasting reggaeton and soulja boy through a bassy beefed up systems...all the while random business people and families are riding beside you.
the other one played pretty much all disco..which was fun.
the highlight being a sweet remix

girls just wanna have fun....but boys just wanna have sex.

puerto escondido

one night in acapulco and we took off for a little surfer spot called puerto escondido. there{s a vans international surf competition going down, amongst other things: motocross, skate and cockfight competitions. we began spanish and surf lessons today, both of which were a success. i like this spot, it looks like we will hang out for some time.

jl

passing time till 11

acapulco?

took a 22 hour bus ride from PV to acapulco. we watched a nickalodeon style teen movie, a romance about cancer patients and i am legend (all in espanol of course). actually, while waiting in pv for our bus we went and saw max payne with marc walburg. its a good laugh.

so far, acapulco sucks wieners. its too conjested and i cant make it 3 feet without being hassled. no i dont want your hotels, drugs or bars. no no no. F-off porfavor. cant see us staying here for too long.

jl

forgotten tales of mazatlan

had to litteraly run away from the dengue (a truck spraying for dengue fever). eerie..

and,
climbed a big lighthouse. actually, it wasnt a big lighthouse. it was a small lighthouse on top of a big hill. liars!










and,
FORGOT MY 1995 ITALY WORLD CUP CHAMPION SHORTS IN MAZATLAN!!!"·$"·%
i have nothing to live for anymore.

hit up sayulita today and went surfing. good call by the russian princess.

jl

a friend of nick rivera`s?

we stayed at hotel mexico in mazatlan. nice place..very open..lots of concrete...less cockroaches and a toilet seat.
it was all seeming so good.
so we were drinking some big beers on rocking chairs outside our room.
and then we meet the guy across the hall. says hes from Canada as well...cant remember his name.
anyways...we start talking..well..he does most of the talking..and really fast.
quickly brings up that if we wanted...he could get us some coke.
but says he doesnt want to force it on us...it just that lots of dudes visiting mexico want it and he wants us to be safe while attaining it. (no doubt lots of being do coke down here...especially this guy who is constantly talking rapidly!)
we say no...then he offers us hookers...we say no.
wes an alright guy and all nut then yhe goes on about how he has some many connections down here...he knows everybody....he makes lots of money...blah blah blah.
and of course...the next morning he asks to borrow money.
despite all his connections he has to ask 2 backpacking canadians for the 10 dollars to pay his bill cause apparently he cant get money til 3 o clock.


we said no...dont trust coke heads.



the title of this story is due to the fact that Nick always ends up talking to these sorts of people on the bus ad on the street.

face hair: article one

colin takes the lead with distinctive handle bars, but lacks in the moustache zone.

puerto vallarta

second day in the toursit epicenter and we decided to splurge. we bought into an 8 hour boat cruise that included: a murky snorkling tour to the los arcos underwater caves, a 2km hike through mud and dokey shit to swimmable waterfalls, breakfast, lunch and an open bar. although i couldnt see anything snorkling, and although i ate a meal after watching a girl puke and having my face stuck in donkey ass, the arduous task of being around so many worthless toursits (i know..) did not come without reward. the experience was quite enjoyable. we hung out with an 18 and 19 year old newly wed couple from the central states, and together, listened to questionable new wave. it seems to me that this type of music is popular around here. maybe it,s for the tourists, or maybe mexico is lagging a few years behind in music and television - my opinion lies with the later. anyhow, upon our arrival back to the center, we returned a can of beans that cost us $5.50 CND. what the F?! we took this money and put it towards our second visit to maybe the world.s greatest veggetarian buffet.

jl