La gran aventura de Vonnick y Stine-Mari...Starts in El Salvador :)

1.: Hostel in San Salvador, own by Lena from Norway :)
2.: Church in Centro Historico
3.:Plaza in the cento, never seen as many guns and guards before..
4.: Vonnick and I at the palace
5.: Pupuseria, pupusas are a bit like tortilla, made of corn or rice flour, filled with beans and/or cheese..mmmmmmmmmmmmh!

1.: Beach in El Salvador, hostel Capricho..also own by Lena

2 & 3.: Preparing fresh tuna..delicious!

4.: Vonnick, I and our new friends.. :)

5.: Boarder El Salvador/Guatemala

Antigua, Guatemala

1.: Antigua
2.: My Latin Lover..
3.: Cheapest place in Antigua for souvenir shopping :)

1 & 2.: Vonnick and I hanging out with locals..

3 & 4.: Souvenirs

4.: The hostel parrot

1.: The hostel virgin made sure we slept good

2 & 3.: Various buldings in Antigua

4.: Tourists

Semuc Champey, Guatemala

1.: Other tourist and I ready for hiking

2.: Flower

3.: Vonnick and I enjoying the view from El Mirador

1.: Semuc Champey

2.: Heh...

3.: Waterfall

4.: Hostel, El Portal..best deal in Semuc Champey, right in front of the entrance :)

5.: Coolest Taxi ever

Tikal, Guatemala

1.: Tikal map

2.: Pyramid

3.: Tarantula

4.: Peanutbug..it's head is shaped like a peanut :)

1.: Snake

2.: Me on top of a pyramid

3 & 4.: Pyramid

5.: Hostel Los Amigos, best hostel in Flores, good food and low prices

El Mirador, Peten Jungle, Guatemala

1.: Independence Day in Carmelita

2.: Mental preparation before starting, being motivated and positive is very important

3.: Geovanny and the mules

1.: First pyramid, Tintal

2.: Relaxing after a long day

3.: One of the few bridges we had

4.: La Muerta, small pyramid before El Mirador

5.: Entrance to a La Muerta pyramid

1.: Jungle dinner at El Mirador Camp

2.: Stone carvings

3.: Friendly guide who let us in to a pyramid..he,he.. :)

4.: Angel, our very friendly and helpful guide

5.: Vonnick and I on a pyramid in El Mirador

1.: Learning more about the mayas and their culture

2.: The symbol of El Mirador

3.: Tarantula

4.: Sunset

5.: Sunrise

1.: Pavel learning to climb trees in a new way

2.: Big Tree, the national tree of Guatemala

3.: Florida ruin..no entrance, of course nobody cares about that..

4.: Angel, Mula and a very wet Vonnick after falling off the mule

1. Total Distance walked (measured actual distance from camp to camp) – 99km ! I'm pretty sure Dan walked over 100km ;) That 99km does not include on-site walking and hikes to ruins.

2. Daily distances walked:
- Carmelita to El Tintal – 17.5km
- El Tintal to El Mirador – 25km
- El Mirador to Nak Be – 14.5km
- Nak Be to La Florida – 32km
- La Florida to Carmelita – 10km

3. Total walking time – 33 hrs. That includes breaks and is an average for out team (for example, my time is shorter, Dan's is longer). Daily walking time is approximately as follows:

- Carmelita to El Tintal – 7 hrs
- El Tintal to El Mirador – 9 hrs
- El Mirador to Nak Be – 4.3hrs
- Nak Be to La Florida – 9.3hrs
- La Florida to Carmelita – 3.5hrs

4. Average speed for most of us – 3 km/h. Daily speed was as follows:
- Carmelita to El Tintal – 2.5 kmh
- El Tintal to El Mirador – 2.8 kmh
- El Mirador to Nak Be – 3.4 kmh
- Nak Be to La Florida – 3.4 kmh
- La Florida to Carmelita – 2.8 kmh

For more and better pictures, see this link: http://www.dorosevich.com/PhotoAlbum/Guatemala%20Expedition/

Palenque, Mexico

1.: Me at the palace of Palenque

2.: Me resting on a Mayan bed in the palace

3.: Stone carvings at the palace

4.: Palenque

5.: View from a pyramid window

Caye Caulker, Belize

One day Vonnick and I decided to take the canoe and explore the island.We decided to paddle around the northern part of the island, it took about 4 hrs a,d it was beautiful! We saw many different birds,fish and starfish..the highlight was the spotted eagle rays, amazing!

1 and 2.: Mangroves

3.: Starfish

4.: Vonnick and me in the canoe

5.: Vonnick and me at the beach

1.: We discovered this beach when we went around the northern part of the island with canoe

2.: The best boat on Caye Caulker, The Split in the background

3.: Overload..?

4.: Guide feeding pelican

5.: Guide feeding stingrays

1.: Swimming with stingrays :)

2.: Iguana

3.: Pelican

4.: Hopkins

5.: Vonnick waiting for the bus to Punta Gorda

Punta Gorda, Belize to Livingston,Guatemala

Livingston and Rio Dulce was not really worth the time and money..but many other travelers find it beautiful and very interesting...

Las Sepulturas, Copan, Honduras

Paradise, Honduras

Hot springs, Aguas Calientes/Copan, Honduras..We were the only visitors, and got free massage..fantastic! :)

Tela, Honduras

1.: Vonnick

2.: Me

3.: Sunset in Tela

4.: Mano

El Regreso....

In San Pedro, Honduras my Visa card stopped working..not enough money..heh..but we made it to the Nicaraguan border. There we got a ride to the next city, where I managed to get 200 Cordobas from the bank..and got on the express to Managua.On the way the driver told us that we´ll be to too late for the last bus to Rivas from Managua., but we could get off in Tipitapa, and catch the same bus from there..so we did..but there are no bus leaving from Tipitapa to Rivas...so we went to Masaya.....but we were too late for the last bus to Rivas...ups! :) After waiting for a while we finally got a ride to Rivas..only, the guys had a party to go to first at Chepe Chu..a truck stop..so we joined them.They told us they had arranged to meet their brothers and cousins there, to celebrate Nicaraguan poetry and revolution...you can only imagine how it was..it was suuuupeeeer!!!! We sat there singing revolutionary songs for hours, hand had some pretty lively discussions, great! At 1 am we finally arrived at the NPH office in San Jorge..it was so late that we were too embarrassed to wake up anyone for a room..so the guard opened the mini bus and we slept there for the night.Went back to the island with the first ferry next morning.The kids were so happy to see us, they came running towards us and we got hug attacked , they had even made us a welcome home poster, very nice! :)