We made it to Todos Santos from Nebaj a little sooner than we had wanted... half of us got some kind of a stomach bug the end of the third day. Don`t ever attempt to hike with a big backpack on your back when you feel nauseous and weak. Let me tell you, it`s not worth it - and I wasn`t even the sickest person in the group. Luckily we were actually by a road and thanks to the wonderful uetzaltrekkers guides, we got a guy to take us down the mountain to Todos Santos. It was one of the coziest rides I have had on the back of a pick-up. I considered hiking on after vomiting up my breakfast and lunch but we made the right choice by coming down the mountain because Charlie and a couple others felt sick the next day. We were all feeling like a million bucks by the second day though. We couldn`t really figure out what it was that made us ill but probably some street food we had before you headed out on the hike the first afternoon.

It`s a pity we didn`t get to finish the hike. Only 4 out of 10 of us did. It was an amazing 3 days though. It was a bit of up and down the mountains, through valleys with with the tiniest pueblos where most have hardly seen a gringo. Most of the time we felt like we were the circus passing through or something. We had a few Austrians, 2 Canadians, 2 Bristish blokes and an Aussie with long dreadlocks (he is quite a hit with the kids), and then the two of us. Charlie thinks that I get stares because I look kind of `funky`. I look something in between a Gringo and a local, with freckles...

We ended in a beautiful mountain town of Todos Santos where almost everyone sport their traditional garb of red and white striped pants, big collar shirts and straw hats decorated with a piece of woven band around it.

After 12 hours on the bus yesterday, we arrived in Cobàn in Central Guatemala.