travel blog - a few addendum thingys

currently in panajachel
with very limited time to blog this
so this blog will be dedicated to a few lil details
that i missed in my previous blogs

finca -ixobel
a new canadian past time was discovered there...
due to the difficulty to generate electricity way out there
and the lack of light in the evening
supper was always accompanied by
numerous long white candles in neat clay candle holders
as the group of us came together for supper at 7pm every night
(the only time and place to get food around there! hehehe)
right when it was served
in order to be first in line
and to hear one of the staff introduce supper
as supper wound down
the inevitably bored and distracted diners
discovered that one amongst them
had some psuedo-masochistic tendencies...
either that or a serious case of wax-pyromania
(that´s the need to find all pieces of wax in the immediate vicinity
no matter how small or sticky or thin a piece
and try to set it on fire)
(this person was mikayla, by the way, NOT me!)
somewhere along the way
someone tried to blow out one of the candles from a distance
this promptly turned into
one long night of candle-blowing
from different angles
with interference from other people trying to counter-blow your breath
and all sorts of fun
that made the working staff exit the room very quickly
this lasted until the candles went out
because there was no wax left
yeah, serious, eh
but that´s not the cool new past time we invented
you see,
the second night,
we were bored again
and decided to try something even more interesting
i can´t remember whose idea it was
(prolly mine)
but it ended up with me being the first to try to
SUCK a candle out
yeah, cool eh?
not the word that comes to mind immediately for you?
well it was a hit at our table
because after my first attempt
everyone was laughing so hard
they looked like they were in pain
sad to say,
i am a novice
and the candle flame didn´t even budge
finally i convinced some of the others to try to do it
and i had a first hand idea
of how funny it looked
we even enticed a dutch traveller
(name of martin who flew his motorcycle over here
so he could travel around for a few months)
to join us in our new canadian past time
he actually managed to burn his lips...
that really says something about the dutch eh?
*wink*
so anyways,
the next time you´re sitting around a candlelit dinner
and find yourself just a tad bored
give it a try
candle sucking
just remember
you heard it here first!
hehehe

how to meet people in tikal
at the top of the uber-dangerous-death-defying temple perdido mundo
i met our two lil sisters, erin and mikayla
who´d picked up a couple of friends
danial from switzerland
and allard from holland
tho at that time
all i managed to find out was
one was a dutch guy and one was swiss like the cheese
the rest of the time i was plastered to the top of the pyramid temple
trying not to fall off
so,
how did our two young amigas meet these nice boys
well,
apparently the trick is peanut butter
it´s so simple
merely climb one of the death defying pyramids
sit at the top
open a jar of peanut butter
and start eating it with your fingers
when you see someone you want to meet walk by
(tho how people walk on top of pyramids is still a mystery to me)
offer them a dab
it works
trust me
i saw the results
maybe it has something to do with the sticky bonding nature of peanut butter
whatever the scientific reasons may be
we met up with these guys again coincidently
upon our return to flores
(ok, one of them came back with us
but the other one was pure coincidence
or rather
due to the karma of the butter of the nut of the pea)
so it was proved empirically twice over right there

okee-dokee
that´s all i have time for right now
the internet cafe i´m at is about to close
and tho it´s early here
i will say this
it´s the cheapest one we´ve found so far
at 5Q an hour
and a very solid connection
kudos to sarah, our intrepid wanderer
hasta luego mes amigos!