July 22nd - 2010

I awake in the early morning - outside the landscape has transformed into a lush scenery of tropical plants, trees and green volcanoes against a patchy horizon. The bus pulls into the Mexican border town of Tapachula around noon. My connection to Guatemala doesn't leave till tomorrow morning so I check into a hotel across from the bus station. Legs are tired from all the sitting - I go for a walk around the block. Clearly the only gringo in sight. Tropical rain begins to fall in the late afternoon, flooding the side streets and blowing sewer covers. Most of the day in spent at a local internet cafe, planing the coming weeks. Have dinner at a local restaurant showing cartoons in Spanish. No one is paying any attention.