Upda... bwa??

Taken a couple of days ago.

Taken of a spot where I slept after I entered Nicaragua.. its a fighting-pit for roosters.. it smelled.. odd. Kind of like old blood and dead chicken.

Update time again, althought not complete, because the internet is crazy dodgey.
Im in that same Elementary School, as before. Why? Because, that nice family that I thought was maybe going to offer me dinner offered me a ROOM WITH A BED, food, and a beautiful place to stay in since last friday (I think it was friday.) Yet another place I have to visit on my way back up north.

My brother and sister and a friend named Rob are due to drop in to Costa Rica in 7 weeks. Im very, very exctited. Seven weeks is still a long time.. since Ive only been riding for about 2 1/2. Ive started thinking seriously about my trip continuing north to Canada aswell.. and Ive realized that if I do it, I dont want to do it alone (being solo has its thrills, but I think the 4 months Id need to ride from Guatemala to Vancouver Island would be a lot funner with a friend). Ive started dropping polite hints to my friends, but then again... Im only 2 1/2 weeks into it. True, Im liking it more and more, the longer I do it, but who knows, I have a long time to go.

Yesterday, the family that Im living with took me for a walk.. well, no. A hike. Our destination was a waterfall, way up in the mountains, took us 5 hours to get there, another bunch to get back. On our way up, we stopped and talked with and ate snakc with a bunch of their friends, living in homes only acessible on foot and by horse (and over-powered dirtbike with large knobbed tires and river jumping capabilities, if you had the money). It was really.. moving to meet all thes people, who had so little. There homes were beautiful, and very simple. I was told that money really didnt exsist in that area, people traded with food and other things. I felt myself kind of form this mental shell around myself, as if what I was seeing was just a movie or something. But I forced myself to actually let myself believe what I was seeing.. even the machette, that I bought for CDN$4 in Guatemala, would have been greatfully recieved by some of these families. These families were all so happy, aswell. They recieved us with big smiles and cups of juice and fresh-cows milk and other such things. The people that I was with knew everybody, and explained that when Nicaragua was at war (with its self) they fought side by side with these people in the very hills that they live in now. They showed me how they patrolled the steep mountain roads, talked about events that happened in the area, and showed scars they obtained from different events. They showed me the house where Sadinistas operated out of in San Rafael del Norte (where I am now), and I saw the graffiti that was left over from the war years.

All in all, Im happy its safe here now..

I saw a Tucan yesterday too. Score one more for the Tylerseescoolshit box of tastey treats.

Anyways, Ill get more pictures up here later. Tomorrow, Im heading out of the mountains.. my next plan is to take a 13 hour boat ride across a lake WITH FRESH WATER SHARKS from Granada to San Carlos, and the Costa Rican border.. I figure Ive earned it. That being said, its going to take twice as long as it would on bike, and probably be more taxing, as its likely to be a very basic-needs kind of craft.. go team go :D

Tyler