well, it´s different from other places i´ve been to before! it´s been 3 years since i did any backpacking, i found i do things a little differently now, seeing how this is only a 10 day trip and i´m a little more well off than i was before. i´m staying at nicer places and dont mind paying a bit extra for convenience (like a private room instead of a dorm bed).
craziest story so far, we were on pacaya volcano when lava started overflowing the volcano cone. and it was coming right at us! we pretty much had to scramble to get out of the way. i´ve got a video where you can hear a girl that was with our group say something to the effect of "it´s coming right at us, i think we should move..."
anyways, i got a couple days left, headed up to tikal before i fly back home. hope the weather holds up...