After the hot springs, reality comes back and hits us as he needs to plan his flight back. He’d been researching prices for flights home for a while and waited til last minute to book. A few days earlier he booked a flight but it was removed because he couldn’t verify his purchase as he didn’t have his phone on him to receive a call from his bank.

In the end, I used my debit card to buy his ticket as I told my bank I was using my card overseas. This took a while to do aond it wasn’t til the late afternoon where we left the hostel for some food. We found a cheap as chips burger place. There were some locals in there already so it couldn’t be bad. 2 burgers for only Q20! Thats £2 for 2 double burgers! I saw another deal for 3 chorizo burgers for Q20! We got them and chips and we were stuffed. So much so I coulsdnt finish my 3rd burger. There was one thing about the burgers, they didn’t seem to have been cooked properly. Like the meat was a little pink inside. The patty was thin but it seemed, ‘normal’. We left the burger place and went to purchase Naz’ shuttle bus to Mexico. A homeless guy was outside so I have him my burger. After Naz’ bought the ticket we went outside and the home guy was still there. He didn’t finish the burger! A mouthful was left! Maybe even he knew it was a bad burger!

Naz leaving hit me quite hard. Partner in crime, best bud leaving me to venture central america on my own. I know this trip was supposed to be mine, but it was more enjoyable with him along. We’ve done south east Asia together and 4 weeks of Mexico and Guatemala. I didn’t really want him to go, but ‘you gotta do what you gotta do’. We all have our own agendas and it is a pity he had ton leave early.

It is very true that I will meet other travellers, but having someone you know so well travel with you and share experiences is awesome. Its like when you’re back home and you go out for drinks. You wanna share the experience with your friends. Likewise I wanted to share the future experiences with him too. The reason why you share your photos is to show people who couldn’t be there what you were doing. ‘Wish you were here’ means you want that person there with you, sharing the moment.

Still, now I’m back to what I originally planned on doing: travelling round central america on my own, being uncomfortable, learning from my mistakes and showing the world that travelling makes you a good human being. That’s the most important aspect of this trip. Proving that by going to foreign lands you find patience, humility and respect to others, that make you a better human being than if you stayed at home. Someone I know has travelled the world, yet is the total opposite of what I thought they would have become. I’m here to prove that travelling makes you a better person. To prove her wrong.