with force and vaseline...

It's 1 am and I'm still not tired. So I am gonna watch the final episode of Gossip girl. Juicy.

And after hours of struggle with my hair, and after having to cut some parts of, and after an olive oil bath and a half bottle of hairconditioner; my hair is normal again. Or we'll have to see in the morning. But I do need a haircut though...

Buenos noches to you anyway.

I start toay

Just like last year we gathered four generations of women at my great grandmothers place. Later this year she will become 100 years old. Pretty amazing when you think of it.

After cake and buns and a good time I decided to run home. Or I already thought of it before we went there, so I was prepared with clothes and shoes, but anyways. I ran home. I think it might be about three kilometers.

It felt great yet horrible. I can't really describe the feeling. It wasn't too hard, but it almost felt like I'd forgotten how to run. I was like a hipopopotamus, clumpsy and even though I wanted to run faster I couldn't.

But it was a step in the right direction. I mean, how much can one expect from someone that hasn't really worked out in almost five months. So kudos Emily, now get your ass to the gym tomorrow!

Mother

So I've been spending the morning up tilnow catching up om Gossip Girl and trying to sort out my dread locks. It's not easily done and it has taken me like two hours so far. I have two more to sort out but now it's time to go to my great grandmother's place to celebrate mothers day.

So happy mothers day to both of my mums!
I heart you.

jetlaged

So yeah, I am jetlaged. But what else could I be. Yesterday I watched Dear John and it was so beautiful. It was the first time in ages I could actually finish a movie while being in bed. So that's an acomplishment, right?

But I didn't fall asleep until around 5 am and of course my mum woke me up to ask about my computer. I guess that's good though. I had to start doing my laundry. I got three big piles of them on my floor.

I seriously have too much clothes. I want to do a garage sale. That would be fun!

My bed

It has really been a long day today. And now I'm sitting in my bed ready to fall asleep to a movie. My bed... you really do learn how to appreciate things in life while traveling. I have a small feeling that someone is gonna sleep like a princess tonight. Yep, that's me I'm talking about..

Good night!

First day

I would like to say my first day at home has been great. Better then expected actually, and also productive.

I went to cancel my membership at my gym, but I have to come back on Monday. Then I went to have my last shot of vacination so I can check that on my list.

My friend FRIEND called me home after google up my mum's name so she could get our number since I still don't have a cell phone. Impressive and it made me happy.

I went to her to find her and two other friends superduper hungover. We watched one of the worse movies ever, Sex and the City. Bluah!

Then I went to meet my dilf to catch up for a while before I went home to find cold pizza on the table.

Now I'm gonna endure a couple of songs in Eurovision Song Contest before I clear my bed from all shit I dumped there earlier today. ESC really sucks, but I need to keep my mum some company, I think.

Home sweet home

Sorry for lack of news... New York was great..

I'm saying was beacause I AM HOME!

I'm gonna have to get myself a new phone right, because I hope there's people that have been missing me and want to hang out..

these steets will make you feel brand new

yoyo

I had a shower and I feel so much better. Now I need to go out and buy noodles. I'm gonna stay in and watch TV tonight, I think. Too tired.

cry baby

I am a very unhappy lucky girl. Or unhappy is not the word. Tired, broke and a bit helpless is the words to describe me. I am lucky because I found a hostel for $40 a night and I got the very last bed. The guy I am suppose to stay with hasn't sent me an address, and I couldn't walk around in this city with my bags.

As soon as I can check in I'll take a shower and I promise you all I will cry for the last time on this trip. I need to let feelings go right now. I'll probably cry when I get to the airport in Sweden too, but for way different reasons.

I love you, I miss you, I see you soon!

rough

I am lost, soaked in sweat and hungry. The guy I'm gonna stay with is not in town until later, whatever that means. So I'll have to hang around here and I can't leave my bags anywhere either. So I asked how much it is for one night at this Hotel. "Todays rate is $495 plus taxes" I had to fight hard not to cry. I couldn't even stay here if I wanted to. I want mum!

airports my ass

I am so sick of airports and of sitting on my ass for hours. 15 hours in San Jose and 12 hours in Fort Lauderdale. I'm gonna make sure I arrive just in time for check in when it's time to go home on Friday, enough is enough!

And pizza and candy didn't make me feel better, uuaaah. New York here I come. Or, check in is in like two hours and then I have to wait inside by the gate.


Lo-lo-love / Em

no worries needed

I'm in Fort Lauderdale, and I just got the best news ever. So my NY stay is settled, and I'm gonna live with a man that lives right on Wall Street and that has access to all you can ask for. I love the secret.

Pura Vida

It´s overcast today, and I "forgot" to put on my sunblock. I am burned. But as always I´ll be fine in the morning. And it was my last day in the sun before I go home. Or my last day hanging out in a bikini...

So yesterday was party, and the day before that too. Tonight I think we´ll have a small goodbye party on the hostel before we go to a reagge club. I´m gonna meet my local man there too. I call him Rasta. Do I have to say why?

Speaking of rasta. I have five decent dreads going on in the back of my head. I like them.

The AC in this room is too much, so I gotta go.

Lots of love and I see you really soon!

hey happy

So yesterday I went to a kareokee bar and guess who I met! My gang I was hanging out with on San Juan del Sur. Imagine how happy I was. So my tired mood suddenly turned into party mood! I ended up coming home at 6 am this morning.

I slept for about four hours and then I went to the beach. I got burned again, but not too bad.

Two guys from Australia just checked in at my hostel, I've been talking to them for a while, and they seem pretty fun to hang out with. We're going to Ladies Night on a bar/club tonight. I need a power nap before that I think. But I'm really not tired at all. I even think I might go for a run on the beach. I did that yesterday, and MAN I am out of shape! Feels horrible, but I'll go back to working out as soon as I go home, which btw is in 10 days.


I also think I might have found my couch in NYC. I am pretty sure I'm gonna get one, because I still believe in the Secret.

Just listen to this... We've been without water in the hostel today because the owner forgot to pay the water bill. ANd after hours without water I just said, well I'm gonna se if I have water in my room. And guess what, they turned on the water just when I entered the shower....


Anyways, I'm happy.

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Hola amigos!

I'm currently at Tamarindo Beach. I am gonna stay here until I'm flying out of Costa Rica on Saturday. I am just too tired of moving around at this point. And this place it great!

So everyday is hot as fuck. I go to the beach and boil myself until I can't take it, then I go to the water, that also it pretty damn hot and not really refreshing at all. Yesterday I burned myself. I'm okay today, but I'm gonna try to stay away from the sun. Like that's possible. Oh and yesterday I went surfing with a guy. Apparently he's the best on this beach, and yeah.. he did some crazy shit on his board. And yes, for free...

I'm still trying to get a couch on NY before I go there, but man it's hard work. So if I don't get one... no let us not talk about that.


I'm coming home soon. TEN more days. How about that?!

Living on the edge

It makes it so much more fun in one way. But I´m almost shitting my pants too now when I checked my bank acount. Should I cry och laugh? I still say I´ll be fine until I go home. But I think I´ll skip the Sushi tonight....

ohright!

I just realized what´s causing my pain.

Pretty wild dancing from yesterday.

Cheers!

Costa Rica

I have crossed borders by land for the last time in a while. Feels soo good and I am tired.

Right now I´m in Playa del Coco. I think I´m gonna head to Monteverde tomorrow already. I figure there´s a lot to do there.

My neck hurt big time, so super stiff. But I´ll be fine after a good night sleep. Tonight I´m staying in a more fancy place, and we might head out for some sushi tonight. We as in me and the swedish guys I met in Tegucigalpa and went to Granada with.


Blah blah blah, I feel boring.

awesome ending...

Yesterday was soo much fun.

The gang and I spent like 7 hours up by the pools, including watching the sunset and all. After that did we cook a bug family dinner at the hostel. Or, I went away to get myself a brazilian for only 20 dollars, including wine and nuts and all. Crazy.

It was the italian guy that cooked up pasta, and it was super good and I haven't been that full since... the day before.

Then we went up to the roof top and drank some beer before we went to Casa Iguana, where all of us just went crazy on the dance floor. I stayed out a bit longer with Ben from Australia and Chris from England. Man, I think I am a bit crazy after all. But we had fun.

Passed out and took a look on my hair when I woke up. I had in mind not to wash my hair until I go home, but after all that dancing and all the sweat... no, i just had to. But from now on, no shampoo here!


So I'm going to Costa Rica today. Hopefully someone doesn't make it to the shuttle that leaves from the hostel. It was fully booked when I asked yesterday. But since it was Friday night out for almost everyone in town, I think I might have a chance to get on board. It's only like 20 more minutes til it's here, and I don't see 12 people waiting...

I am gonna miss the gang I've been hanging out with.

Kriss and Emily from Canada
Chris and Paul from England
Sebastian from Germany
Damian from Belgium
Ben from Australia
George from Italy

To you all... mucho gusto!

eriktigt

So ladies night huh...

Well, I had like five or six punch glasses made with "extra" love for me. But when the headmaster told me we had a date later on I had to call it in for the night. Food poisoning I said.

But I still had the chance to have some fun before that.

So I lied.

My name is Vanja Ruskov from Russia. I´m an escort and I left my toddler and half retarded man in Moscow because I needed a break. But don´t worry, I have a nanny to take care of them both. She´s 17 years old, Svetlana.

whoppaloo

Well hello.

I just had my first meal for today, kind of. I had five table spoons of yoghurt at 9 am. And that´s pretty much it. It´s 6 pm now. The heat really effect you.

And since I know it´s gonna be a long night, I am now gonna go and take a power nap. As I might told you, the owner of the hostel has a special eye for me, and he told me he´s gonna mae me drun and go out dancing. I really don´t mind, but since I had four hours of sleap yesterday I think my power nap is a pretty good idea. And a shower.

To be continued...

I don´t know about this...

So I went out last night, I went to bed at 5 am. Met a pretty cool guy that looked like pince Carl Philip, or Orlando Bloom. That was fun.

Me and a group of people went to a beach bar to see a reagge band play. The Bush Doctors, pretty damn good if you ask me!

Today I woke up at 9 am, and went to a surf beach an hour later. I just got bach and now I have to go to a Farmacy. Apparently I have some kind of virus in my face. At least that´s what my "doctor friend" tells me. Blah blah, Nicaragua is not treating me well.


Then I´m going up to the pools again.

Tonight it´s ladies night at the hostel. Yep, that means I will get pretty damn drunk, for free. And the owner has a special eye for me, or so it seems.

delux

I met a Swedish girl when I got back from the beach today. She showed me "the pools". This means a delux place where you pay like 600 USD a night, but they let you in for free if you wanna hang out there during the day. Imagine Paradise Hotel and there you have it. Super nice!

It was cloudy today, but I think I got burned..

I think we´re heading out for some pizza tonight!

San Juan del Sur

So I've been here for almost four hours now. I've been to the horse shoe lookalike beach and the sand is so soft that it's still stuck on my face. I forgot my sun screen so I had to walk back to the hostel. About time because I am starving too!

I think tomorrow I'll go to the beach where all the surfers are hanging. I feel like some pleasure for the eye.

FOOD!

back on track

So I took two pills and went to sleep at like 7 pm last night. I woke up just before 7 am this morning, and man do I feel good! I´m gonna have my continental breakfast and check out. My shuttle to San Juan del Sur, beach paradise, is gonna pick me up at 8.


So heeya.

under the weather

I went to Laguna de Apoya today. The weather wasn´t very nice, and apparently did it effect me. I have a fever. No energy. Blah. And my back hurts.

But I did do something good as soon as I got back to the hostel. I booked my ticket away from Granada to San Juan del Sur, a beach town close to the border to Costa Rica. I´m gonna stay there at least 3 nights. I give myself that promise, because I need it. And then again I´m getting closer to go back home. Is it 18 more days?

I gave my mum a phone call today too, we can call home for 10 minutes everyday, for free. Thanks for that, she got very happy and suprised. Dad, I woud have called you too, but you don´t have a home number. And to the rest of you, I lost my phone and I can´t possibly remember all of your numbers.


So for now. I´m thinking about just sleeping, but I also think I need to eat. But we don´t have a restaurant in the hostel, and I have seriously no energy for anything. Blaaaaah

No, no more pore me, I´m gonna go out have get myself at least a banana!

Nicaragua

It sure is tiring to travel as I am doing. It´s like traveling for two days and enjoy one city for one day before i travel for two more days. I think it won´t continue like that from now on since where I´m going is pretty close, but it all depends on the bus connections...

Today I met 3 swedish guys whom I went with from Tegucigalpa (the capital of Honduras) to Granada (a city in Nicaragua). I think they might leave tomorrow and I stay for one more night, but we´re are gonna enjoy a nice cold beer together as soon as possible. I am so worth one!

Great first and last day in Copan

It's been a long day, and it's only 5.37 right now. I woke up before 7 am and went to the Copan ruins at 8-something. Very cool ruins. Not like the ones in Tikal, with the gigantic temples, but the inscriptions were amazingly well preserved.

On the way back a woman from Canada and I took a tuck-tuck and the guy gave usa great price to go horseback-riding, so we did, for the first time in my life. So so so much fun and I'm bringing back a pair of broken pants to my grandma when I go back home.

Other then that, not much. Tomorrow I'll leave Copan and actually head towards Nicaragua. So yes, I'll skip El Salvador. I just figured it's nicer to be able to stay and relax for a bit and not have to be going every second day. My plan is to hit Granada as soon as possible. Then I don't know.

So tonight I'm gonna repack my bag hopefully for the last time, I'm gonna have some more street food and find out where I take bus number one tomorrow. Then I'm gonna sleep like a baby and make sure I have my legs covered. Apparently there's a lot of mosquitos here, knowing that from experience.

No tengo miedas

I am back in civilasation. The last days I´ve been spending in Paradice on planet Earth - Semuc Champey. No electricity, cold showers and lots of bugs. But still, I´ve been living by this amazing river out in nowhere. I´ve been swiming inside a dark cave with only a candle in my hand. Tubing down the river. Hiked to these natural pools and spent a whole day just chilling in the refreshing cold water. I´ve been dancing salsa after dinner. And I´ve been skinny dipping. And I´ve been haning out with one brittish guy and a french couple. SO much fun!

All this in two days.

Today I´ve been on 5 buses in 12 hours and I´m now in Copàn in Honduras. It´s a cute city and I´ve been eating street food for dinner, so I hope for the best, but it was only one dollar. The reason I´m here is because of the ruins I´m going to tomorrow morning. Then I´ll leave to El Salvador.

I´m flying home in 3 weeks from now, I can´t believe it. But I don´t really have time to think of that right now. There is no rest in my mind what so ever, and now when I´m alone again I realized that my spanish it better then I thought.

I think I´m going to bed early tonight, after a hopefully hot shower. I am exhausted and nasty. Would you believe me if I said I haven´t washed my hair in nine days? It´s true. I forgot my shampoo in Fort Lauderdale.

hot mess

It is so hot. I came from a place where it rained every afternoon and where I used legwarmers during the night, to this place I would almost like to compare to Brazil when it comes to the heat. I do not complain at all, but I've been sitting here doing research over two hours now. I guess that's why I have such trouble to make up my mind about where I'm going next. I can't take it anymore so I am super happy I'm staying on a small island surrounded by refreshing water.

SPLUUURSH!

Free will

How many times have I changed my mind today?

About 18 times I think. And now I don't know anything. But just writing this made me kind of know what I'm gonna do next.

I met a girl who took a divers certificate on an island in Honduras. That sound so nice and I had almost made up my mind about going there to get my own, but doing some reseach made me think twice. Apparently you can only dive like 18 meters under supervision. This will mean that I choose to skip many places to learn something that I can't practice fully. So I don't know.. But in the other hand do i know that I won't have time to travel like this again because when I go back, all of my focus will be on the music.

But I just asked my mum if she wanted to go to Thailand and learn how to dive there... One day though

Wonderful wonders

I´m up, I´m tired and I´m off to see one of the world´s seven wonders. I am excited.

The bus leaves at 5 am and I´ll spend the whole day by the lake before I´ll head back to catch a night bus. To tomorrow at 6 am I´ll be i Flores where I´ll take another bus the 63 km to Tical National Park, where I´ll probably stay two nights.

I think I´m gonna go to the coast of Belice after that, or just head straight down to Livingstone, a pretty sweet hippie town in Guatemala.

I constantly have to be on my way since I´m gonna go through five countries before I fly to NY, as I´ve already said. Early mornings like this and shitty nights on buses is how you are able to make it. There is a lack of time to rest. But the fact that I´m stepping it up this last month makes it even more fun.

I am gonna be so so tired, yet so so happy when you finally see me again in less then one month.

How to cook your marshmallows

1. You have to climb up a vulcano, like Pacaya in Guatemala.
2. You have to find a stick and fill it with marshmallows and just for two seconds hold it over the freaking hot lava you can find on the top.
3. There you have it, and I can promise you it will never taste any better then that.