Day 16

Hi all this is Grace H writing it for today sorry it's a little late.

It was a very early rise for the team at 4:00 am because we had to be out by 4:30 to climb santa Maria which was going to be a hard and diffucult challege for all of us. We then traveled to the drop off point were it was still night and we would get to watch the sunrise a little later which would be an amazing sight.

We then began the treak in the countious rain so we all put the waterproofs on and began walking with the 2 guides one of them being the same person as the Cerro Quemado climb which was extream fun by the way!! Any way we started the climb with one naste hill which quite easly took my breat away (literaly). Sone after a quick rest stop were we had a little bit of breakfast becuase my energy was quite low and i did moan a little for it (no change really then). We then carried on a little future before final telling rob that i was not feeling at all well but their is no need to worry i am perfectly fine now we think it was because of a lack of sleep and rubbish food, can't wait to have a decent meal lol. It was soon desiced by Rob that it would be stupid to carry on strggling up the mountain and keeping the team behind so i was heading back the hostel a little dishearted when the leader John desiced they were all coming back as well. How kind of them it defitly made me feel a little happier and we had Emily and the other Grace singing a selection of Britney Spears, S-Club 7, Crisitana Aguliar, Spice Girls and final but no means least Alicha Keys (Sorry about the spelling).

We then head back to the hotel when adreline would finaly be bother to get a coach to us they said they were all being used which we all no is rubbis because xela is one hell of a big town/city.
Anyway can't really say much other the next couple of hours because i decside to go to bed agian. But when i final did get up it was the other laughing theit heads off listing to podcast on Rob's I-Pod which i personal did not understand but it made the other laugh so no harm was really done, apart from being a little bit loud and way the team sone dissovled off to do the daily jobs and the others were playing a good old game of slam which may i say i am usless at, why not a little bit of Poker i could bet them all at that lol.

After lunch which was very good from our great chiefts Vinita and Grace J. We then had a trip to the local museum in Xela, which was defintliy and experince and a half i think we can say that from all of us. We saw some traditonal artifacts about from the history of Gutamala, and a dead human fetus which was defitly not a good experince and made Miss Woodbridge scream a little which was funny for me any way. We then had to get the food supplies for the journey for tommor bus journey to adrilne tours, seeing as it was my day as leader tommor, which will defitly be a traditional experince and half.

We then had another amazing meal from the cheifts again and saw some of the other people that were staying at the hotel. Me and Ste were set the lovely task of washing up and no mom their is no photo's (lol). During this time we had one of the people rant off to us about how strong our brum accents were which was quite funny when he is quiet drunk. I then sat down with the two cheifts, and watched them make the pancakes for tommor breakfast, which took them forever to make 16 people's worth.

We then final headed off to bed for the early rise for tommor bus journey to coban which was taken from 8 till about 13 hours which is quite annoying on a bus.