The trip is on hold for now.

The adventure overseas is on hold for now, I came back home for a variety of reasons, one of them being money. The backpack is retired, and now looking for work. What an adjustment back to regular life though!
I will be back in South America to finish what I started!

It's a marathon, not a sprint.

I've come to realise this is a definite low point of the trip. I'm not really being social, kind of down and tempted to go home. I think this is the inherent problem with long term solo travel, you eventually get to the point where you get a bit worn down doing the same thing in a new place all the time, namely:
- Arrive in new town
- Find hostel
- Make new friends, tell/exchange life story
At this point I found that I've done it so many times I'm just don't feel like it anymore. I really enjoyed staying at Yo Mamas Casa as there were people you could get to know for longer than a few days who weren't just on holiday from their day jobs back home, other travellers with similar goals and experiences.
There is also definitely is a difference between the long term travellers and the holidayers, namely the holidayers are full of energy and enthusiasm and the long term travellers tend to go a bit slower - for this kind of lengthy travel it's a marathon, not a sprint).
My Goal was to make it to Brazil but I found I got so bogged down in Mexico, and Guatemala that everything has taken much longer than it should have, I probably should be in South America by now.
Reassessing things I have compromised with myself that I have to keep pushing myself to keep going til Macchu Picchu in Peru, then if at that point I have well and truly had it and need to go home I will.

In the Bay Islands, Honduras

I would like to say that the Bay Islands (Utila anyway) are very overrated, it just feels very swampy, muddy and not particularly nice. I'm sure the diving is the main draw. I am probably comparing it to Belize and the Yucatan, which is an unfair comparison and those beaches are absolutely stunning.
And kinda tired, worn out and not feeling particularly social, there's a crazy party going on at my hostel but I'm just not in the mood to party, a little depressed actually. Just kinda killing time in a cafe with sweet wifi. I was looking into doing a dive certification but to be honest forking out $280 I'd rather not in these conditions as the weather has turned to shit. The last guy I talked to at the dive shop was drunk off his ass, and I suspect coked up and asked me 2 times in 10 minutes where I was from. Kind of decided then it wasn't the best place to learn to dive. Theres other places in town but I'm just not that enthused about it, I think it's time to keep moving.
On a positive note I got to see the most amazing bar today called Treetanic. The pictures do not do it justice, it was kind of nice just to see it alone and really take it in, I left a few dollars in the donation box as it's a pretty epic project. It's kind of like Wonkaland meets the great barrier reef on acid. I think it was worth the trip to Utilla.
Well tomorrow back to the mainland and out of Honduras, it's not a particularly nice country, it has similarities to Guatemala but lacks the character and vibrance of the Mayan culture. Overall its very dirty and run down without much charm, the people tend to be very friendly though. I guess the fact it hasn't stopped raining since I've been here has been a bit of a downer too.
Anyway I'm alone again and to be honest feeling pretty content about it. I've got my computer where I can do some writing, Lightroom for photo editing and that's all I need right now. I don't feel like I need to make new friends for a day to make myself feel better.