Farewell, Goodbye, Adios, Ciao

Thought I'd sign off with a best of...

Easiest Spanish to understand: Ecuador.

Favouraite Food: Lomo Saltado, Peru/ Plantain Chips, Everywhere/ Toasted Maize, Peru/ Baleadas, Honduras/ Gallo Pinto, (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner) Nicaragua.

Worst food overall: Cuba.
Strangest Meal: Chugchucara, Ecuador or Potatoes with potatoes and some potatoes on the island of Amantani, Peru.

Best drink: Margaritas, Mexico.

Funkiest Fruit: Apple Banana (tastes of apple), Bolivia/Tree Tomato (tastes like orange), Colombia/Pepino Melon (peach that tastes of melon), Peru.

Best waterfal: Fumaco, Brazil.

Highest point: 6088m Hyuana Potosi, Bolivia.

Higgest bed: 5350m

Best Salsa: Cuba.

Best beach: Trancoso, Brasil/Tayrona, Colombia/San Blas, Panama/Trinidad, Cuba/Tulum, Mexico.
Wildest tour: Pantanal, Brasil also takes the award for the most mosquitos.

Coldest Swim: Lake Titicaca.
Hotest Swim: San Blas Islands, Panama (excluding thermal springs).
Best Snorkling: Roatan, Honduras.
Most Dangerous Activity: Bridge Jumping, Ecuador.

Best excursion: Galapagos, swimming with sea lions.

Funniest Activity: Golf cart rental on Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
Worst Injury: Brusied knee playing cricket in Antigua/Brusied rib due to handle bar in chest from singletrack riding in Bolivia.
Best Trek: Lost City, Colombia.
Best Solo Trek: Santa Cruz, Peru.
Days worked: 2, running Chaska Wasi hostel in Peru, hope you are well Katy!
Where would I live: Brasil or Mexico.

Favourite accommodation: Montanita, Ecuador.

Worst accommodation: Latacunga, Ecuador, thats what you get for $2 for both of you.

Scariest situation: Jungle cliff road on bus from Coroico to Rurrenabaque, Bolivia.

Best border crossing: Puerto Rico and Dublin.

Worst border crossing: Leaving Costa Rica, 1.5hr passport scramble.

Least up his own arse gringo met: Simon

Money Spent: Lots.

Lovely people met: Lots and lots.

Number of Flights: 16, Oops.

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Number of hits on Blog (bearing in mind it is not publically listed): 1580 (the biggest peak was the Galapagos!)

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Thanks again for your support along the way. Hope to see you soon if I haven't already, you are all welcome to stay at ours anytime.

That's all folks...
Tareq x