heading for the border

so, a quick side note - i can't find a computer with a usb that will work with my camera, so the photos are in waiting. aslo, punctuation is different on these computers... and there is a lack of spell check. so i apologize for any errors.
ok.

anyhoo...
i spent 3 days in san cristobal de las casas. amazing mountain town "nestled in the mountains" as the guide books like to say... but it's true!
finally some amazing coffee! i was thinking of ways to stay.... teach pilates at the yoga studio.... make theatre in the mountains... take spanish lessons....
but after a couple of days i felt the need to move on. i managed to get in some yoga and some coffee and some pilates (by sneaking into the yoga studio when empty) and some churches... lots of churches... and a couple very inspiring documentaries on the zapatistas and the region and a visit with a friend from australia and some cold air. staying in my hostel was like camping in the fall - quite refreshing after living in a pool of sweat for 3 weeks.

i was planning to go see the ruins of palenque, but decided against it. it would have been 5 hrs there, 5 hrs back - and i really am feeling a pull towards guatemala.
i need to get back to the spanish.

so many of these places could be much more rewarding if i only spoke the language.
i'm starting to feel frustrated with my english and isolated. i guess i knew this would be something i'd have to work through....
i figure guatemala will be a change of pace, as i'm planning to spend minimum one week in one spot.

i enjoy traveling, but jumping from place to place becomes a bit unsettling after a while. especially when you're on your own, and don't know when you'll meet the next person you can really talk to.

so now i'm in a town about an hour from the border. i haven't decided if i'll take a day trip to a series of lakes tomorrow, or just get on with it and head to guatemala. i spent most of today trying to figure out how to get anywhere. i finally got a map from a waiter, but by that time i was feeling frustrated enough to just leave.
but i booked a hotel room.
so i'm here.

i think i'll see how i feel in the morning. but either way. i'll either sleep til 8 and just go to guatemala... or et up at 5, do a day trip to these lakes, come back, then go to guatemala.....

sometimes the freedom of traveling alone is incredibly liberating.
sometimes it would be nice to have someone else make a decision.