Complete Turnover

There´s not much new to report other than the fact that the last remaining student from the time I arrived has now left. I´m now sharing the house with a Kiwi and a Quebecois, both of whom are leaving this week. I have one more week of study before I head to another lakeside town for a different pursuit for a week, then I´m coming back for six more.

After that, I have to make a border run. My visa expires after 90 days, and so I'll have about three to get out of the country. I have to leave for 72 hours, after which I can return for another three months. I haven't decided whether I want to spend a few days in San Salvador or try to make the cross-country trek to Belize. The problem with the latter is that there are a few places I want to visit here in the west before going to the Caribbean coast. The distances actually aren't that great, but the windy roads make short drives much longer. This country could definitely use some tunnels and trains.

Last night was a nice change of pace. I hit up the only non-hippy watering hole in town and picked up about $70 playing poker. That's obviously not much in the US, but here it's enough to cover a week of classes and housing. I've heard that there's another game in town pretty much every other night, so I'll have to make some tough decisions about whether I'm more interested in studying poker or Spanish. I think there's more hope for me getting better at poker, but only time will tell.