My travel partner got angry and left. Thing is, my credit card got skimmed and blocked. I’m stranded in Guatemala and need help collecting my thoughts to work this out.
Hey guys, sorry if inappropriate subreddit.
I’ve always travelled alone, but decided agains my better judgement to do a way too spontaneous trip with my boyfriend to Central America. Friction wore our relationship to threads and yesterday he decided that he was going to leave the relationship and me. He got on the bus today, and didn’t even tell me where he was going.
Thing is, about a week back my credit card got skimmed and thus also blocked. I was an idiot and forgot to bring a second card, but it was fine as my parents could help Paypal my (I guess ex) boyfriend money when I needed cash.
Now that he’s left, I have about 100 quetzales (~11€) to my name. It’s a small mountain village (Lanquin) with no Western Unions. I don’t have enough money to get a bus to Cobán, the nearest city, and I managed to get two nights ln the hostel and can afford two more (40q a night) but then I can’t afford to eat as the hostel doesn’t have a guest kitchen and you have to buy at the restaurants. I have free access to water though so I’m not too worried.
I have asked around the hostel, there are very few guests and noone seems to have Paypal. Even ATMs here seem hard to come by. I don’t have any phone reception, so my mother helped me by calling the Swedish Embassy all the way over in Guatemala city, but they can’t get ahold of me due to the reception situation, so they can’t help it seems.
I’m going crazy over this situation, I don’t even have soap to wash myself as my ex was the one carrying it. Not only am I heartbroken enough to bawl my eyes out every time I think about him, I have this whole mess to deal with as well.
My parents can buy me a plane ticket home and email me it. I just don’t know how to get to Guatemala City. I doubt I can hitchhike the entire way, and especially as a vulnerable, lone gringo female it seems a bit scary.
Both me and my parents are torn up and terrified right now. We don’t know what’s going to happen. My ex is long gone and is not planning on coming back to help me, and if this situation is not resolved within a few days I’ll be on the street.
Any and all advice gratefully accepted. Thank you. I know I was a fucking idiot for only bringing one card, I’ve been beating myself up about it since it got fucked, so please don’t beat me up about ”next time, remember...” because right now my focus is to not be without a roof over my head.
TL;DR: Title, essentially.
Submitted April 23, 2018 at 01:33AM by philboswaggins https://ift.tt/2HjbKMs
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