After a rather precarious drive due to rain and inclines and sharp bends we finally made it to Copan. Spent 15 minutes deciding whether to stay with the super sweet boy-lady (Si thinks it was a boy, me a girl) or the super sweet lady’s hostel. Then headed out to a cutesy cheap typical Hondoran …
We then headed west to Suchitoto, a colonial town that was practically abandoned during the war, the walls still laden with bullet holes. Stopped for lunch at the San Miguel Mall and Si happily (yes, he looks sad in this picture) munched on Central America’s version of KFC; Pollo Campero. I know some people say it’s fun …
The next day we headed to El Motoze, a small village where, on December 11th 1981 the Salvadorian Army massacred approximately 800 civilians. It was the first time I'd actually broken down at a memorial site; usually listening, reading, absorbing, paying my respects, but all with my emotional guard up. Standing in the garden, looking at …
Met by Jorge, or Tours In El Salvador (http://www.tourinelsalvador.com/) at the El Amitillo border. After deciding I wanted to visit the Guerrilla stronghold and El Mozote massacre sight I stumbled across his reviews on trip advisor. Enquiring if we could do a day trip with him we ended up booking a 3-day tour way above …
Boat –Taxi – Chicken Bus – Tuk Tuk to Granada. Chicken bus was fun and a bit of an experience for Si… but sadly it didn’t take us to Granada as promised. Messed up a bit when we got there. For some reason, even after being told the rooms were cramped and have bed bugs, …
(Written a bit drunk on Tuesday 31st) I’m on a boat to Isla de Ometepe in Nicaragua. Costa Rica and Panama have been incredible, but this is just... hmmm.. hard to describe, but I can only compare to arriving in Cambodia. So much recent history, so lush, so beautiful. Somewhere I’ve really, really, really, wanted …
Made the 6am boat-bus-bus journey to the rather shitty city of San Jose. That may seem unfair... but everywhere we passed was covered in iron bars, we were advised to take taxi’s everywhere(even a 5 minute walk down the road from our hostel, in a ‘nice’ area) and it just seemed bleak. The Hostel Pangaea …
Bus and collectivos bright and early to Moin to catch a boat to Tortugera. All the usual fun of having no clue what’s going on, getting on the wrong boat… ending up on the shit boat despite paying the same as other good boats.. you know the drill. Journey was great (after moving our rucksacks …
After getting a wee bit stroppy (me? Never?!) that we didn’t leave Bocas early enough to cross the border and catch the boat to Tortugera we decided to stop off in Cahuita. WHAT A BLESSING!! A beach/surfy Creole town with a population of about 900 people. We stayed in a beachside hostel complete with hammocks and …
Got a taxi and boat from the station to Bocas Island, the largest in that archipelago, in the Caribbean Sea. Deciding between two hostels; Casa Max (Dutch run) or Mondu Tatu (USA owned part hostel). Went Dutch and thank god we did. I dragged Si into Mondu Tatu for a drink on their 80’s night …
Weeze X Christina 