Trip: Central America
There are [13] stories from my trip: Central America
NICARAGUA | Wednesday, 12 Aug 2009 | Views [778] | Comments [1]
It´s been eleven or twelve days since I last wrote in here, and it was at least six days I went without being able to contact anybody at all. We were staying on Little Corn Island, and the internet was down. They only have one internet cafe on the ... Read more >
NICARAGUA | Saturday, 1 Aug 2009 | Photo Gallery
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NICARAGUA | Friday, 31 Jul 2009 | Views [1010] | Comments [3]
Yesterday we woke up early and got the 8:45am bus from Managua to El Rama. It took a lot longer than we thought it would and we didn´t actually get there until about 4pm. It was a crazy trip: every time we stopped a long procession of locals selling ... Read more >
NICARAGUA | Wednesday, 29 Jul 2009 | Views [935] | Comments [2]
Yesterday and today have been travel days... ...yesterday we got a bus to a part of Isla de Ometepe that we were told was good (Merida), but it turned out to be VERY isolated and the only hostels in the area were expensive and the staff of the cheaper ... Read more >
NICARAGUA | Monday, 27 Jul 2009 | Views [1037] | Comments [3]
On Saturday we got the boat over to Isla de Ometepe, in the middle of Lake Nicaragua. We got a taxi from Granada down to the docks near Rivas, and caught the ferry over - which took about an hour and a half (we also had to wait for two and a half ... Read more >
NICARAGUA | Sunday, 26 Jul 2009 | Views [1040] | Comments [3]
I went to another doctor yesterday afternoon and I finally found out out what I have - shingles. So it isn´t just an allergic reaction to the painkillers, it´s a virus, which explains all of my other symptons such as sight fevers and head aches. ... Read more >
NICARAGUA | Saturday, 25 Jul 2009 | Views [954] | Comments [2]
It´s no exaggeration to say that Central America is VERY HUMID .
I dislike extreme weather and the heat makes me cranky and stressed out - this is the same for a lot of people.
For me, London summer weather is perfect. It´... Read more >
NICARAGUA | Thursday, 23 Jul 2009 | Views [1365]
The other day (Monday) we got the Tica bus from El Salvador to Nicaragua. We had to be at the bus station at 4:20am to buy our tickets and register with our passports and we really didn´t get much sleep that night. We were all tired and cranky, but ... Read more >
EL SALVADOR | Sunday, 19 Jul 2009 | Views [3104] | Comments [2]
Yesterday we got a taxi one hour west to Costa del Sol. We had heard that it was really beautiful and very cheap - it wasn't really either of these things. As soon as we got there we realised that the beach was blocked by hotels or big houses built right ... Read more >
EL SALVADOR | Friday, 17 Jul 2009 | Photo Gallery
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EL SALVADOR | Friday, 17 Jul 2009 | Views [1262]
After two days in Antigua, we decided to head south to El Salvador. We were picked up at our hotel just before 9am and a shuttle bus took us 45mins north west to Guatemala City, where we were to wait for the bus to El Salvador. When we got to the bus ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Thursday, 16 Jul 2009 | Views [927] | Comments [2]
With much anticipation and a nervous disposition, I have arrived in Guatemala. The flight from London to Huston was trouble free and we arrived in Huston half an hour early.
However, going through customs and immigration wasn't pleasent at all. The ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Wednesday, 15 Jul 2009 | Photo Gallery
Guatemala City and Antigua
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