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Continuing our rogue’s gallery of characters we met and photographed along the way. This couple is Carla and Richard from the Bay Area. We met them in Samara, where they were overseeing the construction of a condo they bought just blocks from the beach. Carla has a business in event planning and music. At Los … Continue reading “More People (and dogs) We Met”

Departure on July 16, odometer reading was 213554. Return on November 2, 223962 miles on the Landcruiser (and our butts!)

After a facscinating month on the return drive through Central America, Fred joins Carolyn at their home in San Diego. Boy, it’s great to have Fred home. Bentley still remembers his “mom” and is in good spirits to be reunited with her (even if she did put his bed through the washer and dryer!) There … Continue reading “Fred and Bentley are HOME!!!”

Back to Honduras for a moment. Much of Honduras is made of limestone. The roads are often carved through pure pockets of limestone. The local business take advantage of this in a unique way. They have polished the walls alongside of the road and covered the limestone in advertisments. This sort of thing happens a … Continue reading “Limestone in Honduras”

I’d been told enough stories about the horrors of driving (or being for that matter) in Guatemala City that my plan was to immediately hire a taxi to lead the way across the city and for me to follow in the Landcruiser. It didn’t work out that way. Guatemala City was actually a lot nicer … Continue reading “Guatemala City”

The primary way we’ve had trouble crossing the borders is due to incorrect paperwork. What happens is at one border someone fills out something incorrectly or neglects to fill out something. Sometimes this is done on purpose. The problem arrises when you reach the next border crossing and they discover the ‘problem’. I had an … Continue reading “Why Things Go Wrong At Borders- Reason 32”

After the relatively smooth crossing into Honduras I drove about 1 km and was stopped by the police. All in all I was stopped five times before reaching Lake Yojoa. My plan had been to drive to San Pedro Sula in the far North of Honduras and failing that to stop at Santa Barbara. These … Continue reading “Lake Yojoa and Copan-Honduras”

I’ve not been looking forward to this border crossing. My paper work says I’m to leave the country at El Espino. I chose that location because that’s were Carolyn and I crossed on the way down (the devil you know) and because of Roberto. Roberto has a small Bed and Breakfast place in Honduras near … Continue reading “Honduras – Nicaragua Border Crossing”

I’m sure this isn’t news but there are a lot of poor people in Central America. There is trash, dog shit and other such things not too far from the nicest places. I’m pointing this out so as to not give a completely distorted view of these countries. Actually many of the times I’m most … Continue reading “Reality Check”