Murielenhente

We spent a day in San Salvador walking around in the old center which is really old and not well maintained. So apart from the cathedral and the palacio nacional there was not much to visit. So we went to the artesania market and bought some more souvenirs, this will be the last bit because we have allready a looooott! The next day we went to Santa Ana, a medium sized town with a centre which still has beautiful old buildings. So after visiting the centre we went to have lunch and do some shopping for dinner, because we had a really nice hostel with a kitchen with more pots, pans and other things to cook than most people have in Holland! The following day we went to parque nacional los volcanos to climb the Santa ... read more

When we arrived in Managua we walked to a hostel which was full but the next one had a room for us. A room with own bathroom but the room was very small and there were no real windows so it was really hot in the room. We walked to a shopping mall to find an atm and a foodcourt. We had our first meal in Nicaragua in this mall while enjoying karaoke. Really fun! Next day we walked to Budget rent a car and got ourselves a red Toyota Yaris. We agreed to rent it for 16 days. So all the paperwork done, time for some cruising. Back to the hostel, got our stuff and drove off.  We first drove to Matagalpa. Well that was our plan but we had just left the city and ... read more

So we were on our way to the airport. We arrived there at Hente time, so we were really early...We went to the bagage drop off and dropped our stuff there. We allready had checked in through the internet so that was easy. We thought.... The lady at the desk wanted to see our onward ticket from Panama. We do not have one because we go to Costa Rica over land. So a nice discussion starts and in the end we still have to buy an onward ticket. Really nice those American Allianced airlines. So we went with the lady from Copa Airlines to another office and they called again for us to make sure we really had to have an onward ticket. She even asked if we would really need it as Dutch travellers. But ... read more

We left in the morning by taxi to the busterminal of transportes Loja. Here we waited for our bus to leave. The bus left on time so that was a good start of the day. After a little drive through a really poor part of Peru we arrived at the border. Everybody went out of the bus and was send to the left. For us only to hear that we had to get another form from at the other side of the road. We got this form and were registered and could go back to immigration to get stamped out. No big deal and the next stop was the other side of the bridge to get stamped in. Well not really stamped, Ecuador printed our entry stamp in our pasport. That is the first country that ... read more

So we left La Paz in the morning. We went by taxi to the busterminal and took the bus to Puno which was nice on time. We went to the same bordercrossing so we knew how it worked at this place and where to find all the immigration offices. So that was easy, it again took us over 1 hour to get all the stamps, but it still goes quicker than entering the USA! We were the first ones to get all the stamps and this time we did not have to search for the bus but it was right in front of the Peruvian immigration office. So we waited in the bus for the rest of the people to arrive. After the border crossing we went through to Puno. In Puno we spend only 1 ... read more