Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 1937

After a very stressful flight and arrival into the Tegucigalpa (capital of Honduras) airport, I have finally arrived at my new home, Comayagua, Honduras. I arrived at the Ohare airport this morning at 4:30a.m. which is very lucky considering the hotel failed to give us wake up calls. After a tearful goodbye to my mom and an hour of waiting in line to check in, I was informed that I would not be able to fly into Honduras on a one way ticket. Apparently they wanted assurance that I would leave their country at some point. After I smooth talked my way through that, I arrived in Tegucigalpa without anyone to pick me up at the airport. I looked in every nook and cranny of the airport for someone holding a sign with my name but ... read more

We caught a taxi out to the Craters Edge, a guest house on the edge of Laguna de Apoyo. The laguna is a lake in a deep volcanic crater, and it is billed as having the cleanest water in Nicaragua. It was very clean (a nice change after swimming in Lagos Nicaragua) and a nice temperature to swim in. We spent the rest of the day relaxing by the lake in hammocks and taking the occaisional dip.... read more

i've heard about black beaches but have never seen. the beaches in libertad, el salvador are black because of the volcanic ash. they are black and rocky. and the ocean current is so strong. when the waves roll back into the water, they move the rocks around. and as the rocks tumble, they make an amazing sound. it was neat to hear. our rooms were right on the beach so we were lulled to sleep by the ocean and the sound of the rocks tumbling around. i went for a swim in the ocean and the strong currents made it an adventure. when you dove into the approaching wave, you were tumbled around like a doll. i would just hold my nose and go for the ride. i am back in antigua now and am trying ... read more

I am now back in New Mexico. I came back a little earlier than planned (for several reasons) - Aug 4 rather than Aug 12. I am currently enduring the culture shock of being back in the United States. To summarize: I had a fabulous time in Nicaragua. Sorry there weren't more postings while I was there - but I was pretty busy and the internet isn't incredibly fast there - so uploading pictures could be a trial of patience. I learned so much in Nica. I talked to everyone I could about politics - the revolution, the contra war, the upcoming election. I also had many interesting conversations with both men and women about sports, machismo, violence, poverty, religion, art, grassroots organizing, etc. I ate fabulous food: gallo pinto, platanos, pitahaya juice, langosta, repollo/remolacha/etc. I ... read more

We left Cancun after loading up the huge wagon that Clint and Royce (the guys from Texas of course) were driving down to Costa Rica. We stopped off after about 5 mins to fill up with petrol and then the car wouldn´t start...they explained that when they went to Cuba they left a light on so the battery was fairly tempramental...there´s me in the back wondering if this was such a good idea! After a quick jump start we were off, cruising down many a long, straight empty Mexican road with only the fierce speed bumps to keep us alert. We got to the Belize border with no problems, and went to the Immigration desk for the guy to ask why we had no exit stamp from Mexico. We´d managed to somehow drive straight past the ... read more