Despite the very early start the previous day, we got little sleep on the bus and arrived in Honduras very tired. Thankfully the owner of the hostel was there to meet us at the terminal and drive us to the hostel. Once again the hostel was basically someone's house where they used the bedrooms as dormitories and double rooms. Our room was very nice and had a lovely big bed, air conditioning and cable TV which were all very welcome! We had dinner at a restaurant i...

Our trip to Nicaragua didn't start well as we were delayed at the border and then the bus broke down once we were through the checkpoint meaning we didn't get into the centre of Granada until almost midnight. We took a taxi straight to our hostel and managed to get the only available double room left. It was quickly apparent why it was vacant as it was just a small box room on a mezzanine floor and contained quite possibly the worst bed I've ever slept on! Add to...

The trip to San Jose was happily very uneventful and we arrived at around 2pm. We'd also gained an hour due to the time difference between the countries which was a bonus! We took a taxi to the hostel and checked into another nice room (we even had a balcony this time!) in a modern house. I'd have happily settled for more 'basic' rooms myself but I must confess that one of the benefits (and drawbacks, financially!) of travelling with a partner was the improved ac...

We decided to treat ourselves on our last day in Colombia and had a McDonalds for breakfast/lunch. I must say that when you don't have junk food very often it just makes it taste better!After our guilty pleasure we took a taxi to the airport and had to endure the most thorough bag search of my entire travels. Everything had to be removed and searched (I did have to stifle a smile when I handed the guard my bag of dirty underwear!) and then re-packed which took an...

Our flight to Bogota was spot on time with the added benefit of surprisingly decent food too which is rare for any airline let alone a South American one! Our taxi took us through the centre of Bogota (which was nothing like the war zone we expected) and into a residential street which looked like the last place you'd find a hostel. Thankfully trusty old Hostelworld came good again and the place turned out to be a very nice conventional house with the bedrooms us...