another day of travelling, 3 taxis and 4 buses in all. phew! and i am now in Nicaragua - Esteli. the border crossing between honduras and Nic was the easiest so far, took about 10 mins in all for both of us. although we really wanted the exit and entry stamps but they didnt have them , so thats 2 less stamps in my passport - not happy. we even pulled san faces at the official guys but no go. sob. ah well. arrived in Esteli about 5pm ish and headed out to get a mu...

Caught the really early ferry from utila - like 6am!!! planning on heading to Tegucigalpa in the center of Honduras. But bumped into a girl i{d met earlier on, on the boat from Placencia in belize called Mirte and shes from Holland, and she was going to Comayagua - just before Tegucigalpa, and it sounded so much nicer there so i went with here. it was nioce to have someomne to travel with and pass all the long bus journeys with. and she speaks excellent spanish -...

Theres a big party on a little island about 15mins from utila every year called SunJam, where about 1500 people (locals& travellers) come to party. its a big dance festival so not really my kinda thing but was still great fun. it started at 12pm and goes on for 24 hours. i got there about 5pm and lasted till about 4am, i really wanted to see the sun come up but just really couldnt last any longer. i bumped into the irish lads there so was good to catch up wit...

got up early and got the ferry to Utila in the Bay Islands. it was very very busy, as i seem to have timed it just as a big festival is on here - which made for a very stressful journey. the ferry was full and everyone was getting pissy pushing and jumping line. not very nice after the very laid back and chilled belize! everyone on the ferry were stresing that they hadnt made reservations and that the island was full to the brim with no rooms anywhere. basically...

was quite sad and annoyed that i had to leave Placencia so soon, but the boat to Honduras only leaves on friday so didnt really have much choice. The boat journey across was bit of a pain and an adventure. was getting some water for the journey when the guy in front was buying a Huge bottle of rum, i made a joke that it was early and he laughed and said it made the journey go quicker - so i then asked if he was also going to honduras. yes he was - he was the capt...