We're heading into Guatemala at lunch time today. I can't believe that we've already been gone for a month. As is so often the case with travel, it feels much shorter and much longer all at the same time. It's quite fascinating; after being told about how awful Honduras would be, and experiencing such an unpleasant start, I'm amazed to say that I've fallen in love with the place and wish we had more time here. The town of Copan Ruinas turned out to be nothi...

As long as we're someplace other than here, all's well. We arrived in San Pedro Sula, Honduras' second biggest city, eleven and a half hours after departing Leon. We grabbed a taxi to our hotel and got ourselves checked in. So far things were going off without a hitch…which was unusual. We were going to head out for some dinner when the hotel clerk stopped us, mumbling something about "seguridad". He insisted on putting us in a taxi to the restaurant, s...