Been getting some serious tanning time in. Well, you've got to before you head home right? And Tanja and Simon are here on holiday so it's a requirement for them too. We made our way to the Nicoya Peninsula and the chilled town of Montezuma where all the hardcore surfers head to to Mal Pais to hang ten. And by serious surfers, of course I mean Ants and Simon. Kelly Slater eat your heart out. Tanja would have been able to take on Cameron Diaz by the end of i...

Costa Rica ca ca ca ca!! So we crossed over the border into the lush land of the Rich Coast. Had an entertaining time getting to Monteverde passing through a town where the local pastimes seem to be getting drunk and getting in fights. Lovely few moments waiting for the bus hoping that the man with the broken bottle didn't venture any closer. And it was in the Cloud Forests of Monteverde that we met up with Tanja and Simon who had already spent a week surfing...

No longer the 3 amigos, Ant and I made our way across Lake Nicaragua to the Island of Ometepe formed by two volcanoes rising out of the water. More volcanoes... Didnt do much except laze on the beach (not a very nice one with waaaaay too many biting things and crazy dogs and cows) and walk to a waterfall. Had a good relax after all the stuff we had got up to in recent weeks. From there we headed to the gringo town of San Juan del Sur which looks like an inter...

Bit of a mission journey from El Salvador to Nicaragua... The day started with a ride in the back of a pick up truck followed by 5 chicken buses, a tuk tuk, a cycle rickshaw, a 2 hour dip in and out of the dump that is Honduras and 2 border crossings. It was worth it though as Leon is coool. Or should I say hot. A ridiculously hot city - we positively melted walking around the town snapping away at stunning colonial buildings, shrivelled old people in rocking...

Spent a poignant time over in the east of El Salvador in the ex-guerrilla stronghold of Perquin. The Museum of the Revolution filled us in on the gruesome history of the countrys civil war, although of course it was very one-sided from the rebels point of view. Very interesting to read and hear how much money the US Government pumped into prolonging the war... But whatever side you stand on, you couldnt help but be moved by the memorials in the town of El Mozo...