Alright that's a terrible blog title but after the underwhelming night spent in La Ceibe, arriving on the smaller Bay island of Utila was a welcome relief. It's main claim to fame is diving, there are multiple reefs nearby and for a few months of the year you are practically guaranteed to see whale sharks every time you head out into the water. I organised a few dives for the next morning and we watched the sun set over the lagoon and then munched on lobs...

The less said about this place, the better! We spent a night here because we arrived too late to catch the last ferry over to Utila, our next port of call. We arrived at our hostel after a 10 hour bus ride and hid out in our room until it was time to leave again. I overheard another traveller asking whether it was safe to walk down to the nearby supermarket - the answer was that yes, it was perfectly safe, just be sure not to take anything of value with you (in c...

As Keith said it was an early start the next day as there was a mammoth journey in store to get across the border and to Copan in Honduras. I've kind of been planning our route based on what looks logical and realistic on the map, but a few occasions when the logistics manager (basically I've outsourced transport to Keith) looks at the journey the day before it hasn't quite been as simple as I thought! Obviously I take full responsibility and don'...

Faced with the prospect of a long series of chicken bus trips to get to our next destination we decided to see if we could convince someone to drive us directly. A helpful lady at a tour operator phoned around and managed to find someone who'd do it. Two hours in a taxi later we were deposited in Suchitoto, a small town to the north-east of the capital, San Salvador. The place is known as the culture capital of El Salvador, with plenty of art galleries and fo...

As soon as we'd finished our coffee tour we left Juayua to head to the coast. Considering how small El Salvador is it takes ages to get places as it's all on local buses that stop constantly. After about four hours and two very windy, bumpy and cramped bus rides to go about 50km, we arrived in Playa El Tunco (anyone who speaks Spanish will realise this also means beach of the pig!) on La Costa del Balsamo and probably the most famous beach in El Salvador....