I'm being lazy in Panama City right now. I arrived here in the early hours of Monday morning, groggy eyed after a 16 hour bus journey from San Jose. I felt like rubbish after a night of no sleep cramped on an uncomfortable bus. I checked myself into a really nice hostel. I never thought I'd say those words not exactly being the world's biggest hostel fan. But this place is small, the staff are really lovely and it feels almost like hanging out in someone's apartm...

Do you know the way to San Jose... I do and it takes bloody ages! I spent all day on various boats and buses yesterday to get here from Nicaragua! Not to mention about 2 1/2 hours faffing around at the boarder. Coo what a palarver! It shouldn't have taken so long but we got stopped 3 or 4 times and had our passports checked by Costa Rican police along the way... you legally have to carry ID around with you here and it seems they like checking... the...

Hello, so left Carmen in Honduras yesterday. Spent a week hanging out and having some fun. Met some lovely people but the time came to move on again. I arrived late in Nicaragua yesterday and stayed in a little town close to the boarder. Today I`m in the pretty colonial city of Granada on the edge of lake Nicaragua. Tomorrow I`m off to spend a couple of days on Isla Ometepe, a large island on the lake consisting of two volcanos, one active one dormant, and lots o...

I?m back in Honduras... boooooo! But I?m with Carmen... yaaaaaay! You have to pass through Honduras to get from El Salvador to Nicaragua so I thought I might as well pay Carmen another visit on the way. I also wanted to get a final check up to make sure my parasites had all gone... which they have! I´ve still feel sick and have pain in my stomach but the doc says it can take a while for it to recover properly from the evil little blighters. Got a list ...

So I arrived in Perquin on Friday afternoon. I decided to come here as I wanted to visit the war museum and memorial here. Everything was closed by the time I arrived so I went to find myself a room for the night. There wasn`t much choice, only 2 or 3 places, 2 were expensive and one was cheap. Mindful of my budget I went for the cheap option... the room was a bit grubby but I`d seen worse... until I clapped eyes on the bathroom facilities! There I found the grim...