Don't remember taking this picture either - double doh! We were paying the price for last night, I was feeling like crap. Liz was worse, she never made it out of bed all day. As a result of lying in it would be too late to move back the flights and stay longer in Miami - three days is far too short. The reality of going to Caracas tomorrow dawned on me. I needed to get a guide book to give me that extra confidence on how to survive the very scary city. Been her...

It is really good to have the western luxuries again like being able to drink out of a tap, putting toilet paper in the toilet and a room without cockroaches. We were up late a combination of watching TV late last night, really nice bed and no cockerals or locals making a din. Hotel Shelley where we are staying is a boutique Art Deco hotel in the heart of the Art Deco district. For 40 bucks a night (half that of a hostel) you get free pickup and drop off at the...

We have only been in El Salvador for the grand total of two nights but I am starting to see the interest it has for the trickle of travellers that come here for other reasons than to surf (it has according to the surfers the best waves on the planet). It has that intriguing mix of latin and western cultures that collide at unexpected times, you just don't know what you are going to see next. Last night we didn't expect to see crumbs and curly black hairs in the ...