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 ...

We arranged a shuttle bus to take us to San Salvador ready for a flight to Miami the next day. We travelled in complete comfort with air conditioning and comfy seats via Guatemala and northern El Salvador. Even the border crossings and roads were painless. We were short of dollars for Salvador so we took out lempira from the ATM in Honduras in the safe hope of seeing a money changer at the border. That failed so we decided that we had to ask the driver to stop a...

Last day in Copan so I had to get the tick in the box and visit the Mayan ruins at the edge of town. Poor little Liz cannot walk so it was just me. Walking down the first thing that grabs you is how beautiful the countryside is. This formed a nice backdrop to getting sneaky pictures of the local men in their distinctive white broad rimed hats. Tikal has the big Mayan structures, but Copan Ruias is the prime location for Mayan sculptures. Even before I got to th...

The day was very cloudy so we decided to wait until tomorrow for seeing the ruins. The gap was partly filled by taking the longer route back from eating at Via Via. Copan like everywhere else in Central America has pavements that would not be out of place on an assult course. Most people here don't use them unless of course there is a car breathing down your neck. Copan roads however are cobbled but not with uniform cobble stones like you see in Europe, here th...