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 ...

I was not going to write a blog today as we have been sitting in the reception of the motel most of the day killing time for the 11:55 pm flight to San Salvador. However (prepare for a rant) we have just been told that American Airlines does not provide vegetarian meals for the five hour flight - they have simply stopped doing them. They would not give any alternatives either. This is not the first time that we have had a run in with them either (but that is a l...

It's been a funny sort of day. We drove from Hollywood to drop the bags off at the motel near the airport (on the other side of LA). We then drove back to Hollywood to drop off the car and then went back to the motel near the airport by metro and bus. It took three hours by car to cross LA, mainly due to the sat nav taking the shortest rather than the quicker freeway route. I have had my fill of traffic lights. This was the hotest day in LA ever, a record breaki...