19th September 2009 - 20th September 2009 Our earliest start yet greeted us when we had to wake at 2am from our overnight in San Salvador to catch the coach to Leon in Nicaragua. We'd arrived the previous day from El Tunco and were dropped in the middle of the dodgy city centre where we had to walk through a big market where there was a guy lying on the ground who we're not sure was dead or alive. True to form we paid the extra $14USD (making it $44USD each) for...

12th September 2009 - 14th September 2009 At 4:45am in Copan, we got up and headed to catch the local bus which would take us to the highway where we could catch a coach to San Salvador. After our last luxurious bus ride we decided to upgrade again and paid a whopping $46USD each for the pleasure. It was a bit of a rip off but it meant a hassle free border crossing and not having to catch 6 different buses in one day which made it all worthwhile. It was weird ...

14th September 2009 - 18th September 2009 It takes just over an hour to get to La Libertad - the surf capital of El Salvador. This is lucky considering it took us about 2 hours to find a bus to take us there. We made our first mistake by deciding to walk in the heat to the bus terminal, only to find out when we got there that it had closed down. We consulted the Lonely Planet and jumped in a cab to the other bus terminal which would get us there only to find tha...

10th September 2009 - 12th September 2009 We decided to take the next leg of the trip in 'style' so we paid the extra money and hoped on a luxury coach to Copan Ruinas, about 7 hours away. The first bus was amazing and you literally sunk into the seats. It also had headphone jacks for you to listen to the movie so that was good news as well. I slept most of the way but Sammy enjoyed 'Night at the Museum' and we were halfway through our trip in no time. We had to...

4th September 2009 - 10th September 2009 Utila forms part of the Bay Islands and we headed there after an uneventful Friday night in La Ceiba, We were so keen to do our advanced open water diving course we were surprised by how hounded we got as we stepped off the ferry. About ten different scouts from the dive shops on the island approached us handing out flyers, keen to get our business. It was all a bit overwhelming and after a short walk to discuss our optio...