How to cross the border between Nicaragua and Honduras by car at Los Manos
What documents you need, how much it costs, how long it takes. Let me tell you: this was a piece of cake! I was expecting the same level of chaos…
How to cross the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua by car at Penas Blancas
What documents you need, how much it costs, how long it takes. Let’s start with the good news: it’s completely doable, pretty inexpensive and not difficult. It’s just frustrating because…
Miraflor, Nicaragua
We have conquered a few kilometres now. The odometer reads nearly 207000 miles. We bought the car with 197000 so that’s 10000 miles since buying her in February. And, my,…
Darling, I got us dinner.
A very amusing moment happened as we were driving to the ferry on the island of Ometepe. It was a ten second stop motion snapshot of what life is like…
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
We are presently sitting on the porch of a rather quaint and tiny two bedroom casita, nestled between many other locally owned and inhabited casitas. They are all rather ramshackle,…
Today I went up a volcano
And came back down defeated The heat, humidity and sheer steepness of the incline turned my legs to stone and my heart into that of a dormouse. I was a…
For Frankkie
Reprimanded by a Roman It would seem that, much to my joy and appreciation, someone is keeping up with our journey and is anxious for the next episode to be…