From El Salvdor, we decided on crossing Honduras in a day due to time constraints. We have peeps we need to rendezvous with in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Colombia. Vehicular border crossings can make for a long day. Especially when the van's paperwork doesn't seem to be to a border official's liking. The Honduran section of the great Pan American highway also looks and feels like it has taken a lot of mortar fire in the last few years too. Muchas baches.
We met up with one such peep in Las Penitas, Nicaragua. Kellie hadn't seen her friend Mica since her Australian days, about four years ago. He had a couple friends with him called Jeremie and Ali who quickly became our friends too. We had a fun few days at the beach, then headed into the Northern highlands to visit a canyon. We did a five hour walk/swim down the Somoto Canyon, jumping off every rock we could. Then we said goodbye to Mica, who is making his way back home to Vancouver, and to Jeremie and Ali, who we will hopefully cross paths with again as we all make our way south.
Unfortunately, the van got broken into in Matagalpa. The thieves made off with Torrey's backpack, in which he had unwisely stashed nearly all his valuables. The cops were helpful though in filling out a report, and they took it very seriously and said thefts like this are very uncommon in their town. They even took fingerprints off the van in case someone dobs in the thieves.
We met up with one such peep in Las Penitas, Nicaragua. Kellie hadn't seen her friend Mica since her Australian days, about four years ago. He had a couple friends with him called Jeremie and Ali who quickly became our friends too. We had a fun few days at the beach, then headed into the Northern highlands to visit a canyon. We did a five hour walk/swim down the Somoto Canyon, jumping off every rock we could. Then we said goodbye to Mica, who is making his way back home to Vancouver, and to Jeremie and Ali, who we will hopefully cross paths with again as we all make our way south.
Mica, Jeremie, and Ali enjoying the Gladiator on the way to Somoto Canyon
Unfortunately, the van got broken into in Matagalpa. The thieves made off with Torrey's backpack, in which he had unwisely stashed nearly all his valuables. The cops were helpful though in filling out a report, and they took it very seriously and said thefts like this are very uncommon in their town. They even took fingerprints off the van in case someone dobs in the thieves.
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