Tryp Corobici Hotel San Jose

... visitors but I paid attention with my senses. I heard and smelled meat cooking. <br><br>I thought nothing of it. Catalina cooks dinner every day while I do my homework. I heard her offer the men coffee.<br><br> I thought nothing of it because it was the afternoon/evening and she always has coffee then. I heard her cutting bread. <br><br>I thought nothing of it because she has bread with her coffee and she always offers me some with my tea. I heard them laughing and talking ...

... returned with directions to the market. <br><br>It was like any other market, but this one had a roof and shops were intermingled with the produce and deli stands. We decided on some cabbage and a mango before returning. We visited an internet cafe and then ate something at an indoor soccer arena directly across the street from the terminal. The players were skilled and fun to watch...I liked this mucho.<br><br>We arrived at the border into ...

It's amuggy overcast morning, with spots of rain hinting of more to come.<br>We set off on the short run to the Nicaragua / Costa Rica border, skirting Lake Nicaragua on our left, with the twin peaks of Isla de Ometepe rising out of it. Unfortunetely, the low cloud and mist rather marred the view, that and the mucky brown lake water.<br>It is only 35km to the border so we are soon upon it and ready for ...

... of cars and trucks driving down the street. The kids really seemed to enjoy themselves though. After we finished the game, we went into the church for story-time and singing. The kids weren´t quite as eager to answer questions, but all the questions were answered. I even understood most of the story! Singing at Todos was very different from singing at Ascension, at least in my opinion. At Ascension, when we sang actual bible songs, the kids are ...

... allow for a convenience break. I'd just like to point out that I can't work out how to do speech marks or brackets on this keyboard, so please put them in wherever you feel appropriate! I have as you can see managed to find the exclamation mark though!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>We arrived in Batan and met with Robert the project leader, 5 hours later we were making our way down the canals towards the project. <br><br>The project is backed by ...

... the entire morning bit by bit. Finally, well after the check-out time, the manager told us not to worry, that we were OK to stay, and go on about our day. Yeah, thanks. I suggested that she should give us a free lunch for our trouble, but she demurred. We were starving by this time and went to the hotel buffet for lunch. They serve a pretty good buffet - a half-dozen kinds of ceviche, tacos al pastor (my favorite) and gyros, several food stations (Chinese ...

... were pretty hopelessly lost and now with about 6 even more elderly farmers coming out of nowhere on Ox=driven carts and walking up with canes, we decidedd we would continue to try to find our way back to the highway.  But I got on the bike and about 100 feet down the "road" I wiped out in the very loose sand and twisted my ankle, breaking the right hand mirror on my bike and a part of the brake handle... These farmers all ...

Thanksgiving Day Left Tapachula at 7 a.m. Luckily we had struck up a conversation with a young bearded backpacker and sandalista (no socks) from Switzerland who was returning to El Salvador to live for a year. Even though Neal's Spanish is quite good (compared to mine) it was difficult to understand the hoops we were supposed to jump through for customs. So, our bearded guide helped us negotiate our way through the Guatemala ...

... as dangerous as everyone makes out!" San Salvador is not a pretty city. It looks like a rundown version of many US cities, with its chain stores and fast food joints. There's also A LOT of razor wire and barred windows. There is no shortage of men with guns either, which led me to imagine that there is a security issue in El Salvador. You don't go out after dark here. OK, so having said all that, I like the ...

... s*ke, beer, limon, *nd espresso), *nd observing the nouve*u riche here th*t c*n *fford sever*l $6.00 cockt*ils. It helped th*t the girls were pretty much the first *ttr*ctive S*lv*dor*ns I h*d seen, but I h*ve *lso seen wh*t *ge *nd sever*l children do to them, so ... I don't think I re*lly need to rest*te th*t I *m in no rush to return, to lie *nd s*y my three d*ys were too few, or th*t it w*s not with * he*vy he*rt th*t I dep*rted for: Tegucig*lp*, Hondur*s