"Another bus journey"

"28/06/2010"

Today was fairly uneventful, as we left Managua at 5am to hit Tegus again. I am so fed up with Ticabus and their ridiculous reclining seats that recline all the way back into your own personal space. Grrrh. Make normal seats for normal sized people.

We had plenty of stoppages along the way which either was the result of illegal immigrants or drug smuggling. This added at least an hour of hassle to our journey.

Tegus was as busy as ever and it appeared that there had been riots that day too. Tropical storm Alex (has not hit us yet, thank God) was bringing bad weather and torrential rain was hitting Tegus, adding to the chaos of the city. I definitely hadn't missed those bus horns one bit.


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"29/06/2010"

Another epic bus day. At least we were in the comfort of Hedman Alas once more. Finally leaving Tegus - bye bye Tegus, to head off for beautiful Caribbean sunshine in La Ceiba and Roatan.
I love staring out the window and watching the world go by. There is so much to see, espeically on epically long journeys like this one. If you are sleeping or watching the stupid chick flic they'd put on, you're definitely missing out on places you'll never see again. There are photo opportunities that are out of this world. You could pay tens of dollars to visit a national park, or you could watch it all from your window and remember it for a lifetime.

We arrived at the Banana Republic Guesthouse by late evening and got chatting to our other room mates; Emily and Alex. Emily was from L.A. and was basically an American version of me - she'd even been to Ghana! It was loads of fun reminiscing about Ghanian times and chatting about places we'd discovered in the world.

She is travelling solo and it has given me plenty of confidence that I can do the same on a RTW. I'm going to need to do some insane planning, but it is sounding more and more viable. YAY :)
Emily took us to a local foodstore which sole Baleadas, a bit like tortillas. These were amazing - spicy things, but absolutely delicious. I reckon the meat ones would probably taste best, but my veggie option was fantastic.