No time for photos right now, but after two solid days of driving we are in Choluteca, Honduras.  This town has little to offer beyond safe parking and mediocre eating.  But it is about halfway between the border of El Guasale and El Amatillo and thus good enough.  We stayed at the Paradise Hotel.  It is neither a hotel nor paradise, but they do offer WiFi.

We'll be getting an early start today with eyes on arriving in Antigua, Guatemala by nightfall.  Which will take some luck, especially at the borders.

Borders, in fact, have been the slow-point of our trip.  Getting two gringos, a dog, and a Land Cruiser through all of the various windows and payments has not been difficult, but has been time-consuming.

Interestingly- the dog has been the expensive part.  For instance- yesterday to enter Honduras it cost $13 for the truck, $3/person, and 250 lempira for the dog, which is nearly $14.   And the car has only three sheets of paper related to being legal whereas the dog has four, plus a vaccination card.  

I certainly value the dog higher than the truck, but....  it seems odd that both Nicaragua and Honduras are being more strict in their canine than automotive controls.

Labels: dog, honduras, land cruiser, nicaragua, travel