We finally left El Zonte, it was hard but we had too because of our bike permits, El Salvador only gave us two months of road travel with are bikes, although our tourist visas were still good, we were forced to leave because of the bike permit situation.
I have to say El Dorado is like Hotel California, " You can check in but you can never leave" hahah That place was a little paradise. We wanted to stay and work more but thats what traveling is all about, seeing new places and venturing off in to the unknown.
We left with hugs and kisses to all the staff, said our fare wells and off we went to the border. We wanted to try and exit El Salvador, cross the Honduras border as well as enter Nicaragua all in one day but we didn't even make it to the Salvador border.
30 minutes after we left, my bike started to act a little weird. We pulled over and Al the mechanic fixed her up real nice. It took a little tender love and care but he figured out the problem. Because we spent so much time on the coast, the humidity created a little water in my gas line and we had to drain all the water so the bike would run normally again. An hour later we're back on the road and riding through beautiful inland landscapes of El salvador. We never made it to the border that day but we did make it close. We found a nice sleezy motel and spent the night. Most likely the dirtiest place we've seen but hey " you can't always get 5 star service while traveling through different zones.
The next morning we left early and headed to the border. We knew it was gonna be a pain in the ass but my god was it ever worse than we expected. Three hours of paper work,$85 each!!! finally we crossed in to Honduras. There is only 125 km between the Honduras and Nicaragua border so we didn't waste any time and headed straight for the Nicaragua border. We arrived around 5 pm and started the paper work once again. This time it was a little easier but still no piece of cake. Finally around 7 pm we were ready to enter Nicaragua. The policeman told us to stay at a hotel right after the border because the road was dangerous at night so we took his advice and checked in to another dump for the night. It' s funny how this trip has been from one extreme to the other over the course of a day.........As Alain always says the more extreme the better..Hahaha..
Now we're in Leon Nicaragua, a beautiful little town north west of the Capital of Managua. We're staying in nice hostel which is cheaper than the last two #$%^ holes we stayed in. I'm sipping a nice local beer with a beautiful waitress serving me. Life is back the way it should be Haha.....Tomorrow we go to Managua as my Friend Yvonne from Ottawa is coming to visit for a week. Alain's friend from Chile, Angela is here and she has been traveling with us from El Salvador to here. It's time to relax with the ladies for a week......
