Finally got some new posts up! We're caught up through Tulum, Belize and Northern Guatemala. http://ushuaiaorbust.com/2018/04/29/guatemala-norte/

Older posts: http://ushuaiaorbust.com/blog/

Next up is Antigua. I had a blast in El Salvador and Honduras and you're all pussies for not going :p I'm going to try to get totally caught up in the next week.

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I'm currently in Leon Nicaragua - which a week ago was rioting and blood in the streets (some 40 dead across the country in massive protests and govt crackdowns). I was planning not to come, but apparently the country can bounce back to normal in a matter of days. Crazy.

Oh yeah it's about 4000 degrees here and no one has AC. No wonder people are rioting. I spent one night in a non-AC room last night. Never again.

It would have been fine last night if the temperature in my room was anything close to the temperature in the open-air hallway just outside my door. Instead it was at least 10, maybe 15 degrees hotter in the room all night. You'd think the Spanish colonial architecture would try to account for this by putting a hole in the ceiling or something for the heat to escape. Instead the high ceilings just act like a giant heat sink, trapping all the hot air.

I finally opened the door and put my personal fan on a table in front of the open door (the room fan was mounted on the wall and semi-useless). There I slept in my underwear on top of the bed. Funny how privacy goes out the window when extreme heat is the other option. I did get a little self-conscious when the sun came up though, and shut my door - which of course made it hotter again.

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One reason I could never totally quit drinking - "new country, new soda" just isn't that fun - even if each country did have a new soda. At least Nicaragua beer seems closer to the 4.9% as claimed on the label. I swear Honduras and El Salvador is 3.2% at best. I literally couldn't get drunk on it, and damn did I try.

So amazing. I need a tlayuda right now.

I would never quit you guys!

I was waiting for "the blonde" to send some more pics - and to be honest I wasn't super excited about the Tulum and Belize Cayes blogs - as it just felt like vacation slides. But Belize Mainland and Guatemala is getting back to more adventure travel. El Salvador and Honduras will be fun, as I imagine Nicaragua.

Also I've been traveling mostly with others for about 2 months now - so it's hard to stay up to date. But now it's just me again, and it's so freaking hot in Nicaragua that all I want to do is find a coffee shop with AC and work on blogs and stuff.

Here's my Instagram if anyone wants to stay more up-to-date: https://www.instagram.com/ushuaia_or_bust/

What kind of lies did you have to tell your riding buddy in order to get her to ride along?:D

Seriously though, nice job on the blog. Been checking it from time to time and enjoy it.

Heh - she really wanted to come. We worked together for years and both took the layoff at the same time. She lived in Todos Santos, Mexico for a while as a kid so she speaks really good Spanish - which came in handy.

Suuuuure she did. We'll all be taking a loser look at everyone of those pics to see if she slipped a 'Help me' note in there somewhere.:D

J/K Looks like you're having a great time. I had intentions of doing something like this several years ago. Damn responsibilities kept me from doing it. One of these years, one of these years.

How much a day are you spending on average?

Your blog posts tend to be extremely long and involved, with a lot to take in

So by not posting each entry every week or so, you've now put us all behind the 8 ball with a shitload of catching up to do... its extremely inconsiderate of our time and feelings :harumph:

Each post takes me about 10 hours to put together from start to finish. So imagine how behind the 8-ball I feel right now :p

Ideally? $60. Realistically? Probably closer to $80 or $100. Although last night was $14 stay and tonight is a whopping $25 with A/C. And beers are a buck. So that helps with the average.

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It adds up quick. Looks like 95% fun and 5% aggravation with things like broken ferries and road block shakedowns. That's well worth it!

Stay safe and enjoy the photos/stories. Hopefully by the end of the trip we will be seeing some topless photos of your friend and a "Dear Penthouse" type story. :D

I wouldn't go on that trip if you gave me CHIEFS season ticket on the Club Level

I actually enjoy the slowdown aggravation stuff because it makes a good story and there's usually something interesting going on nearby. Even the border crossings have been kind of entertaining for the same reason. However if I had to do it all over again multiple times that would get annoying.

Turns out being stuck in Leon where it's about 125 degrees is good for my blog writing. I just park myself at the air-conditioned coffee shop for hours at a time.

Get moving Easy 6, this is a long one - finishing up Guatemala: http://ushuaiaorbust.com/2018/05/01/...-lake-atitlan/

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We'll check it out after work this evening...