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This is a detailed report on that trip: * Panama to Costa Rica: 19 hours, $25, Borders fee $10 * Costa Rica to Nicaragua: 8 hours, $10, Borders fee $10 * Nicaragua to San Salvador, through Honduras 12 hours, $25, Borders fee $20 * San Salvador to Guatemala: 6 hours, $8, no borders fee * So entire bus fee was $68, borders fee was $40 and it takes 45 hours.

Central America (part IV)

Alex Mumzhiu
2006-03-22 18:46:53

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is 2000 to 3000 years old. It is biggest single piece of biomass on the planet. Tree is really great, see pictures in attachment. I even put two, one is mine with necessary bike in front, another is post card.

From Oaxaca I went to Puerte Escondido. Spanish language is a such pompous (pompeznii) language. Puerto Escondido means only the hidden port, nothing more. It is nothing there except for intense heat and serf boarders. It was hot even during the night, so I did not put mosquito net, which reduce air ventilation from the fan. In the middle of night I woke up because somebody was biting me. I hit it and pulled it out of my leg. It was not a mosquito, but a much larger insect.

Because there was nothing to do in Puerto Escondido I took 5 am second class bus to Acapulco. As an experienced bus rider I took seat in last rear row and happily sleep laying flat for the first 3 hours.

I heard so many condemnations on Acapulco. Lonely Planet with its backpacker's snobizm even did not include it in the list of Mexico's main attractions. But it is great town. It reminded me Rio De Janeiro. It is also located on the nice bay, like Rio. Bay is not so picturesque as at Rio, but it is absolutely clean. In Rio, the bay is full of garbage. You cannot swim there. Here in Acapulco water is clean and people swim at the beaches located in the middle of city. I do not like these little touristy towns with chic boutique, nice little restaurants..., hate it. I was grown up in large city, and I like large cities. Acapulco is large. It is not only zona tyristica, which everywhere more or less the same. It has large old town with beautiful zocalo, great restored 16th century military fort. I like Acapulco.

I saw famous cliff divers there. Many years ago, back in the Soviet Union, my friend Oleg B. told me about his trip to Acapulco. He travel everywhere as a trainer of Soviet bicycle racing team. I never got jealous of people who ...