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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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have a better car, home or clothes than me. But Oleg's story about Acapulco made me very jealous. I knew for sure that I will never be able to get there. Authorities did not allow me even go to a business trip to Bulgaria. And today I was standing in front of the cliff from which divers jumped, probably on the same place from which Oleg watched it a long time ago. The show is great, they dive from 35 meters, but I think any normal person can learn how to do it. It is not so dangerous as it looks.

Alex Mumzhiu
Acapulco, Mexico
Apr 13 2004 10 pm

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Hello my dear readers, sorry for delayed TN.

I would like to say more about Acapulco. Everything I read and heard about Acapulco was wrong "It is the worst case of massive tourism development! It is a lot of tourists there! It is very expensive!" Maybe it is true for zona turistica but in places where I stayed, near the zocalo in the old town, I had barely seen any other tourists. Every Central American town has a zocalo, the central plaza with the necessary cathedral. Acapulco zocalo is the best zocalo I have seen so far, with shady trees, a nice cathedral, fountains and of course with restaurants and shops. The hotel where I stay was located near the zocalo. My room was on the top floor of a four floor building, with a good view and a private bathroom. It costs only $7. Well after midnight streets around the zocalo are full with people and... military personnel in combat gear
and heavy guns. Nobody is alarmed by them. It looks like people do not think that the military personnel was put there on purpose, just kind of a funny local custom... Zona Turistica is also full of military.

Puero Valarte is a nice resort town, but it has much less character than Acapulco. The best thing about Puerto Valarte is this: In the middle of town the endless sand beaches are interrupted by a piece of rocky seashore. It is nice snorkeling there. ...