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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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Everything was fine until the last moment. I did not realize that I cannot run in fins. So, I did not escape from the next wave and it pulled me back. I removed one fin and held it in one hand, in the other hand I held the mask and snorkel. And again, with one fin on my foot I could not run. So people on the beach formed a human chain and pulled me out. I was not in a bad shape and I think, if things would become really bad, I would throw away my fins and mask and run to the safety. But it was a good lesson. I did not know that fins do not help, just opposite, when you swim through the big waves to the shore.

From the city of Cabo San Lucas at the Southern tip of Baja peninsula I took a bus to La Paz, the capitol of Baja California Sur. At the scuba divining shop there, two ladies told me that the scuba season is in summer, it is too cold now. For snorkeling however they recommend I go to the small village Buenventura a few hours north of La Paz by bus. Buenoventura is located on the shore of Bahia Concepcion, a little bay on the Sea of Cortez. My bus arrived there at 3 am. It was a moonless night and I found my way to the beach with a flash light. I put my sleeping mat on the sand and fell asleep. I woke up at sunrise. I slept a little bit more and remembered that the main advantage of sleeping on the beach is that you don't have to go to the beach. You are already there. I put on my mask and snorkel and found out that the sea is full of seafood. I brought to the shore a couple of large conches, several sea urchins and different clams and had sushi type breakfast. During the entire morning I did not see anybody there. However it was a restaurant and hotel near the road, both empty.

I unfolded my bike and start to ride to the next town, Mulege. As I learned later this is the only part of Baja peninsula which is completely undeveloped. Road went through craggy, moonscape like landscape of sun baked rocks and cactus trees. It was no indication of human presence except for a few cars which fell from the road and were rusting where they fell. It was very little traffic there. By the late afternoon I got tired and took a rest in the tiny cactus's shade. Immediately hundreds of needles stuck my back. I am still removing them. I came to the town of Muleje by the evening. Next morning I took bus to Tijuana. From the bus window I was able to observe the Baja landscape all the way to the US border. The best part of Baja is South of Mulege along Concepcion bay. Some of my readers argued me not to tell everybody about good places which I discovered, but I still do it, I do not know why. If somebody will go there and find out that it is really good place, please send me a thank you letter.

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Alex Mumzhiu
McLean Va USA
May 20 2004 3pm