EL SALVADOR & NICARAGUA

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Chapter 16: Brief Jaunt across El Salvador

Baking cultural exchange
el salvador beach sunset
Enjoying a few days back at the beach – we never saw the ocean in Guatemala so the last time was way back in Belize

Chapter 17: Side Note on Crazy Border Crossings

No interesting photos here – go read the funny stories of border crossings in the book instead!

Chapter 18: Nicaragua: Commune Life & Giant Fish

nicaragua family somoto canyon
Our campsite in the friendly commune near the border
nicaragua family cooking open flame maiz
Kitchen setup for this multi-generational family
volcan telica bubbling boiling nicaragua hervideros
We camped right in front of the bubbling, boiling steam field of the Telica Volcano. We kept a closer eye than usual on Lilly when playing around here!
active volcan masaya nicaragua steam
We drove to the rim of an active volcano Masaya. It was so smokey that we were coughing within a few minutes and they recommend spending no more than 10 minutes up there. They also insist on parking facing out – for quick escape, in case of eruption!
vanlife grandma nicaragua
My mum made the trek all the way from London and we rented a house on the beach down near the border with Costa Rica.
Lilly was soooooo excited to see her grandma and kept hugging her every 5 minutes!
beach couch sunset nicaragua san juan del sur
Two good friends who love to surf flew in to visit and rented a house for us all on a good surf beach in the south of Nicaragua. We had a fun & relaxing 3 days catching up with friends (& laundry!) and attempting to surf/boogie.
giant tarpon fish lake nicaragua
Incredible saltwater tarpon we watched being dragged into shore by fishermen when we camped near the border. That’s Lilly there for a sense of scale.
lake nicaragua giant tarpon scales shovel
They had to use a shovel to get the scales off!

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