Car troubles aside, we still covered 600 miles on the winding and often suspect roads of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua over the last two days. We have arrived safely at a swanky hotel complete with swimming pool, steak dinners, internet access, and outdoor patio for the price of 70 USD. Tomorrow we intend to search for our main Nicaragua destination in Masaya, about 30 km from our hotel.
The trimmings of our current lodging look particularly good considering the hole we nighted in yesterday. We stayed in a hotel in Santa Rosa de Lima, El Salvador without air conditioning or general cleanliness. The room was lit by a single 45 watt light bulb. My bed was 25% covered with ceiling and wall fragments reminiscent of recent insect activity. The shower was a single raised spout that shot a single stream of cold water onto bathers. Metal doors and windows kept the room roughly 10 degrees warmer than the 75 degree outdoor temperature. It was pretty miserable, but considering our short stay and lack of options in an unfamiliar town, we had to make due. Sitting in the dark and sweating, Andrew and I reminisced about several of the uncommon sights we spotted from the road so far:
1) A man herding cows from his bicycle (dubbed the lazy shepherd)
2) Women selling foot long lizards suspended from their tails (newt by the foot)
3) Overgrown roads re-lined to accommodate new vegetation (don't hedge your bets)
4) Truck bed carrying horse (if trucks were wishes, more horses would be riding them)
5) Honda Accord containing 8 full grown people and a child (is that a clown car, bro?)
6) Clown (unaccompanied by parade) riding a miniature tricycle
7) Man with hook hand (you've heard of Somali pirates)
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