Nickel and dimmed out of the nightmare Honduras border town, tires sprayed with supposed disinfectant for a fee, of course, another and perhaps the first real local tax and we are into Honduras itself. yeah!
Quick roadside lunch stop.
Our experiences last night drained us all of any energy we had to experience the country. In retrospect it's unfair to the people of the country to judge them by the way their border operates, reflecting on some people's US border nightmares. The three of us know getting taken was our own fault we ignored every piece of advice about border crossing we had received. Lessons learned.
9:30 We arrive at the Honduras Nicaragua border and are immediately hit by handlers. We all say, no they robbed us at the other border. They looked confused. I tell them we have a friend from Nicaragua meeting us at the boarder and he's taking care of everything. Now the look hurt but leave us alone. Leaving Honduras as quickly as possible, papers checked twice and we we're down the road the Nicaragua border station.
Mean while Jim chats up a fellow biker to get the straight scoop. In less than three hours we are out of Honduras and in Nicaragua. A new record.
I know it's our attitude, as soon as we're rolling down the road in Nicaragua we're all smiles, it just feels different here, friendly and relaxed.
With only a little adventure which Jim survived we find a great hotel in Leon near the plaza with secure bike parking. As we park our bikes in the hotel court yard group of young, as in giggly young, girls want pictures with us particularly Max, however there was one one who really wanted her picture taken with me. I must remind her of her grandfather.........in a wind blown kinda way. F....er
Leon is a beautiful old colonial city, narrow streets, lots of churches, a couple of universities and nice cafes.
There appears to be a church going on in plaza, parades, lot's of people, vendors of all kinds and music. We asked some locals they said, no, it was a typical Sunday night. Pretty cool.
Dinner and bed. Layover day planned for tomorrow.
Location:Honduran Border to Leon Nicaragua
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