Off Road Driving Chiquimula

Only 60 km to the Honduras-El Salvador boarder then another 60 km to San Miguel, El Salvador today’s destination. We headed out early again this morning leaving La Esperanza at like 8:00 AM. We were warned by the lady whom owned the hostel that the road out of town is worse than the road in.

Excellent Roads of Honduras, NOT!

Oh Great here we go again!!! She was right. Right out of town the roads were muddy step-ups with even bigger potholes.

Pot Holes that will eat your tire

Ryan checking the deep potholes

Luckily the mud on these roads actually soaks in most of the rain water leaving a still pretty solid ground to drive on. Plus, we figured if the Chicken Buses can make this trip so can we.

Chicken Bus Mobbying It

So up and down, mud, dirt, rocks, Mountains, pine trees, rivers, waterfalls, sunshine and small Mountain / country villages. We took in the amazing, beautiful views on this dirt road the whole way to the boarder 60 km and 4 ½ hours later. When we got to the boarder we barely recognized it. It was one building, one teenage kid with a gun, one old man and two baby puppies. The old guy checked our passports and papers for the car logged it all in and let us pass.

Welcome to El Salvador, Finally!

On we went, still on the rocky dirt road down the Mountain into El Salvador. Half and hour later we FINALLY came to a PAVED road. We continued heading south to San Miguel (which we almost drove right through since we were driving so much faster on the paved road and lost track of distance to time ratio). U-turn….All three of us were glad to find a hotel and get out of the van, plus Chiquimula needed a break too.