This video gives you a quick peek at my travels in one day from El Salvador through Honduras and finally on a chicken bus in Nicaragua heading to my final destination of Leon.
Monday I left Perquin, El Salvador and traveled about 3 hours (1 pickup and 2 buses) to the Honduras border. Then at the Honduras border I exchanged 10 USD for the Honduran Lempira, since it was going to be cheaper to pay for the buses that way. Then it took me around 3 hours (2 buses) to get to the Nicaragua border. Once at the Nicaragua border I exchanged 100 USD for 2000 Cordoba. Then I caught a direct bus to Leon, Nicaragua that took about 3 hours.
So I got started at 7:00am and finally found a suitable hotel in Leon at around 6:00pm. It was difficult to find a nice hotel that I liked in Leon. I wandered around town soaking wet with my heavy pack and came upon a nice hostel with private rooms. The owner wanted 10 dollars per night, but I got her down to 8 dollars per night for 3 nights.
Once in my hotel I dumped my gear and took a nice shower and got dressed for dinner. I found a nice Chinese restaurant and had a relaxing meal and came home and fell asleep.
