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SOL is short for Shit Out of Luck. ...

I lived in Honduras form 2005 to 2009, though under different circumstances. ...

Thanks for the advice. I used to shop at La Colonia in Tegucigalpa. I didn't know they were in Managua as well. ...

I live in a small town in northern Nicaragua. The grocery stores stock corn flour, beans, rice, chicken, the basics. I'm going to Managua...

The guy's attitude was the biggest problem I had. He could have just said, "It's $12 to enter Nicaragua with or without visa." Instead, he...

In all fo those countries, 18 is the legal drinking age. In most parts of those countries, it's not enforced. Four or five times in...

I ran into a mess at the Honduras-Nicaragua border today. Has anybody had to pay for a Nicaraguan tourist visa when crossing back into...

Thank you all for the helpful advice. I will now abandon this thread as it has devolved into what every Central America thread devolves...

Thanks for all the tips. I'm going to take Tica Bus into Costa Rica. There's a Tica Bus that goes all the way from my town into Costa Rica....

I'm living in Nicaragua until the end of the year. My tourist visa expires in September. I plan on taking a bus down to Costa Rica and...

I used to live in Honduras and spent a lot of time in Tegucigalpa. I had friends who lived there. I hated Teguc's traffic (as bad as Cairo,...

Thanks for the advice. Johnnycanuck's description of the Sinai buses matches the stories I've read. I'm definitely avoiding it....

Four of us are on vacation in Egypt. From Cairo, we need to get to Dahab. Flying is far too expensive, and the buses sound like they're...

I'm in Tunisia right now, and my lack of French is killing me. I speak basic survivial French. I want to stop in a country for a while to...

Thanks for the advice. I'll slip a couple o 10 dinar notes in my backpack. If they find it, I'll feign ignorance and give them the bills.