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It's not quite in the middle, as it's much closer to Roatan, but the area around Pico Bonito inland from La Ceiba has great rafting and...

First thing that comes to mind is Brazil - particularly Bahia. Lush forests, amazing beaches, great food. I know AA flies into Salvador and...

Spend a week in El Salvador surfing, maybe in El Tunco. Then you'll have 1 travel day getting over to Belize or the Bay Islands for diving....

Agree with #1 in that the Pico Bonito National Park area has lots of good ecolodges at all budgets. And from there you can get out to the...

Buses are slow in El Salvador and with a week you'll end up losing a lot of time if you do the bus thing. You can rent a car or take point...

Between Copan, SPS and Ceiba, I'm not sure why buses wouldn't fit your schedule? Hedman has a 515am bus from Copan to SPS so that's pretty...

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Agreed. Just start in Guat and see how you go. If you get restless, you can get to Copan pretty easily or into El Salvador and check out...

I was in El Salvador and Honduras from late Dec to mid Jan this year and found that the only time bookings were really needed were right...

Without knowing the deal in terms of different sim cards in each country (someone else might be able to help you on that), for saving money...

San Blas, Corn Islands in Nica, maybe Cayos Cochinos or Guanaja in Honduras could fit the bill for finding something simple/authentic with...

One country is probably the best bet. Sounds like Honduras ticks the most boxes.

There's nice hiking on Ometepe. And the cloud forest on Mombacho volcano near Granada is cool too.

I would agree with #2 in that on $30-40 a day, you're money will go a lot further in SE Asia than in Central America. That's definitely...