San Juan del Sur

On to the beautiful surf community of San Juan del Sur...between the pretty beach, cool breezes & cheap provisions, David & I were in heaven!

San Juan del Sur claims to have the 2nd largest Jesus statue in the world (behind Rio de Janeiro), so we hiked to the top of the hill to check it out.

We wrapped up our first evening with a bottle of wine on the beach watching a beautiful sunset.

 Think we'll stay here for a few more days...

into Nicaragua

Drove from Zambrano across the border into Nicaragua and to Esteli for a quick overnight stay, then on to Granada...interesting sites along the way & once we got to Granada.

walked over to the lake front...unfortunately lined with trash :(

visited Mambacho cigar factory & received a lesson in making cigars

weather was mostly rainy, so we didn't have the camera out much to take more pics in Granada...depart for the beach tomorrow though!

Zambrano bound...

Continuing our travels on to the small town of Zambrano...girls in one car, boys in the other :)

Arrived at beautiful Caserio Valuz (a very spacious bed & breakfast) in a hilly/mountainous region of Honduras

Gracias

After Copan, we stopped in Gracias which is a great little colonial style town in Honduras. There are many historic buildings, including churches & fort San Cristobel

We found a fantastic jar shop (Lorendiana) which had tons of sauces & other jarred pickled goods. They also had amazing candies and frozen treats. Highly recommend this stop to anyone finding themselves in Gracias...

This is another old church we saw along the way, but I can't remember the precise town/village name...

Honduras

visited the Copan ruins

Tijax

For our last night in Guatemala, we stayed at an eco-lodge in Rio Dulce called Hacienda Tijax. We were set up quite quaintly in a small hut-type room that was right on the water front!

early departure the next morning for border crossing day into Honduras...