There has been quite a gap since I last wrote anything and unfortunately i'd have to say that its partly because of a lack of inspiration during the last few weeks in Central America :-( Both Panama and (particularly) Costa Rica left me a bit 'flat.'

There is no denying that.. well, they really do have some canal there in Panama! And watching Green Turtles come ashore to nest in Costa Rica was VERY cool. But, overall they lacked something. Or maybe its actually that they have too much of something ... Overpriced, hugely overdeveloped for tourism, 'For Sale' signs abound, Real Estate operators in every small town, Condos and 'Gated Communities' springing up everywhere and an apparent WAVE of North Americans in search of the next property bargin. Not really my scene.

What worries me most is hearing that the very people who have inflicted this 'Cond-hell' on countries such as Panama and Costa Rica now consider it too developed and expensive and have started to move into other areas such as Nicaragua - I can only hope that Nicaragua doesn't go the same way!

Still, things seem to be looking up as now i'm in El Salvador... and lovin' it!