Stuck For A Bit

We are camped at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala and had planned to head to Antigua today and Sunday cross to El Salvador, but last night El Salvador closed the borders to everyone who isn't Salvadoran so we are stuck for a while. The current border restriction is supposed to end April 1st, but there are no guarantees so what are our options?

We could backtrack to Mexico or Belize or route through a longer route of Honduras and go around El Salvador. The problem is that Guatemala is already banning travellers from Europe and some other places so they could add the US to the list as well and we would then be stuck further north. The trip through Honduras is interesting except for the fact that it was the place we have already decided to go in and out in one day because of the instability of the country which makes it much less safe.

The last option is to wait it out and hope that none of the other countries south of El Salvador impose border closures or restrictions as well. If the border does open on April 1st as currently planned we will likely not spend much time in El Salvador and run the borders in Honduras on our way to Nicaragua.

That isn't super high on our to do list so we would make our way to Costa Rica where other options open up. In Costa Rica we could arrange shipping directly to Ecuador or the Pacific coast of Colombia. That would mean we would skip Panama and possibly Colombia for now. All of that, of course, depends on the borders of those countries staying open to US travellers.

Where we are now is a great campground where we quickly made friends with the whole gang including Germans, New Zealanders, French and Americans. It runs 75 Quetzales a day or just shy of $10 a day. Produce is inexpensive and plenty as is beer and wine. We will wait a while here to decide what to do next.

Please follow the scientists and medical people's advice and be well.

Peace and Love and more soon....