Our Central America Trip -- Day Five

Day 5: Saturday, April 25th, 2009

6:30 am, We're now closing in on the final stretch of the trip. Thank God it's almost over, it was fun, but we're getting pretty stir crazy now, and desperately need some exercise, a good stretching and the ability to sleep in a horizontally.

The kids have been very well behaved, I think I whined more than they did (heehee), I'm very proud of them.

(Later) We're supposed to arrive in TJ around 10:30 am, but we're locked in a military check (they're getting more frequent, probably because we're nearing the US border), for about an hour, with something like seventeen buses ahead of us...sigh.

I'm loving the cacti everywhere, and did I mention the desert sunrises...wow!! There's a mist hanging low over everything, and with the sun shining through it, looks almost magical. Wish I could stop and take decent pictures of this, but the bus is moving again now, thank God this checkpoint didn't take longer.










Funny how things seem to take so much longer when you're waiting around for them to happen. We finally arrived in TJ around 3pm, because of all the delays, a lot later than we expected of course (we kept our poor welcoming committee waiting at the station since 10 am...), but we've arrived safe and sound, and we're very thankful for that.

We're amazed that any of our bags survived the trip at all, given the rough treatment they went through, most are torn or a lot worse off...again, at least we're here safely!! (Tip: Don't take bags you're too attached to on a trip like this, you might be heartbroken :P)


Home SWEET Home!!!!!! We're finally here, YAY!! Ready and raring to get started, we unpacked in a flash, and are settling in for this next phase of our lives.

We'll keep you posted....