I'm a freelance journalist based in León, Nicaragua. This
website is part travel log, part photo collection and part compilation
of my work as a daily newspaper reporter and freelancer.
"
. . . The Man with the Muckrake, the man who could look no way but
downward, with the muckrake in his hand; who was offered a celestial
crown for his muckrake, but who would neither look up nor regard
the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth
of the floor..."
— Theodore Roosevelt
The
Border Crossing between San Carlos, El Salvador and El Amatillo, Honduras,
by the numbers.
The number of computers on the Honduran side of the border
used to process those crossing with a vehicle: 1
The number of hours it took to complete that side of the border crossing:
4
The price, in US dollars: $52
The price, in US dollars, that Honduran border officials wanted to
charge us for accidently switching "make" with "model"
on our vehicle permit: $42
The number of "guides" who offered their services to help
complete this part of the border crossing: too many to count.
The number of "guides" on the Salvadoran side: 0.
More on crossing from San Carlos, El Salvador to El Amatillo,
Honduras.
It began with a man hurdling through a median of palm trees. He was
tall, with exquisitely styled hair, dark jeans, a pale blue polo shirt
and a left hand that sliced through the air like an out-of-control
winged insect.
