Whilst in Belize, we stayed in an eco lodge..which was interesting to say the least! Simplicity at it's best. It consisted of tiny huts, compost toilets and was surrounded by many different tropical tree's, plants and creatures. A few of the girls on our tour were instantly horrified at the prospect of living in these 'alternative' conditions; however, we were ready to throw ourselves into the lifestyle for the couple of days we had there! Luckily for us, the onl...

On the 31st July we sleepily made our way to Guatemala on our favourite form of Central American transport..the Tikka bus. We arrived bemused and confused, not realising we were even in the country and almost stayed on the bus to Mexico. We made it out and Emma made a quick dash for the nearest Subway to fill our hungry hungry bellies. However, as she approached us with a twinkle in her eyes, the excitement got the better of her causing one of her feet to slip fo...

This was a spontaneous decision that we made because luck seemed to be on our side. After finally making our flight to Managua we decided that a trip to the Bay Islands, Honduras was unlikely so we decided to try our luck once again and head to the TICA bus terminal. By chance there was a bus leaving for San Salvador soon after we arrived so we purchased tickets and before we knew it we were heading to El Salvador. Unlike our terrible experience at passport contr...

Big Corn island was supposed to be a fleeting visit en route to the airport to fly us back to Managua! But in true ELK style this was not to be. We ran out of money on Little Corn and had used our last cents to buy sweeties so we had to stop at the bank on the way to airport so we could pay for the taxi. This stop ended up taking over 45 minutes because the cash machine was broken and inevitably we missed our flight to Managua! Oops. After pleading with the airl...

Little Corn Island is a small gem of an island off the Caribean coast of Nicaragua. It is a actual paradise and it should be with the difficulty it took to get there. With the advice of a local we chose to stay on the more secluded side of the beach that consisted of three small resorts of beach huts. The huts were thrown together with what seemed to be washed up timber but we happily accepted it would be our home for the next three days. Inside there were comfy ...