Hello Everyone,
Yesterday was a wowee kind of day. We were at the airport in Ilopango, El Salvador at 7 Am waiting for the mechanic to check our alternator. Met up with several Guatemalan pilots that spoke fantastic English waiting for starter parts. They suggested that we might have better luck in Guatemala City for parts, etc. They even offered to spend the day with us if we followed them home. But luck was with us as Juan the mechanic found a broken wire and sent us on our way before 9am.
As we travelled along the coast we tried to pick out a few airstrips for our next landing. Saw a couple with promise, along marinas or the water. Met with another Juan, owner of the marina and airstrip in attached photo. Definitely need to return.
Stopped in Liberia, Costa Rica for ice cream, (Ok and fuel), where it cost $173 Colones to land ($0.36 USD) since they had no change we told them to use the change from the dollar to buy a coffee. However for our $0.36 investment we got to fill out migration forms, go through security and spend about an hour running around getting airborne.
Crossing Honduras and Nicaragua was a non event except that I took alot of ribbing from my copilots as the Nicaraguan controller asked for my email address. This was evened out a little as the customs official (female) in Panama took a shine to Harold. Lorne and I think she was a little disappointed that we were here for less than 48hrs. Wowee covered 5 countries in one day.
Pictures:
Yeah, it´s only a broken alternator wire!
Juan´s marina and runway
Potential runways for the next visit 1
Potential runways for the next visit 2
1 comment:
Hey Barb (and the two other guys)
Lookin good and five countries to boot!..and life can get better, living a dream. cheers, marjie
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