life @ 13

just consider the unparalleled advantage of a natural disaster that's impossible to manage - the RZA

lucky enough for you, just as i stop by the side of a building to look at my map somewhere in the south of honduras i run into an internet cafe. lucky enough for you.
i must have been praying to the wrong gods recently, as my last two posts didn't make it through, one because the internet ran out and the other because i forgot to comfirm the post. just thought i'd let you know that i haven't stopped trying.
any, since i last wrote successfully i've crossed into honduras. not much to note about the rest of my stay in san salvador, except that i discovered an excellent comedor (resturant) across the street from my hotel which served up some very tasty plates at less than a dollar apiece. woke up at 6am on tuesday with the hope of avoiding the worst of the san salvador traffic but it turns out that 6:30 is the worst possible time to go. anyway i ended up walking about 2 miles on the sidewalk (ditch on the side of the road) until i decided that my chances were better than 50:50 of making it. san salvador was by far and away the most bike-unfriendly city i've seen, so don't expect more bus accident stories anytime soon. so i rode about 140k to san miguel which was a surprisingly easy ride, although the last climb 115k into the ride in the 96 degree heat of 2:30 was pretty rough. passed out about 2 minutes after getting a hotel room and eventually woke up to eat my most expensive dinner so far, $6 at wendy's.
yesterday i woke up late, ate breakfast late, and sat around in the hammock in my room for almost 2 hours before leaving at noon. did i mention that it's really hot here? i checked the currency exchange rate before the border and succesfully changed money without being ripped off. rode about 65k to the border, did the whole border routine, tried to keep biking since i had about an hour of daylight left but ended up turning back to the border since there were no nearby hotels on the way. today i've gone about 55k so far with about 35 to go, relatively easy stuff besides the wind. which is one hell of a big IF.
there is a pretty strong wind coming out of the NNE here, which has been reasonable menacing so far but should start helping tomorrow when i head south for nicaragua. the terrain reminds me very much of southern wyoming, and the traffic along this highway (knock knock) is pretty light. next time you'll hear from me will probably be in leon, nicaragua, about 4 days away.