We passed through Honduras 2 days ago, and actually met Doug at the Nicaragua border.
He related his woes to us. It was 100% different from our experience.
We crossed from El Salvador at El Amatillo, *without helpers* who bombarded us but we managed to finally get rid of them when we let them know we understood what they were saying about us (and the Admin woman was also amused when let them know in Spanish that "she had her own mouth" ).
We only paid the equiv of 35USD per bike to enter and the whole process took what is our average of 1.5 hours.
Once in Honduras we headed to San Marcos De Colon, and were only stopped by the police twice.
The 1st stop they asked Jean for her license so she gave them her import document instead, and I copied her. This satisfied them and they waved us on.
he 2nd stop, in the mountains after Choluteca was to make sure we gave a donation to the local school children, that seemed fair enough.
We passed many other police points, no hassle.
Exiting the country at El Espino was just as painless.
We liked Honduras and the people, especially those in San Marcos.
Maybe someone needs to ask the police why they choose some people and no others.
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