5 Funny Travel Photos – Central America

Here are 5 funny photos taken during my recent jaunt through Central America – at least I think they’re funny… David Bailey – be afraid, be very afraid…

1. Salvoman, El Salvador

Sunzal Beach, El Salvador. I’m a real sucker for building snowmen – but what can do beyond niveous climates? You can build a coconut man, of course. A staggering 3 feet tall (not including his 12ft bamboo, coconut-tipped spear) and weighing in at a good 5 ½ pounds – allow me to introduce Salvoman – the sick, smoking, Salvadoran, surf statue. Building this was clearly a monday afternoon well spent .

2. Funeral Parlour, Honduras

I took this one outside a funeral parlour in Copan, Honduras. Why spend all that extra time and money on a fancy sign explaining what your business does when a picture, or in this case a model, says it all? We were so tempted to go in. If the outside was this good, just imagine how f****d up the inside must have been…

3. ‘La Minga’ Bar, El Salvador

At some point in our lives, we’ve possibly all walked into a bar like this – but at least this one provides written and pictorial warning of the horrors that lurk within. San Salvador, El Salvador.

4. Guatemalan Fanny Tuna

Maybe it’s just me, but this has to be the funniest tins of tuna in the universe. Childish, I know – but allow me to satiate my desire to tee-hee at such immature distractions. Lago Atitlan, Guatemala.

5. My Special Guatemalan Carrot

Ok, so you can now see a trend emerging…
I rescued Dave the Organ-ic Carrot from a veggie vendor in Quetzaltenango (Xela) Market, Guatemala. As soon as I clapped eyes on him I knew he had to be mine. The elderly lady seemed a little confused that I wanted that one, and that one only, but a couple of Guatemalan guys picked up on this bad boy pretty quickly – they knew exactly why I wanted him. As I walked away from the stall, cradling not-so-little Dave, I caught site of these guys now with equally childish grins on their faces. It left me feeling warm and inspired in the knowledge that juvenile humour is truly a universal phenomenon!