I want to travel Central America. Are El Salvador and Honduras safe?
So I (f22) am planning to go to Central America in 2022 for 12-14 weeks. My route would be Belize - Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama - (?caribbean island maybe?)
My bf would join me in Costa Rica but before that I might be travelling alone. Looking at official websites El Salvador and Honduras seem to be dangerous and there are not that many travel reports especially on ES. It looks like it is mostly drug related issues though that normal tourists would not come in contact with?
Does anybody have any experience with these countries? What do you think?
Edit: Wow, this got waaaaaay more attention than I thought! I expected to get maybe 2 comments so this is awesome!! Thank you so much for everyone who took time out of their day to reply to my post! Especially the people who wrote really detailed advice, suggestions and stories! Based on your reactions I have decided not to visit Honduras, at least not the mainland! El Salvador I don't know yet since there have been mixed opinions. I will take my time to think about that! Thanks a lot! 💕