We have now visited every country and spend 9 months in this continent. There haven’t really been any problems with theft or violence this far (knock on wood). Even the police have been friendly and no bribes have been paid. These countries have reputation of being violent and dangerous, but surely majority of travelers have no problems at all.
While El Salvador is supposed to be the most dangerous country around here, the locals where saying that it is nice and safe place to live, and so it felt. On the other hand the Costa Ricans seemed to be quite afraid of criminals. They where warning us all the times how risky it is to be camping out there. In Nicaragua the police told us to take our camping stuff and spare tire down from the roof rack for the night and we obeyed. Somebody then stole our hubcaps. Well, who needs those anyway? The bandits seemed to be the biggest problem in Guatemala, and going alone to the mountains were not recommended. The worst place this far has been Belize City, which I recommend everybody to skip. There we made the mistake of going to the streets when it was getting dark, and without one friendly local who hooked up with us, at least two big scary guys would have attacked us.
All in all my opinion is that you don’t have to be afraid of travelling in Central America. We have had great time here in the middle of snakes, swine flu, earthquakes, coup d’état, and drug cartel wars. J
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