The fully loaded Bajaj Chetak motorscooters' top speed had dropped from 80kmh to 65kmh by the time Tim Munro and Stephen Hogg had added 20,000km during their journey to Honduras. : Trip slips on banana republic

This sleepy-looking border-control building just inside Honduras was the New Zealand pair's introduction to the corruption they say is rife in the Central American country. : Trip slips on banana republic

Tim Munro tops up his scooter's petrol tank on the side of the highway leading to Honduran provincial capital Choluteca. : Trip slips on banana republic

Tim Munro (left) and Stephen Hogg prepare to leave Alaska at the start of their year-long adventure, which would be cut short in Honduras. : Trip slips on banana republic

Dunedin-raised friends Tim Munro (left) and Stephen Hogg silhouetted with their motor scooters on the edge of a Pacific Ocean highway in Guatemala, Central America. Photos by Stephen Hogg. : Trip slips on banana republic

Tim Munro (27, left) and Stephen Hogg (27), both of Dunedin, are relieved to be back after their trans-continental scooter trip of the Americas came seriously unstuck in Honduras. Photo by Gregor Richardson. : Trip slips on banana republic