Wow! i didnt realise it has been so long since ive written and ive crossed 2 borders! El Salvador is not really on the Gringo/Lonely Planet trail...many people avoid it due to its dangerous reputation. Lucky me! It is a beautiful country with fantastic people, who just want to talk to you. They are a very proud people and have put up with a ridiculous amount of torture, oppression and poverty over the years, being the US puppet in Cental America didnt help their cause. However the country is outstandingly gorgeous and clean, the roads are good are the towns completely diverse. After leaving the turtle hatchery just outside Montericco, Guatemala, it took my the standard whole day to complete my journey. The longest i waited for a bus was 1 hour after the boat from
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