Hola, que interesante Hola Luke, Ive come across your blog as im researching IPES for a book on issues of development and environment in central america. Im currently in San Jose cost rica, but recently went to El Salvador to visit IPES, amongst other organisations, and my lecturer from the university of Plymouth and I interviewed Karen and met the staff. Ive enjoyed reading about your experience and looking through your photos. I had a great time in Suchi too, its well chilled and such a friendly place. IPES is a cracking organisation and Im glad you had a fantastic time there, sounds like you did some good work. Thanks for posting this. Lucy
Hi David, thanks for your comment. It's great to receive comments from people, especially to connect with people I don't yet know. I had a great time in El Sal and hope to go back there in the near future. your work in NI sounds interesting. Did you do any other volunteering in CA/SA? I'm looking for other projects to visit.
Jealous! Hello Luke,
Just found your travel blog from El Salvador. Great to read it and 'revisit' places I know, lived etc. Good for you - enjoy it all, forget nothing and see what grows. I found you through a trail via permaculture and IPES. I'm a community development worker on Rathlin Island at the moment (N Ireland) and a series of fascinating co-incidences linked my work there to my 'other life' with El Salvador. Have a pupusa for me!
All the best,
David.
Hi, I called the office first and then bought the ticket at the terminal in San Salvador a short time before the bus left and I just told the guy that I wanted to go to Leon, and paid the correct price. I then told the bus driver that I was getting off at Leon. Simple as that.
Best to call the terminal where ever you are and check prices, times, and seat availability and then you should be fine to buy your ticket just before you get on the bus (but arrive 30-45 mins early). Feel free to ask if you need any more info on your trip. Good luck! Luke
I was just wondering how you were able to get off the tics bus at Leon. I am trying to do the same but the website says they only stop at the capitals...thanks for any help!
I am wondering how you were able to take the ticabus to Leon and not managua...I am trying to do the same trek in two days and on the ticabus site it said they only stop at the capitals. Thanks for any help!
Looking for IPES! This is a great blog, and I really appreciated learning about IPES and seeing that it is still operational. I wasn't sure because the phone number and e-mail are not currently operational. I am currently in El Salvador and would like to report on them for The Esperanza Project (www.TheEsperanzaProject.org) but I can't find them! Can you help put me in touch? Thank you!!
Hi, thanks for your comment. It's nice to hear from other people. Sorry, I don't know the answers to most of your questions. I suspect that you can find somewhere cheap to rent with digital tv pretty easily. I don't know why people don't live in the surrounding area. I suspect that there are strict land use rules and it's mainly rainforest with no roads so it would be difficult to build there. The bay doesn't smell too bad but is a little dirty. The bugs are no worse than anywhere else and there hasn't been much malaria recently but I suspect that dengue is a problem. good luck finding something.
wow awesome you are what I have been waiting for. a travelblog post from bluefields. I want to know a few things about bluefields to make up my mind to visit/move there. are rentals available with internet service at reasonable cost? Is reasonable small satellite dish tv service also available? on google earth it looks like lots of people live in tiny houses? why don't people just spread out and live on vast uninhabited land around bluefields? They say the land is an autonomous province but I suspect it is foreign held (secretly) with strict land use rules. No one is allowed to live on it. Could you check into that? does the bay stink? Are the bugs bad? thankyou for doing a bluefields post.
ha ha. what you trying to say - that i'm stupid! it was apparent from early on that he was trying to scam us. But we had a great time with him and his friends, a meal cheaper than in a restaurant, and a party in a local's house. We just had to be careful that it didn't go any further. sometimes it's fine to play along you just need to be aware of what's happening
it's a forest in the clouds ha ha.
"A cloud forest, also called a fog forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical evergreen montane moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud cover, usually at the canopy level. "
Yes, it's one of the cheapest countries especially for food and transport. Probably the cheapest place to take spanish classes too. Let me know if you need any advice etc..
toby
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looks amazing
the scenary looks great mate, very luscious. keep it coming