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Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Western » El Zonte December 11th 2008

I got an early chicken bus from Lake Atitlan in Guatemala to Guatemala City and shared a taxi to get to the bus terminal in zone 4. Guatemala City, like all the other capitals in Central America has a bad reputation but I late Sunday morning is probably the best time to visit. Just had an hour walking around before my bus went to San Salvador. Arrived in San Salvador around 4pm and the place was quite deserted. Got a hotel room in a recommended cheap hotel ($10-night). Had cardboard stuck to the walls and ceiling and this turned out to be there to keep the vermin out. Weird place. I went to a fast food chicken place and buying a beer to spend the night in the hotel room watching TV (not good to be ... read more

Hola de El Salvador!

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Western » El Zonte September 4th 2008

laura wanderlust

Hola todos! After a 3 hour delay in London, a 10 hour flight of relentless turbulance and an extremely tight layover in the US (I literally had to sprint across Houston airport!) I finally arrived in El Salvador last Thursday. As soon as I walked out of the airport doors I noticed the heat, the sounds and the smells so familiar of this endearing country. I was then reunited with Jesus and we travelled back to El Zonte, the costal village where he lives. I have just been relaxing this week, spending time with Jesus' family while he has been going to university. It is so nice to just be here without having to worry about going home so soon, getting to know the people here and gradually feeling like part of the community. On Saturday ... read more

El Zonte

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Western » El Zonte June 12th 2008

Macaws

El Desperado de las Montanas

Spent over two weeks at the tranquilo Horizonte Beach Resort. I lost my jounal with this entry, but will eventually write something about this awsome surf spot, but here are some pictures. This was one of our favorite places on the trip so far.... read more

Beach Heaven

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Western » El Zonte May 19th 2008

hughesy78

Bout chuffin´ time too i say! Kelly Slater i am not, but boo ya, it was awesome and i cant wait for doing it everyday for a few months, even though i did solve rising sea level problems by drinking most of the Pacific... The real reason for leaving Nica was that i couldnt eat any more Chicken Subways, too much of a good think is a bad thing. Was gutted it didnt work out down there, and i wondered what i had done so wrong to get so much bad karma at the same time, it must be something i dont remember. Funiest thing to hapen in Nica. Paying for a bottle of water, the cashier not having any change, and buying me off with Clorets. Hope she wasnt hinting.... San Salvador, not as bad ... read more

El Salvador

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Western » El Zonte December 9th 2007

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Nicobine

Après le Nicaragua, nous voici donc au Salvador. Rapide passage à San Salvador, assez dangereux dans l’ensemble, nous sommes allés directement sur le bord du Pacifique où, nous avons découvert une superbe plage parfaite : Grosses vagues, eau chaude, super paysage et pousada sur la plage... le rêve... Je ne suis pas sûr que l’on se soit baignés autant auparavant en si peu de temps..... Bon ,sinon rien d autres à ajouter, c était top !!!! Très cool de se reposer un peu aussi car depuis 15 jours, on mange pas mal de bus plus ou moins confortables... mais tellement TYPIQUE.... Après quoi, nous sommes allés a la découverte des nombreux volcans de la région, dont un l’ éruption date de 2005 (volcan Santa Ana)... interdit d’ y monter, trop dangereux... C’ était aussi très très ... read more

san pedro,santiago,el zonte,el tunco

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Western » El Zonte December 1st 2007

djlolo

okay let me try this again... well we left san pedro and took the boat to santiago great boat ride thru the lake but santiago was nothing special a great markey but since i cant buy shit there was nothing really to do so we got a hotel room and went walking around to learn about where we have to get the bus the next morning, we found the place i asked around and it turns out there are busses leave to esquitle almost every half an hour. we continued to walk arounfd and found a place were i could get my head shaved for 2 dollars. afterwerds we just went back to the room and watched tnt ( believe it or not) we saw spiderman 2 and bad boys and ate cheap tacos ( i ... read more

santiago to el zonte

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Western » El Zonte November 28th 2007

djlolo

i am soooo pissed right now. i just fineshed writing the longest blog yet and right when i was about to save it some ass clown droped something and fucked everything up and i lost it all. fuck fuck fuck fuCK! oh well here qwe go again. we left san pedro took a boat to santiago styed the night there ate tacos watched tnt believe it or not. got up early took 2 hicken busses to the border walked it across the border got a cab to el zonte a beautiful place we have a hotel right on the beach where the sand is black from the volcanos. we ate drank now we are in la libertad trying to find a atm cause we need amercan dollares cause thats there currency. im sorry this sux but ... read more

El Salvador the unconventional way...

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Western » El Zonte November 7th 2007

On the street breakfast

savo

A tough day, ad-hoc travelling.... Up at 6 and just time for a street breakfast before the 7am bus to Retalhuleu, we are only guessing this is the place to go and change bus, seems right on the map... We arrive about 9 and are quickly helped onto another bus to Escuintla at 9.30. The progress is great! The second bus is quite luxurious as it has real seats and not American school bus style where they cram as many people as possible per bench. We are just relaxing into our seats, and realise we are lucky to be girls. A young bloke is moved from his window seat so that a couple and two children can take both seats, just as he gets comfy, he´s moved again to allow a young woman to sit down ... read more

El salvador and Honduras so far

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Western » El Zonte March 14th 2007

Surfing

GerPatRatDam

Again, irrelevant dates.. I dont know how so many people on this site write HUGE long stories on their blog...shit, im already annoyed at just loading the pics up and writting a few sentences. neways, so after guatemala we went to surf in el salvador..fun fun.blah blah... now in honduras, climbed the highest peak here (2860m) with damian while the others are on the bay islands (they ditched us the fuckers)..hands down the hardest 2 day hike of my life...NEVER AGAIN!! la te da...ciao G... read more

El Zonte, EL SALVADOR

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Western » El Zonte February 20th 2007

Fatimih

My crazy family subscribes to the notion that salt water heals all, so naturally I headed directly for the ocean and stayed for a week. El Salvador’s coastlines certainly don’t receive the hype, which Costa Rica’s coasts do, so you get to a ponte like El Zonte and it’s just the fisherman, their families, the ocean, and you! Falling asleep (with only 4 walls separating you from the ocean) to the crashing of waves on the shoreline of your front yard, under a sky glowing with stars, and then bathing in the ocean with the rise of the sun every morning- a que rico! The family that I stayed with went diving for lobster and fish everyday, so I hiked along the cliffs of the shore by day, ate fresh fish every afternoon, and read until ... read more

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