Blogs from Western, El Salvador, Central America Caribbean - page 12

The next stop along my journey was a little town in El Salvador called Juayua. Unfortunately I was only able to spend a couple of days in El Salvador because I only had about a week and a half left and really wanted to spend a bit more time in Nicaragua. My time there was lovely. Juayua is a small town along the famed Ruta de las flores which runs through beautiful coffee country in northern El Salvador. The landscape was really quite incredible. I stayes at a lovely hostel in Juayua run by a young couple of musicians. It was a very comfortable space full of art and beauty. This sleepy little town was a big change from the bustle of Antigua and I really appericiated the change of pace.... read more

Finally we are at the beach and within 5 minutes of arriving at our beach side surf lodge we were in the water ducking under the waves. Its about 30 degrees here, very humid and much to our delight it seems to only rain in the middle of the night. The sea is like a warm bath which means you don't need to hurry out but we are lucky enough to have a refreshing pool with ocean views at our lodge. The village we are staying in is called El Tunco which pretty much merges into El Sunzal. This is a famous coast for its surf and although the waves are still powerful, we are lucky its small enough for us beginners to get out. Rainy season offers the best surf here. As we are near ... read more

Taking the scenic HWY 2 we cruised along the El Salvadorian coast, passing farms and towns scattered along the semi mountainous jungle landscape. The fresh smell of post rain fills the air. We stopped in the town of Sunzal which is said to have one of the longest point breaks in Central America and checked in to a cheap hotel with a pool and use of their kitchen. After taking a dip in the pool to cool off, we put a pot of soup on the burner then went to check out town. The sun was setting so we watched the waves but waited till morning to surf. Up at 6:00am we ate some left over soup, then hit the waves. It was a long paddle out and my arms were out of shape from a ... read more

As well as being the most "off-the-beaten-track" destination in Central America (95% less backpackers here than in Guatemala, for example) El Salvador also has to go down as quite possibly the friendliest country I've ever visited. Almost from the moment I arrived (when I asked the bus driver where a certain hotel was, and he told me to stay on the bus and he´d drive the bus there for me once the other passengers had gotten off), I´ve been treated more like I´ve been a visitor in someone else´s home rather than just a traveller passing through. Sure, most people in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala were pretty nice too, but me and some of the folks I've been travelling with all agree - there´s a genunine-ness and amicableness about the way Salvadorenos treat us and interact ... read more

Whoo-hoo for Semana Santa! Blair and I have been traveling since Saturday morning. We left Copan at 11am and had been in three countries by the end of the day (Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador). We stayed in San Salvador for a couple days, met two of his friends that came down to visit. Yesterday we made our way to the Pacific Ocean!! LOVE THE BEACH!!! Spent an amazing day and a half there, and then arrived in Juayua this afternoon. The coast was HOT (getting a bit tanner), but we're in the cool mountains now and it even sprinkled a bit today. Feels fresh...and our hostel has HOT water, and internet! Living it up! Will post photos and sweet stories later on (hopefully!!!) I was ready to leave San Salvador. Big, noisy...ugh. But the coast ... read more