Blogs from Western, El Salvador, Central America Caribbean - page 13

After leaving the "wonderful festival city of Suchitoto" it was off to the beach, El Tunco. Nice and sunny, with descent sized waves...too bad there were so many beginners out there (me included), making for dangerous times in the lineup. Sand and sun was blistering hot during the days, with a 10 second time limit on the black sand that wasn´t being cooled by the waves. After relaxing at the beach for a few days and being reunited with the Spanish couple from Suchitoto it was off to Juayua. The day we arrived, the center square was being prepared for the festival. Large tents were being set up around the side streets and the square itself for the food festival that occurs every weekend. Unlike Suchitoto, you could tell there were people getting bused in ... read more

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

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

It is really funny how so many buses terminate at markets. It takes ages for the big beasts to negotiate their way through the crowded market and they spew huge amounts of black exhaust fumes contaminating the fresh produce and choking pedestrians. We encountered this in Ahuachapan, on our way to Juayua. Juayua is on the Ruta de las Flores (Route of the Flowers) and it was quite beautiful getting there. Not so many flowers but probably a little too early in the dry season for those. Lots of coffee plantations. We had a lovely view of Juayua from the main road before we turned off to the town. Juayua had a lovely feeling and when we looked lost a boy on a bike asked if he could help. We were walking in the wrong direction ... read more

After breakfast in the same deserted restaurant we decide we need to change beach plans. We get the 10.30 chicken bus to La Libertad and accept the first place we find. Perhaps because it is backpacker luxury! 2 double beds, own bathroom, table and chairs, arm chairs, fridge, TV and air con, for $20 the room!!!!!! We get straight to the cash machine and then the supermarket. Finally some healthy eating and cereal for breakfast. Not much beach time left so we try the closest one, all rocks, for surfers only. So we get the bus to El Tunco. We struggle to find the beach from the road and get directions from a small child, these lead us to a lagoon made by the sea, but we are trapped from getting to the main beach. We ... read more