Blogs from El Salvador, Central America Caribbean - page 10

July 27 - I didn't sleep well at all last night, even with earplugs. I guess it was because I knew I had to get up so early in the morning and I kept checking my watch for the time. At 4am I was up and I left just a few minutes too early. The taxi got me to the Tica Bus at 4:50am, 10 minutes before the place opened. Luckily the cab driver sat with me for a few minutes, until another girl showed up. The place opened up a few minutes later. We got on the road at 6am and I thought I would sleep all the way, like yesterday. But no. Maybe because yesterday was so hot and today the bus had air conditioning (first one). Who knows? But no sleep to be ... read more

So Lester's parents drove us all the way to the seaside and dropped us off in a little town called "La Libertad". We had an amazing lunch with them right at the beach with fresh seafood and mariachis playing. We stayed at a lovely little hotel right at the beach where we met Regina, the hotel manager who showed us a good nightlife in the nearby town called "El Tunco" (=the pig). As it is a famous surfer town you can imagine the kind of parties going on there. We drank Cuba libre and danced salsa barefoot in the rain... the next day wasn't very pleasant but we got served breakfast to our room ;) We stayed another night and left in the morning without a particular plan, went to a tourist office and decided spontaniously ... read more

"When I went to San Salvador, it was so pretty. We went to the ruins and it was really big. At the first one, I chased my brother. It was hard to run in the grass.We went through a museum and it was pretty. The second ruins we climbed up steep steps. At the food place, I had some awesome steak, that was not really chewy but really good. And some good rice. We were at the painting place that had a little road, it was funny when I looked like I was on the road. It was really pretty." - Sofia This trip was crazy. It was Wednesday before Memorial Day weekend and after daddy talked to his friend, Sean, on what to do, one thing led to another and daddy decided to get the ... read more

We arrived to San Salvador on Thursday, late afternoon. Arnold (our personal taxi driver we kept calling when we needed someone) dropped us off at the hotel (Hotel Tazumal House) just for enough time to check in, drop off our stuff, and then drove us to a nearby mall called Metro Centro. Driving through San Salvador, we kept mentioning how much better it seemed than Tegucigalpa (or "Tegucighetto" as we started calling it). The streets were lit, lines were painted on the roads, the roads were straight and neighbourhoods seemed organized. There was a difference between residential and commercial sections. The whole city just seemed planned and though-out, whereas Tegus is a sloppy mess of stuff just splattered everywhere. We were blown away by the mall too. It was SOOOOO big, there was no way we ... read more

For Semana Santa this year, I decided I wanted to head to El Salvador since it's one of the only Central American countries I have left to travel before I leave to head back to Canada in June. I do still have Panama and Belize as well, but I figure I can do those some time in the future as a trip from Canada. Paule had also never seen El Salvador and Bridgette decided to come along as well, so the 3 of us girls were off on Saturday, March 31st around 5am - heading to the Ticabus station to catch our 6am bus. I think it cost us about $30 round trip for our ticket! AMAZING! (Fairly comfortable bus too with a bathroom that isn't the nicest but functions for emergencies). It was about an ... read more