Sonsonate´s muddy trails

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Just so you know my mom never came like she promised not because she didnt want to but it was costing her a fortune to come and see me. So she gave us the green light to drink the fucken tequilla I´d been drooling over for days.

So I finally made out to see my uncle in sonsonate. Ofcourse I had to take Marta (the elderly lady) and the Yanet (the goofy teenager) with me. After a 2 hour bus ride we were in what I like to call in the heart of El Salvador. Dirt roads, naked children, women walking around with baskets of food and laundry on their heads and houses that look like the wind will blow them away.

So we had decided since I would hardly get to see my uncle we would have to spend the night. The first thing I remembered from previous travel was, "dont sit on the toilet. and I hope I dont get sick and have to take a shit!" Words cant even describe what his bathroom is like so I took pictures for you to see.

I knew going to my uncles place not to expect much to change or progress after all El Salvador is a 3rd world country. He does have electricity and runny water but some of his kids still sleep on hammocks and I thank god that they got rid of the fucken chickens in the yard that used to peck at your ankles.

After a huge lunch it started to rain and my uncle got this genius idea to go on a hike in search of a pond or natural springs somewhere, because there be less people. Ofcouse he said this would be within walking distance and we´d be there quick.

So we talk off walking my uncle his kids, grandkids the neighbors kids and we ventured off looking for a place called EL PESCADITO (the little fish). After about an hour it started to pour really hard and the trails got really muddy and dam near hard to pass at times.

There we are hiking, climbing hillsides and walking through sugar cane fields all nice and scenic. Then somehow we start dodging traffic in flooded roads trying not to get seriously wet by the cars or hit. Then came the cliff sides that would fall right underneath you and ofcourse the old bridge with loose and slippery planks not to mention the one that were missing.

Once we thought we were out of what seemed like a near death experience we ran into rivers that dam near took us. And all this for quiet pond in the middle of sugar cane fields. It was so worth it.

We didnt stay long because it started to get dark soon and we had to find another way back because Marta was not having it, to cross the old bridge in the dark.

Once back at my uncles place we showered and had a few beers and ate some good pupusas.

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Photos

Muddy trails
This is where we started with simple scenic trails, along the old train tracks.

Everyone up the hill
Every now then at the beginning we came across small hillsides.

Crossing streams
Everyone had to make sure that Marta made is safely across.

More scenic views
Nice and calm.

missing planks
This was hard to me to take because I couldnt stand still without me slipping. It was really wet from the rain and you cant see the river down below. My uncle claimed that the other crossing bridge is twice as long with even more missing planks.

EL PESCADITO
This was so worth getting to, and we were the only ones there.

water was cold
This face was not only the freezing water but the fact that I hurt my knees doint this.

Look its a little bro
yup this is me, all wet.

Its time to go
It was just bearly gettin dark and we had to find our way back a different route through peoples farms and more sugar cane fields.

Its gettin dark
after I took this picture it almost seemed like the power went out and we were left in the dark in someones back yard trying to see. There was another picture of the bulls we had to dodge to get out of these fields but it was too dark.

Comments

[AJ]

my place of birth
Freaking marcy! i hate you man... i havent even been there since i was 10! do you see the difference??? ofcourse you do... i remember those bathrooms too... i was always scare to use it bc i thought freaking worms would climb up and poke me. I'm so glad i'm in the united states! But i hope you took more pictures of Sonsonate for me to see... it's been awhile so i would love to see what's there... ok then, take care and be careful... =)

[allison]

you go girl
I love the way you just jump in!!awesome

[marlon]

laundry
so this is your typical laundry day in el salvador, huh? how'd those sancudos treating your pale ass?