Pork & Chorizo Soup!! Today I was going to learn from Rene's Maid how to make a typical Salvadorian pork mince and chorizo soup. First thing in the morning we headed to a little corner store to pick up all the ingredients and Ofcourse a few beers for Rene's midday refreshment. Flor then showed me step by step how to make the soup which basically consisted of frying off the mince, sausages, vegetables and coriander before adding to a pot of hot water. To the s...

Yoga Time! Once again I didn't have much of a plan for the day and unfortunately I hadn't been able to sleep so well so I was up early. In the morning I went for my usual walk into the centre; practice a little Spanish at the market and kill some time. I wanted to get a nice photo of myself, Rene and Asia printed out and framed as a little Thankyou gift to Rene - this ended up taking a lot longer then expected but gave me something to do. In the afternoon I did s...

Parasites!! Today I hadn't planned anything and decided it was a good time to do some Spanish study. Asia headed off early to see the nearby ruins that I had visited last week and Rene was off to look at buying a new business. Mid morning I walked to downtown and when I was walking all of a sudden I was hit with an almighty bang and my vision went blurry!!? A guy had been running and come around a corner very quickly and we had smashed heads - it took me a minute...

Recovery Day!! After a couple too many Rums lastnight with new friends everyone was a little slow getting up this morning. By midday Rene and Asha were ready to go for lunch so we headed down the road to a nice little home where an old lady and her daughter cooked hot meals. There were people everywhere and a line of hungry locals waiting for their lunches: for $2 we got a chicken casserole, salad and rice with tortillas. We took the food back to Rene's and sat o...

Ruta de las Flores!! Today a new Couchsurfer arrived to Rene's place; a Polish girl by the name of Asha who has been living and travelling here in the Americas for the last couple of years. Around mid morning we loaded up in Rene's car and headed out towards the coast and the famous Route of the Flowers - a famous tourist route that follows coffee plantations, orchards and old colonial towns through the mountains. The weather wasn't looking so nice but the drive...