Volcano Santa Ana & Cerro Verde!! Another early start was in order today to catch the 7:40am bus to Cerro Verde National Park. Luckily Rene who had arrived home late was able to get up early and give me a lift to the bus station. When I got to the bus terminal I brought my ticket and then waited for the bus to arrive - there were only two other foreigners at station a suprise since its Saturday. The bus came and as expected it was an old chicken bus that plot...

A Day at The Lake!! This morning the plan was to get a lift with Rene to downtown and then walk a few blocks to the bus station where I could take a local bus to Lake Coatapeque. Rene dropped me off around 7:30am and I made my way to the bus terminal which was surrounded by this huge and bustling market and as luck would have it my bus wasn't there yet which meant I had some time to look around. Once again people were shocked by a tourist walking around and I rec...

Chalchuapa Visit!! Today myself and Rene were up early so that we could go to the nearby town of Chalchuapa. Rene needed to do some business in Chalchuapa which gave me a few hours to explore the town which has 2 famous ruin sites and a very interesting museum of indigo. Before heading out to Chalchuapa we drove around the city doing some deliveries (oil) and I got to meet some of Rene's colorful clients. Arriving in Chalchuapa I headed straight to El Tazumal ru...

This is El Salvador!! Up early and ready for my first look at Santa Ana and El Salvadorian culture. I started off with some very famous Salvadorian coffee and then did a little research on things I can do around Santa Ana. Around mid morning a friend of Rene's came over and offered to drop me off in the downtown so that I could have a look around. The friend of Rene's dropped me off in the central plaza which was a buzz of life with food vendors, retires and kids...

El Salvador here I come!! Waking up this morning without an early bus commitment was a nice change and I was able to do my exercises, cook some breakfast and surf the Internet before making my way to the small bus station in Copan. I boarded a small collectivo with literally 20 local farmers - all with their cowboy hats and machetes - feeling like I am already in Mexico. My bag was taken from me and tossed up on the roof and before I could complain we were off to...