Faced with the prospect of a long series of chicken bus trips to get to our next destination we decided to see if we could convince someone to drive us directly. A helpful lady at a tour operator phoned around and managed to find someone who'd do it. Two hours in a taxi later we were deposited in Suchitoto, a small town to the north-east of the capital, San Salvador. The place is known as the culture capital of El Salvador, with plenty of art galleries and fo...

As soon as we'd finished our coffee tour we left Juayua to head to the coast. Considering how small El Salvador is it takes ages to get places as it's all on local buses that stop constantly. After about four hours and two very windy, bumpy and cramped bus rides to go about 50km, we arrived in Playa El Tunco (anyone who speaks Spanish will realise this also means beach of the pig!) on La Costa del Balsamo and probably the most famous beach in El Salvador....

That's how you pronounce the name of Juayua, a small town which was our first port of call in El Salvador. We got up stupidly early to catch a shuttle back to Antigua, thankfully this part of the trip passed in a daze as I managed to sleep for most of the way, then we transferred to another shuttle which took us over the border before dropping us off at the side of the highway to wait for a local 'chicken bus' which thankfully wasn't too long in a...