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Crossing borders into El Salvador has brought a change in culture and ease of travel. Unlike Guatemala, this country is not as geared for tourism and thus takes a little more effort. The Spanish here is also slightly different making communication more challenging. A lot of travelers I have talked to skipped past El Sal because of these very reasons. But, I have also talk to a few who have been here and absolutely loved it. I only have a few days to spend here, so I decided to check out the surf beaches near Libertad. I set up my transportation through Tica Bus who provides 1st class accommodations from capital to capital. The bus had A/C, comfortable seats, and played movies for our entertainment. They had to literally pry me from my seat when we had reached our destination. Note- You know your in a Third World country when the movie of choice for public transportation is “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. The total time from Antigua to San Salvador was 7 hours, but it was much easier travel than what I have been accustomed to. Border crossings are always fun with hoards of locals trying to get you to change currency through them. They can sometimes be worse than taxi drivers, which is hard to believe.

Can't Catch a Break

Jeremy Curl
2006-08-28 14:02:23

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my journals thus far. Some I have mentioned but some I have not. I am going to finish with a few of these tid bits that I have grown so accustomed to over the past 3 months. It is the small discomforts of life in a Third World country that I won't take for granted when I return home. The following are a few:

Not being able to flush toilet paper because of the city's primitive sewage system. Everyone just fills up a nice little bucket beside the toilet.

Having to save what I am typing every 5 minutes because of the frequent loss of power throughout the entire town.

Trash everywhere! There are very few trash cans around, so it is just acceptable to throw trash on the ground. As you ride the bus, people are constantly throwing everything from bottles to plates of food out the window. When it starts to pile up on the street, they just set the heaps on fire. Chad, please stop crying!

Hot water showers, toilet seats, and cold drinks are a 50/50 shot. I have gotten used to warm drinks, strengthened my legs for the hovering squat, but I still dread a cold shower.

A/C is only a luxury for the big spenders.

Stray dogs everywhere. They lay in the streets, sit by your table and watch you eat in a restaurant, and get it some gnarly fights with each other. Not to mention, a number of them have rabies. I was taught a trick though to scare off the mean ones. If they come at you; bend down quickly and act like you are grabbing a rock to throw, and they will scurry off and leave you alone.

A lot of the other ones I have mentioned before, such as fireworks, roosters, the insane driving, etc.., so I will leave you with that. Farewell for now and good day. Oh yeah I almost forgot! My Mom just decided last minute to buy a plane ticket and meet me in Costa Rica for a week. She arrives on May 24th, so I will spend the next month in Nicaragua until she arrives. I can't wait

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I would like to talk to a bout el salvador, I have to say is the best country to go In all central America, I don't know but people always post Picture's that are deprecing, I have been 5 times to el salvador And I have seen a lot of changes tourism is exelent,
If you want to go to el salvador visit this website and see for you're self.

www.turismo.com.sv
If you go you will return a gain,

Edwin Hernandez , 2008-04-19 21:22:11