After the exertions of Acatenango, it was nice to head to the little surf town of El Tunco in El Salvador. We aren't amazing surfers, but you can't beat the vibe of a surf town. We had read about El Salvador being dangerous, and I think that is certainly the case in some parts of the country. However, El Tunco is a haven from all that nonsense. The people are relaxed, there is lots of good food to eat and the beaches are beautiful. It was a great place to stop to break up the trip between Guatemala and Nicaragua.
These are Jared's knees. Relaxing on the beach while I tried to get up on waves.
Look! Sometimes I was even successful.
After El Tunco, we had to take a rather harrowing journey through Honduras to get to Leon (Nicaragua). Normally, this would just be a long day in a bus. However, Honduras was currently having a national election. There were (justified) concerns that the election was rigged, and people were rioting in the streets. The government had declared a state of emergency and instituted a curfew to crack down on the dissent. We had to get through this country en route, so our driver was speeding through at break-neck speed to get through before dark. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to get across the border and would be stuck on the Honduran side in some seedy border town. The sun had already set before we pulled up to the border, but luckily there were still people there to process us. I am thinking it probably would have been fine even if we hadn't got through- but it seemed a little unnerving that our driver was in such a hurry. Generally, people weren't in much of a hurry to do anything in Central America. We pulled into Leon that night with plans to do some sand-boarding the next day.
Until Next Time!
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