How many Nicaraguan men does it take to change a bus tyre?
The answer is lots! After our stay in Leon we had a long day of travelling to get all the way to La Libertad in El Salvador.
It all started at 9:30am when a dodgy looking taxi arrived to pick us up from the hostel, we then got dropped off a someones house and waited in their living room for our coach.
The coach was very hot and full of central american residents which gave us a real experience of travel, the coach stopped a lot for petrol, lunch, other undisclosed things! The biggest problem came with a tyre blowing out on the main road, we stopped and 7/8 men climbed off the bus to check for damage…it was bad so they decided to put the spare tyre on (which by the looks of it had a puncture) and it caused a stop in Honduras to get a proper replacement :)
We finally got to San Salvador at 10:15pm that night and jumped in a taxi to get to our hostel on the coast. Like most hostels I have found on this trip (including our hostel now in Antigua Guatemala) the taxi drivers have never heard of it and have major problems trying to find the place!
So we finally got to our hostel at midnight and were told of an outing the next day which might be fun. The next morning we woke up and got ready, there were a few couples in the hostel, we all got on the minibus and were taken to a village/town in the hills around San Salvador where they were holding their annual festival. The day was fantastic with lots of colour, a wonderful art gallery and some fantastic views.
The next few days were taken up by lots of relaxing and trying to stay out of the sun, it was around 37/38 degrees during the day which was insane you couldn’t do much in such heat we spend time sitting in hammocks reading books hoping the sweat would stop running front my body.
We are now in Antigua, Guatemala a tourist friendly town which offers cobbled streets, cute shops and little cafes :) After 4/5 days here we are heading to Mexico for Puerto Escondido and a bit of going loco down in Acapulco ;)
Hope everyone is good, miss you all but am having a fantastic time with Ben.
Love Charlie xxx
