Casa de Mar El Sunzal

Plan was to spend the night at a hostel in Los Cobanos, unspoilt remote fishing village supposedly with best ocean diving in the country. As still at tail end of wet season knew vis wouldn't be that good but maybe could snorkel. Also turtle hatchery - maybe could release some of the babes.<br><br>Bus to Sonsonate easy and from there to Los C, no probs.<br><br>Once there had poor map &amp; nobody had heard of the place due ...

Hammocks, chillaxing and on the move!<br><br>Finca Ixobel<br><br>Finca Ixobel was an oasis of calm, serenity and beauty with just enough doses of madness and insanity, to keep it interesting. It was a hard life falling out of a hammock to eat some amazing home cooked (some home grown) and fresh food and then making the big decision; bed or hammock. I had a fantastic relaxing time writing, sleeping and generally chillaxing. Although there were many activities to do ...

We finally made it to Playa El Tunco after a day and a half of travel and a lot of buses, but we were rewarded with a pleasant little beach town and a gnarly point break. Like most of El Salvador, this is a long right hand break, ideal for natural footers such as ourselves. The problem with a point break, however, is that there is pretty much just one wave to be caught at a time, and everybody out there is competing for this one wave. Etiquette dictates that ...

<br><br>We decided to stop along the pacific coast of El Salvador. We arrived in the small beach town around noon and choose to spend the day in waves and sunshine.<br><br>Signage in Central America has become a pet peeve of mine, as there are often no signs where there should be signs, or the sign is placed right at the turn off. This in turn makes it unbelievably easy to drive right by the road your wanting. Or it is located way ...

We zouden eigenlijk gisteren naat Los Cobanos gaan, maar het werd een dagje uitstel omdat er een feest was in onze nieuwe hostel...en dus geen kamers vrij. Of we wel schoon linnengoed mee wilden nemen van Casa Mazeta.....doen we. Beetje raar verhaal zo...kleine uitleg. Bij aankomst in Juayua waren we op zoek naar een hostel genaamd Hotel Anagua...dit bleek vol te zijn. We werden doorverwezen naar een nieuwe hostel, Casa Mazeta, wat van dezelfde eigenaar bleek te zijn ...

... Not just because I enjoyed the luxury, but I saw another side of travel that I usually don't see. You can see the hotel in the photo...the yellow building on the right. I'll be the first to admit that I wanted to stay somewhere I felt safe and I knew this would fulfill that requirement. But I was also reminded that always doing the safe thing can be a little boring and I wouldn't want ...

We spent the morning in Antigua and enjoyed walking around the city and a good breakfast. Loved this town. We left at noon and made good time riding out of the volcanoes. One was sending out smoke and steam as a reminder of the power these mountains have played in the history of this former capital. Earthquakes had destroyed many buildings and parts of the city several times. We made such good time that we decided to go through the boarder ...

I described in another entry the need for a hot shower, this continues to be a problem for me. Although we check and ask about the hot water we are never sure what we will get. We are traveling in temps now at 105 degrees. Sitting on a hot seat warmed by the engine and hotter road surface increases the sweat that runs down your back and gutters to sensitive places where the water evaporates slowly and the salt remains to crystallize into what ...

On our way to Sonsonate, (a city solely for bus exchanging) I spoke to an El Salvadorian in my aweful broken spanish, and he said to go to Los Cobanos. The route we had planned to take to another beach called El Tunco was going to take hours longer, so we decided to check out this Los Cobanos. It should be called Lost Cobanos. When the bus dropped us off, all we saw were a few shacks on a little dirt road. We saw some dingy cabanas and checked them out ...

The plan was to surf, but I chickened out. Instead I played in the waves, which really was probably more fun since I didn't take a beating. The 3 highlights of my short time on Playa Sunzal 1. Talking with 2 of the local guys, Robert and Jimmy, that work at the hotel on the beach. We talked for about an hour and at the end Daniel took a bracelet off his arm and put it on mine so that I would remember him. Not only was it a fun ...