Esencia Nativa El Zonte

... slippy rocks never mind carrying the 8&#8217;2" soft board I&#8217;ve been given. <br><br>Still we get there in one piece and start with a warm up session and then a beach lesson in how to jump up onto the board and then its straight into the water. There are three instructors and five students so it works out nicely that just as one of us manages to paddle the board out deep enough they are ready to hold ...

... crossing turned out to be a breeze, it seemed too good to be true. I was about to place the keys in the ignition when I was greeted by an older fellow with a big smile on his face asking me for help. I guess it was my turn to pay back the help I had been given weeks and months before in Lagos Atitlan and Palenque. I realized it wasn&#8217;t the older fellow who needed help but a younger El Salvadorian whose car needed a jump ...

... het einde van de werels op een verlaten strand vonden we onze Casa. Twee appartementjes....zwembadje voorde deur....hekje door...en een schitterend koraalstrand met mooie grillige rotsen....en zeewater zo warm...of er 100 schookindertjes in hebben zitten plassen. Nee, zonder dollen...ik heb nog nooit in zo warm zeewater gezeten....het leek wel badwater (en ik houd van een heet bad!).<br>We hebben gezwommen...voor het eerst van onze reis op een natuurlijk strand....het ...

... een vieze Jus dorange en mies een nog viezer druivensapje. Het nadeel van de druivensap was tevens dat je er ook nog een foute rode tong van kreeg!<br>De vrouw van de kraam vroeg ons of we op lijn 238 stonden te wachten....die komt pas om 12 uur. Geen punt, we vermaken ons wel met mensen kijken!<br>Er is enorm veel bedrijvigheid op de terminal. Inwoners van El Salvador zijn, in tegenstelling tot veel andere latijns Amerikaanse landen, veel ...

... on my last ride of that day, I managed to stand up and ride that baby in. All in all, I wouldn't call myself a "surfer" yet, but after a few attempts in various places in the world, I'm what I like to refer to as a "dabbler". The surf group went back to Antigua on Sunday afternoon, but we stayed on. I really liked our little place. For three nights we stayed in the dormitorios, which were basically outside since they were surrounded on ...

... as I likely have sailing invitations wherever I go in the country. Next we drove into Juayua, with me riding shotgun. When in Rome... Juayua was not as interesting as I had hoped, although a nice enough older town with a vibrant central square, even on a week day. I could see how it would be very crowded during the weekend gastronomico, but I can also see that spending more than a few hours there would have taxed even my interest in food and eating. Lupita (the ...

... Wow, before leaving I remember literally feeling sick to my stomach. Saturday was a tough, tough day. I met some great people, though. So, what's my plan? Today I'll be slowly making my way to Santa Ana, hopefully spending the night. I'll possibly be climbing (or partially) a volcano tomorrow or the next day too. From there I'll be heading straight to La Libertad, where I plan to spend about 2-3 days on one of the beaches. Wish me luck.

... have killed some time getting some wicked action shots in the sunset. (Parents you may think it probably won´t be a bad thing for us to get back to reality and find more productive ways to pass the time). After having met some of the locals and a couple of surfers from New York, we were invited to what was supposed to be a house party at the next town along the coast. Before they knew it word got around and every gringo that was staying at our ...

Hey As the blog implies Im still in El Zonte or rather I have left, spent the night in Los Flores in the East of Salvador and decided to come back to Zonte. The week has been great but not too exciting. I was just surfing the right hand point breaks around and including Zonte as well as hanging out with all the fellow surfers in town. On Monday I managed to score a lift to the East of Salvador ...

Hello from El Salvador. A country where most people are packing heat yet at the same time are extremely friendly and helpful. I arrived here 5 days ago after taking the chicken buses from Antigua to here. I met 2 Canadian lads who were on the same journey and although it was a cramped and uncomfortable ride at times we had a laugh along the way. I stayed a couple of nights in a little hotel overlooking El Zonte point. The owner is Jimy Rotherhams best friend and ...