El Salvador

Monday 3:30am. For $36 the collective pucked us up from our Hostel and drove us to El Tunco, El Salvador.  Surprisigly we had to go back to Guatemala to re-enter El Salvador. We had to pay $1 exit fee and then 20Q to enter Guatemala. At the Guatemala and El Salvador border I was greeted with the cutest kitten and when the driver asked if I wanted to take it, I was almost tempted to say yes.

Sooooo Cute!!! I wanted to take to El Tunco with me.

We arrived in El Tunco about 10:00am and we were both happy to be back near the sea. It had almost been 5 weeks since we were last by a coast! We didn't have a place to stay but finding somewhere was really easy and we found a room at Casa Makoi for $20.

Path to hostel

El Tunco is a small surfers village. The Beach is covered in black sand and the waves are big. As soon as we checked ourselves into the hostel we headed straight to the beach to get some breakfast and then chilled out for the rest of the day. It was hot!

Path to beach

Surfers!

View of El Tunco

View of beach while having breakfast

We were completely knackered after our early start so we only managed to have something to eat at Take a Wok before crashing out on the bed for a much needed 10 hour sleep!

Week 9

Tuesday. Our last day by the beach so we made the most if it by getting up early to watch the early morning surfers. We spent all day on the beach and it was lovely.

Having fun with the black sand

Same piece of wood as the picture above

In the evening we ate at Take a Wok. This has to be the most enjoyable meal I have had so far in Central America. I have really missed Asian food and the Thai inspired coconut curry was delicious.

After scoffing our faces we met up with Ingrid and Neal (who we met in Guatemala) for some drinks on a mini bar crawl around El Tunco. We all had a lovely evening, and I am sure we shall meet them again at some point during this trip.