El Salvador- a lot like California- a little bit of paradise!

During our Thanksgiving break three of my friends and I went to El Salvador.



I spent most of Thanksgiving Day in a bus; we spent more time at the border entering El Sav than we did Monday returning back to Honduras. Sage’s friend met us up at the bus station; she waited two hours because our bus was majorly late. Then we hooked up with an awesome Taxi company that took us directly to our hostel at Playa San Diego, near La Libertad, a little over an hour south. This was seriously my favorite hostel experience, no lie. We met some really neat people and had a blast playing various games. The couple that ran El Roble was very warm. I seriously would love to move here permanently, when I finally decide to form roots but I say that about a lot of places.

On Friday and Saturday we went to the beach and surfed. The first day I only got up once but the next day I was able to get up three times. I felt like I had complete control of my motion well until I got knocked down. San Diego was very isolated; it was nice to have the entire beach to ourselves. For lunch, we went back to the hostel; I ordered ceviche which was very tasty. Then we played pool volleyball and lounged around most of the afternoon. In the evening we went to the main beach, La Libertad, and explored. La Libertad was mostly a pier with a fish market. We found a light house that had a restaurant at the top. Our dinner sun-set was very beautiful. Back at the hostel we played some card games and jumbo janga. By the end of the night, I danced to Thriller in a ridiculous red dress because I lost and then played volleyball until 1 am. Loads of fun!

On Saturday morning, we participated in a turtle release. Each of us was able to free a baby turtle into the ocean. We watched as they got tossed back and forth, we called it the Turtle Liberation Movement. We had to say goodbye to la playa and begin the second half of our trip. We were going back to the capital, San Salvador, to visit Sage’s friends. We met them at a very posh coffee shop. We continued our conversations over sushi (the first sushi since being away). The parts of San Salvador that we experiences reminded me a lot of the OC. Later that night we ate some home made pupusas and watched the movie The Pursuit of Happiness.

On Sunday, we went to church. Sage’s friends have really found a home within their church congregation, something I envy. In the afternoon, we went to a coffee plantation where we drank coffee and ate dessert. The coffee plantation was located at the top of a mountain. That night we country lined danced in the living room. (I miss you Laura!)

The last adventure was our Taxi ride to the bus station on Monday morning. We had a friend call our taxi for us and we thought he knew where he was going. He didn’t… so we arrived at our bus station a little after noon when it was supposed to leave at noon. Good thing we are in Central American time. Oh, also for those who are curious, we were able to enter the country after the election. Things went more smoothly than a lot of us had envisioned.

PS: I received the best news when I returned. I will be having a visitor during the holiday season.

Thanks Mego for the pics!