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Hola todos! Been a while hasn’t it? 

Currently sitting having a lunch and a cheeky beer inside @plazafutura after having stumbled upon El Salvador’s financial centre – a randomly placed complex inside an otherwise boring residential area without much going on. I am slowly making my way down to la unión to get a boat to Nicaragua. In the meantime let’s catch up.

After the last blog it was time to leave Antigua and the bus I booked showed up on time and was all good. Another shuttle bus packed in like sardines. About 10 minutes into the journey we come to a halt in a big traffic Jam ayayay! Many of us take the opportunity to jump out and stretch the legs since drive says “dos muertos……una hora” which means we aren’t going anywhere for a while. I take the time to have a bit of chit chat with some of the other travellers. Good guys but didn’t exchange details. Might bump into some of them when we get to Colombia.

1.5 hours later we are moving and it’s about 3 hours to the border. We reach the border and I’m expecting another faf like the mexican exit was but we’re stamped and straight through. Now for El Salvador entry. The armed guards stop the bus and everyone’s passports are given to drive to give to them. We wait about 20 minutes all kept on the bus  apart from a Colombian couple who are pulled into the office for a chat but are quickly let go. Passports are given back stamped and we are back on way. We arrived in Santa Ana about 2 hours late but we made it.

Now comes check in to gaff. It’s a short walk from where we are dropped off. I go in and nobody is home. So ring the bell and and greeted by a middle aged old boiler who don’t look too happy to see me. I pay my $20 Yankee dollars and am shown my room and the shared bathroom then off she goes. Place is basic but not review worthy. I am also able to get beer and bite without faf so could be worse. Bienvenido a El Salvador 🇸🇻 hijueputa!!

Tomorrow we explore some more ruinas and figure out the bus system for the next leg……