... La Libertad

El Salvador,

After a long trip from Tikal, Guatemala, through San Salvador I finally arrived to the beach (the remaining part of my trip). It was time to relax and surf.

The taxi left us (a pack of tourists all wishing the same – beach, sun and coconuts) at La Mopelia restaurant (really good by the way).

I went up to the owner to ask which of the 4 hostels would he recommend, being such a small town, the owner of the hostel he recommended was having dinner right on the next table.

He was a very kind man. He left his meal at the table and walked with us to the rooms, telling about all the wonders this little town had to offer, and the surf off course!

The rooms: little cabanas with AC (super luxury), a mini terrace with wooden chairs and table, and the best of all, an hammock right in front of the room, on top of that we had access to fast internet (awesome as well!), snooker table, super kitchen, a full range of films and a comfy TV area for perfect lazy nights!

The fourteen rooms were full with young people from all over the world. You could surf with one, jam with the other and cook with another! After a couple of days we were all a big happy family.

We had a Canadian couple (he gave her wife a chicken for her b.day, so we had a chicken running loose for a couple of days before hitting the pan), a super nice Australian couple, two really funny guys from Australia travelling around the world playing gigs, a well travelled American with so many stories to share, a kinda crazy half Ukrainian half Canadian, and two Israelis!

 

The kitchen ended up being our best friend, where we’d all meet. In the morning someone would go up to the big town and buy some big fat shrimps and mini lobsters, or just a bunch of really yummy vegetables for a great dinner!

In the morning I woke up with the sound of the waves! Since I made friends with some local guys who owned a “surf store”, they lent me a board so I could surf! In the weekends the beach would get very crowded: a lot of people from San Salvador come here to run from the busy city, so the sea looked like an ant farm! Luckily, the best thing of being friends with locals was that they always let me get a wave from the set! It can get pretty wild in the water when there are too many surfers for one wave.

When the surf was down, there was not much to do besides sleep, eat, drink and read!!!

This two weeks were perfect to get ready for Nicaragua but that’s another story!          

TO...
...SEE: El Tunco beach, EL Sunzal beach, Fish market
...EAT: La Mopelia, Punto Roca, Super Selectos
...DRINK: Horizonte Surf Resort, La Curva de Don Jere

Key object of the trip: 

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