El Salvador

I left Guatemala City Friday morning only to forget my passport and remember an hour outside of town. I had to return to the city and meet Ryan three hours later in Jutiapa. In Jutiapa we got on another bus to the border where we switched again to get to Santa Ana, El Salvador. And finally a bus in Santa Ana took us to San Salvador where we stayed the night at Ximena's hostel on boulevard de los heroes in the north of the city.

Luckily we found out that the Central American cup was in the city and El Salvador and Costa Rica were playing that night. We hitched a ride with a Belgian and a Dutch girl from the hostel to the stadium. Ryan had to fight his way to the ticket counter by trampling Salvadorians to get us tickets. Once in the stadium, on our way to find seats the entire crowd around us starting yelling and cheering for us. More than likely because they thought Ryan was someone important, hahahah. Little do they know!!!! The game was exciting even though Costa Rica dominated. The crowd made it interesting with their antics and flying objects. After the game we went to a salsa bar near our hostel to have a few cocktails.

The next day Ryan and I walked around San Salvador looking like tourists. We went to the monument of the revolution and most of the parks to get some pictures. We went to the central market and ate some hamburgers after we were harassed by ladies running the stands. They all wanted our money i guess. I was pulled into a number of places where I was told to eat their hamburgers. hahahahha. Next we hopped on a bus to the coast. We stayed at Playa Tunco in the hotel tortuga, which was very nice and cheap. Went for a swim and ate supper on the beach. That night we went to a reggae/techno concert on the beach with a bunch of tourists and local surfers. Left to San Salvador again in the morning and ate some pupusas downtown and headed back to Guate.