(March 8 – written by Dave) Today was our last full day in El Salvador – tomorrow we have 20k or so left to ride before we reach the Honduras border.  We spent a total of 5 nights here so whatever our impressions, they are based on a fairly limited data set.  Anyway, so here … Continue reading El Salvador impressions –San Miguel to Santa Rosa de Lima (41k/11,924k)

(March 7 – written by Dave) We survived the night in the no-tell hotel.  We ran the A/C all night which affectively drowned out any noise coming from other guests – if there even were any.  I only touched things that I should have been touching.  Everything worked out great. Even though we had to … Continue reading Cruising El Salvador –Zacatecoluca to San Miguel (108k/11,882k, 400m)

(March 6 – written by Dave) We’ll start with the end today, rather than the beginning, mainly because our hotel is one of those hotels where Nancy says “I’ve stayed in worse” before accepting this as our home for the night.  For the record, Nancy is not a complainer, but when she says “I’ve stayed … Continue reading I’ve stayed in worse –El Zonte to Zacatecoluca (76k/11,774k, 700m)

(March 5 – written by Dave) We finally made it to the ocean and it is great.  But before we get there, a few comments about the hotel last night.  Nancy tried to first negotiate brekkie out of the price, then she tried to negotiate getting brekkie for dinner.  She was pretty sure that she … Continue reading Ocean Day –Kilometer 5 Junction to El Zonte (64k/11,698k, 600m)

(March 4 – written by Nancy) It was very dark out when the alarm went off at 5am this morning.  It was quiet out and we didn’t see anyone else around moving around the resort by the time we headed out just after 6am.  They were all probably sleeping in on a nice Sunday morning, … Continue reading Country No. 5 – Taxisco Guatemala to Kilometer 5 Junction, El Salvador (103k/11,634k, 600m)