2019: El Salvador

Feb 9, 2019.  Posada Del Reyes, San Ignacio, El Salvador.  $30.

• Bug bites from the night in my musty room decorated with colorful designs and animal figures.  Damn I hate when that happens.  Shouldn’t be surprised - Moon El Salvador warned me.  

• Bus to San Ignacio, just a few miles away, then another to Rio Chiquito, and I’m walking to Cerro El Pital, the highest peak in El Salvador (but not really that high - about 8,000 feet).  The hike is along a road with a fair number of pickup trucks ferrying (mostly) local tourists the 5 km to the top.  Cold enough to wear my Marmot jacket.  Pine trees, hydrangeas, fog obscuring the very top.  But a nice walk, and good for me - I haven’t hiked in awhile.  I sure am wobbly without hiking poles.  All told, about 3 hours round trip.  

• Then another chicken bus back to San Ignacio, and here I am, in a nice hostel with a patio, a big room to myself, and a few hours to kill before din-din.  And tomorrow: Honduras!

• Big party in town tonight: the Evangelicals have pulled out all the stops.  The Catholics could learn a lot from this religion.