Tazumal & Achuachapan

We spent last few days in El Salvador visiting Tazumal, the first Mayan archaeological site of our expedition, as well as the interesting town of Achuachapan, which we visited completely by chance, having a hotel in whose parking lot you can spend the night in a camper and being only about fifteen kilometers from Guatemala, the next country we want to visit. Both locations are far from the usual tourist routes. What impressed us the most was the authenticity of the small town of Achuachapan, where the central park was full of people out for a walk, and the cafes were full of customers, but no tourists. Truly, a Central American atmosphere as I had imagined before this trip...

On July 22nd, we crossed the border between Guatemala and El Salvador relatively quickly (about an hour - experience crossing Latin American borders and knowledge of Spanish help!) and drove to Antigua de Guatemala. Thinking about what we had seen so far in Central America, we can say that we really liked two countries, where we had come without any special expectations: El Salvador and Nicaragua, the latter being the biggest surprise. Of course, Costa Rica and Panama are very interesting, the nature in both countries is absolutely fabulous, but the authenticity, the interactions with curious people interested in getting to know travelers and the atmosphere unaffected by mass tourism in Nicaragua and El Salvador made our experience truly memorable.Baca lagi