Santa Ana, El Salvador

Today we left Copan Ruinas in Honduras and took a bus to Santa Ana in El Salvador whilst this was only a 5 hour trip we went via Guatemala. This meant a total of four border points and four more passport stamps.

But we are now in country number 5 of this trip. Until recently El Salvador was quite a risky destination but the current president declared a state of emergency and put all the gang and cartel members in prison with very little legal process.

The people love him for it as the murder rate and corruption levels and fallen like a stone. He was just reelected with 83% of the vote.

That said there is a strong armed police, army and security guard presence all around. A shotgun toting guard at most cash points for example.

We haven’t done much other than eat some street food for tea ($2 each for a meal), done some food shopping and visited the impressive gothic cathedral.

Tomorrow we are planning another volcano hike (together this time) and to visit a nearby crater lake.Read more