El Tunco, El Salvador

So the rest of my time in El Salvador was a whirlwind! Ended up meeting a guy from San Salvador, Juan Pablo, that took me under his wing. Insta-friend. Its amazing what a quick chat while renting a surf board can turn into. We went to a near by town kinda on a whim and had a local kid take us to a waterfall. So I´m thinking, OK, a waterfall...a little fall, maybe a pool that you can swim in. It was about a 1/2 hour hike down into the ravine where the falls were. They ended up being crazy! Multiple falls with a couple of pools that you could not only swim in, but you could cliff jump into. Super cool. Spent the whole afternoon there just relaxing and getting up the courage to jump off the cliffs (yeah, i´m a pollo).

Then next day, he drove me and a couple of other friends from where I was staying back to San Salvador. Got my bus ticket for the next morning (5am!) and then went to visit the near by volcano...again thinking...volcano, nice view, whatever...again so much cooler than I expected. The crater was huge and the view was amazing. After that, he took me back to his family´s vacation home (complete with a live in caretaker...what?) that was on the side of the volcano with a great view of the city from the balcony. We went wandering around the coffee plantation that is part of the property and got back inside just in time for one of the crazy torrential rain storms that he had been talking about (and I didn´t believe in). Hung out chatting there till I had to catch my bus the next morning. Super time...great company...what more can I ask for?

So I spent a night in Managua with a friend of Lily and I´s from the Spanish school. Went out for a couple of drinks and the next morning I got to see the hospital where he is volunteering for the next 6 months. He is going to make it down to San Juan for the weekend so we can all hang out some more and so I don´t have to feel so bad that I only spent one night in Managua.

And finally, got back to San Juan del Sur today (where Lily and I did our Spanish classes)...totally the same, but totally different. They are great here though...totally feel at home.

That is what I´ve been up to...keeping busy...loving it!