Zip Lining + San Salvador

​Friday morning started with most of the hostel hungover as we all went out dancing the night before, which was honestly pretty funny because even the people who run the hostel slept in so everything got started a little late. A large group went to the beach once they were all up because there’s a huge National festival happening there Saturday night. I got breakfast with Saúl, one of the hostel owners, at Doña Goya again before heading to the bus stop. 

I took the bus to Apaneca for a zip line adventure! And somehow I got lucky enough to be the only one who had booked that time slot so I had it all to myself! It started with an epic drive up the gorgeous mountainside, 20 minutes of me being worried the car would stall but also in awe of the scenery. Then off to the zip line! It was fun, and beautiful, but after having done the amazing zip lines in Costa Rica a few years ago it’s hard for anything to really compare. 

After the zip line, and a quick coffee stop, I hopped back on the bus and took it back to Sonsonate, where I transferred to a (blessedly air conditioned) bus to San Salvador. It was a pretty easy bus journey all together, lasting about 3 hours and only cost $1.40 total. Once I got to San Salvador I took a quick Uber to my hostel, La Zona, and chilled for a few hours. Every time I do a bus journey like that I need a few hours to recover!

Alex had a friend DJing at a local club so I brought new hostel friend Sandra along and we all went to see him play together. We met a huge group of “locals” (they all live here but almost no one was from here… Felipe from Ecuador, Teddy from France, Moi from Columbia…) and had a great night out with them!