“Teotihuacan” – Noel Gallagher. Reminiscing on my 2014 overland/oversea trip through Central America, I realised I skippacked a load of places and that my route was not so obvious. My exact route would also not have been clear from my blog posts on here on Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. Here,…
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I’m pretty busy at the moment trying to go through all my unwritten posts, but it’s still nice to reflect on a top 12 travel moments of the year – something I did a similar post on in 2012 and 2013. This year I started off in Iraq on New Year’s Day and I have…
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If you have followed Don’t Stop Living the last few weeks/months especially my Facebook page you will know that I was raving about my time in El Salvador. From the Fireball Festival to Tazumal to the Mangrove River Tour to Surfing and Santa Ana, I loved my time in El Salvador. If you can do…
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El Salvador is a backpacker’s dream. Friendly locals, pumping bars, beaches, volcanoes, mountains and just an all round unventured gem. Once you’ve got your bearings and got to grips with the bus systems, you’re good to go anywhere in the country. I set my mind on visiting El Salvador’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site, which…
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The town of Chalchuapa will linger long in my mind. I hadn’t heard of it the day before my visit and I won’t forget it after my day out there. It was a truly magical little town well off the tourist trail and I was completely inspired. El Salvador gave me more stories than I…
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While touring Central America, I think I have crossed about 6 or 7 borders, all in different ways, sometimes walking, sometimes ferry, sometimes chicken buses, mini buses, organised transport however the best and smoothest border crossing to date was the crossing I did from Guatemala to El Salvador. In fact this crossing was so luxurious…
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When you go backpacking in El Salvador you are not quite sure what to expect and most likely, you will stay in places you will never have heard of. The latest surprise gem was Santa Ana. Quite simply this is a spectacular and proud town in the countryside of El Salvador. Not too busy to…
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Yet another exciting post today on my journey backpacking in El Salvador. After finding a paradise right by the Pacific Ocean at Capricho Beach House, I booked myself on a boat tour around the protected waters of the Mangrove Forest. The area I was staying in is called Barra de Santiago and it is a…
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“Knock knock knockin on devil’s gate” – Not Bob Dylan It was a crazy, spontaneous and inspiring 11 days in the country of El Salvador for me and my backpack recently. I simply couldn’t believe the amount of random things to see and do. While based in San Salvador I found that you can get…
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Right, this completes a hat-trick for me – three hostels I have stayed in all called something similar to “Green House” and I loved them all – crazy. The first one I wrote about was Limehouse Hostel in Buenos Aires in 2010, then in 2014 I stayed in Hostel Green House in Foz do Iguacu,…
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