El Salvador

Dates Traveled: March 2000
From Antigua I caught the bus to Guatemala City and then across the border into El Salvador. Decided to stay initially in Santa Ana, as it sounded like a better place than San Salvador. Santa Ana seemed like another world from Guatemala…. dirtier, hotter, not really set up for visitors, with more […]

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Guatemala

Dates Traveled: February-March 2000
We caught a bus to the Guatemalan border and were immediately accosted by people wanting to shuttle-bus us to someplace in Guatemala. Normal buses are definitely cheaper, but they don’t run as frequently from the border, so we rounded up 7 other travelers and watched as the driver tried to cram 9 […]

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