Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Greetings from Santa Ana, El Salvador

Hi all,
Well we finally dragged ourselves away from the coast, and travelled probably less than 100km to the north west of the country to the city of Santa Ana.
Although it's apparently one of the biggest cities in El Salvador, the centre is like a town, with the cathedral, square, beautiful old theatre built in the late 1800s. Lots of Art Deco architecture which is my favourite.
And the cathedral here is the only church I have been in in Central America where you can light a candle. So we lit 2, one for Werner and one for Steve.

The photos I sent are from the roof of our hostel.
This hostel is run by a guy called Carlos. The house was built in the 40s, and Carlos was born here.
It's probably one of the best hostels I have ever stayed in. Really peaceful, clean and homely.
It's always been painted green, hence the name casa verde.
It's so quiet here, we are both just wanting to go to bed, after several very noisy nights on the beach.

Tomorrow we plan to hike up Santa Ana volcano with some other people staying at the hostel, if the weather is ok, because apparently for the last few days there has been no hiking due to strong winds.
See what happens in the morning.

Ok that's it for now.
Love to all,
Zak

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