Volcanic sands, El Tunco, El Salvador

We ended up in El Salvador by accident. We'd not planned on visiting the country given all the horror stories. But we'd had some recommendations from other travellers about a surf beach town, El Tunco, close to the capital, so on our way through to Guatemala we stopped for a week to play in the waves.



It was an absolute mission to reach El Tunco, involving 5 buses and 4 taxis over 2 days with a night spent in the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa. This was a rather frightening city. It seemed ok in the daylight, but as soon as the light left the sky it turned into the land of the living dead, with glue sniffers and dodgy people appearing from all directions calling out at us for money. We literally grabbed a quick bite to eat and walked speedily back to the safety of our hotel by 8pm. I hate to think what the city would be like at midnight. Lucky for us we did not have to find out as the next morning we headed to El Salvador.