Well, we were in Punta Remidios in El Salvador and that was a trip. We missed a bus and ended up taking us 11am to 5pm getting there and that included 2 truck rides and 2 buses. When we got there we wanted pupusas and were two of four non-locals in town, so we got personal escorts to the pupuseria and had quite the royal pupusa dinner! Mora, a local green to El Salvador, may be my favorite pupusa so far. Walking back to the hostel everyone was asking how we liked our pupusas.
Then we went the next day to Barrio de Santiago, just one bus and one truck ride. We were the only non-locals in the whole coastal town. It was really a nice place. Small, and lots of cane growing in the area. It is a protected area also. When we were walking to get pupusas in the early afternoon, a family asked if we wanted a ride to a good pupuseria, and we said yes. Next thing we know we are going to the local futbol game... where the whole town was. They were so hospitable, paying for our way in and paying for a beer just because they were happy we were visiting. The futbol game was on sand and there were three back to back. It was a lot of fun to see the local teams. Afterward pupusas were once again delicious and people were crowded around to watch us play cards and eat. It was a lot of fun.
El Salvador wins the friendliest people award.
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