over the past five days biking across el salvador i've been faced with a lot of challenges
but i've also learned so much about how kind and hospitable el salvadorans are
and how beautiful the country really is in today's adventure i experience a unique local ceremony
adopt an el salvadoran and grandma
and discover the most beautiful place in the entire country
i just pulled over on the side of the road i've been in a great rhythm
i checked how far i am from the first town to get some breakfast
and i realized i've gone about five kilometers in the wrong direction yep welcome to day six
good morning again to day six of riding my bike across the entire country of el salvador which
is known to be the most dangerous country in the entire world based on murders per capita
but again my goal in this series is to meet the local people form my own opinions of the country
and hopefully show you guys another side to el salvador that you won't see in mainstream media
i started my journey all the way in the eastern part of the country in la union
and i'm making my way west and a little bit north towards the border of guatemala my morning started
out a little rough going about five kilometers in the wrong direction but all is good now i'm in a
town called san martin about 15 kilometers away from Cojutepeque i have an instant coffee and
potentially my favorite dessert in all of latin america called an alfajor it's like two cookies
with powdered sugar on the outside and some dulce de leche like some caramel sauce on the inside
i'm going to enjoy my breakfast and then i'll tell you the game plan for the day
I am going to grab two quick pupusas on the side of the road here
it looks like a really popular spot and i think i might need a little bit more fuel
for the rest of my journey today because we still have a really long way to go and
then i'm gonna head to the central park just two blocks down and talk about the game plan for the day
i got some water some pupusas i'm in the central park here in san martin the church is right behind
me it's sunday morning so lots of people are in church which means the park is relatively quiet
oh except for that there are like fireworks or something going on
anyway the game plan for the day i want to get 30 kilometers more to Suchitoto but my bike is
having some problems by the way i've named my bike douglas douglas is the first person i met on my
bike trip day one in the small town of el carmen he was just super kind to me and gave off really
positive energy so my bike his name is douglas anyway douglas is having some problems just like
a couple days ago the brakes are rubbing against the rim causing so much friction and making it
so hard to pedal even downhill yeah i never thought it'd be hard to go downhill there's
just a lot of friction on the rim and the brakes and the tires i am confident that we're going to
make it to Suchitoto today it just might be a little longer of a journey than i anticipated
i am
all good i am heading out of san martin well i've just left
and i am on the road to Suchitoto i'm excited to get there oh pothole
biking on these roads you have to be strategic the thing is a lot of times like now there's no
shoulder and of course i want to ride on the far right pretty much on the white line to give cars
as much room as possible to pass me and just to be extra safe for myself but often most of the
glass the potholes the rocks are on the far right so it's like a balancing act of riding
on the right but then also not too far right sometimes in case i need to avoid the potholes
i'm going to pull over
this is amazing
that was just incredible um i heard a lot of noise so i peeked my head
into like a window door type of thing and i was invited into
a church it is sunday like i said so people are praying dancing enjoying speed bump
and there was a really just kind gentleman named enrique who came up to me and was explaining
everything to me and gave me his number in case i need anything throughout my time here in el
salvador just pure pure kindness i honestly don't even know where i am right now i'm a couple of
kilometers away from santa maria where i was for breakfast but yeah absolutely incredible
brightened up my day a lot and uh i'm going to continue biking along
i have made it in to Suchitoto i found my place for the night and i'm just walking around the
market trying to find something to eat oh i'm so excited douglas the bike has held up and
life is good right now my belly just needs some food and then we're all perfect
i have a huge plate of food here
i got some meat some noodles some rice some salad and some jamaica juice
all done
good morning it is day seven of my journey crossing el salvador by bike i'm taking a
rest day here in the town of Suchitoto which very well may be my favorite town in the entire country
i've gotten myself a minuta here which is like an el salvador in snow cone
it's super hot outside and this looks really refreshing so i'm going to enjoy my minuta
and then i'm going to show you guys around Suchitoto and why i love this town so much
this is the first reason why i love suchitoto so much it's a nice calm quiet town but absolutely
beautiful so many colors as you can see in all direction we have cobblestone streets which
are hard to walk on and definitely bike on but really nice little charming aspect of the town
look at how beautiful and charming and colorful these homes are wow
you know what why don't we just take a seat and relax here for a second
okay it is hot in the sun plus this could be someone's home so i don't want to be rude
something about a grandma in a quaint colonial colorful town just hits different super super
cool she was so friendly all the people here are incredibly friendly i love it
i just had a delicious coffee with incredible views of the lakes and the rolling green hills
surrounding suchitoto this town has everything
with that i'm going end the video here for today
day seven of crossing el salvador by bike is in the books i cannot believe it's already been one
week of traveling el salvador by bike i'm over halfway done and i'm so excited to continue on
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