How to Get from Santa Ana Volcano to Santa Ana, El Salvador
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How to Get from Santa Ana Volcano to Santa Ana, El Salvador

Getting back from Santa Ana volcano to the city could have been a case of hopping on a bus. Instead the Salvadoran police almost killed us and we hitchhiked and got a ride in the back of a local’s truck. Here’s how to get from Santa Ana volcano to Santa Ana. Story time! To read…

A Quick Overview of Santa Ana, El Salvador
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A Quick Overview of Santa Ana, El Salvador

Santa Ana, El Salvador is around an hour’s drive north west of the capital, San Salvador. Population: 375,000. It’s considered one of the safest places in the country (allegedly the most dangerous peacetime country in the world) and comes up in many lists of where to visit in El Salvador. The Bad Stuff About Santa…

How to Hike the Santa Ana Volcano (El Salvador)
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How to Hike the Santa Ana Volcano (El Salvador)

This is a guide on how to hike the Santa Ana volcano in El Salvador: step one: while facing the volcano, put one foot in front of the other until you reach the top. Step two: congratulate yourself on a job well done! For people looking for practical information on how to hike the Santa…

A Simple Guide to Ruta de Las Flores, El Salvador
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A Simple Guide to Ruta de Las Flores, El Salvador

In El Salvador I did a Ruta de las Flores day trip. That’s “Route of the Flowers”, just in case your Spanish is completely non-existent. But let me first clear up something: the flowers only bloom seasonally. When I was there, I saw a grand total of zero flowers on the Route of the Flowers….

A Bizarre Encounter with an Amish Lady on a Volcano in Guatemala
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A Bizarre Encounter with an Amish Lady on a Volcano in Guatemala

If I had a bucket list, it would include getting a tattoo, snorting cocaine off somebody’s stomach, and setting up a business renting pets by the month for people who aren’t actually sure yet whether they want a dog shitting on their carpet. One thing my bucket list definitely wouldn’t include is roasting marshmallows with an Amish lady…