10 murders a day

From Antigua it was a mornings ride to the El Salvador border. Quite an easy border to get through and only took 2 hours. The thing I noticed about El Salvador was the intense heat and beautiful coastline. I stayed at the surfing centre of La Libertad in a really nice lodge. Have to say that I was feeling terrible and threw up a couple of times. I put it down to a touch of heat stroke and stayed there for a day to recover. El Salvador has a population of 6.7 million and is the most populated country in Central America. It has a strong gang culture and there are 10 murders a day. That said they are very friendly people but clearly do not feed their livestock enough. These goats were eating the road.