It was dark and rainy by the time we got to Suchitoto, El Salvador after driving along some narrow and bumpy roads.
From Honduras we drove back through the Guatemala border and then through the El Salvador border to get to Suchitoto, El Salvador.
This hotel is really nice we got two big twin size beds, TV that we don’t watch but it’s nice it’s got a pool as well. It is called Jardine de los Marias hotel where we will be staying for two days. This is the nicest hotel of our trip so far.
After dropping off our bags in our rooms, we headed out for dinner during a rain and thunderstorm.
The following morning on our way to a hike it would take us up to a fire tower and pass some guerrilla camps, we stopped at a monument that had the remnants of a Huey helicopter that the guerrillas had shut down.
We then began our hike past the waterfall and up to the guerrilla camps which included the Vietnamese stoves that were helpful keeping the enemy from locating these camps.
Vietnam cook stove.
L-shaped trench.
Guerilla campsite.
Remains of an indigo factory.
It was a hot and sweaty hike up there, but the view of the surrounding area was beautiful.
I was surprised to see Mardi again who was my bunkmate back at Lake Atitlan. She was traveling with G Adventures, and that group seemed to be taking the same route as our Intrepid group.
We then continued back down until we came to the waterfall area where we had a great barbecue lunch as well as an enjoyable swim. Elliot was one of the brave ones to jump off the rocks aside from the waterfall.
When we returned to the parking area we learned about the struggles the guerillas had over the prolonged war from a veteran of the war who had begun fighting when he was just eight years old.
He talked about how the government was unsuccessful at rooting out the gorillas so they began indiscriminately bombing the villages including Suchitoto. He said during this war he was sent to Cuba to learn how to better carry out combat activities.
He discussed how they had learned to anticipate the direction of the helicopters and were successful at shooting about six of them down. After that success, most of the government helicopter pilots would fly much much higher and their bombing was unsuccessful at that point. So it was a real psychological victory for the guerrillas.
We then return to Suchitoto and enjoyed dinner out at a local restaurant.
The following morning after breakfast at my usual place, I took a tuk-tuk down to Lake Suchitoto and then returned along with a local passenger who I treated to the ride before we packed up and headed to El Cuco, El Salvador where we would spend two nights at the Beachside resort.
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