Category Archives: El Salvador

It was a great summer in Vancouver, but it is time to head south again! We have a very long trip to Buenos Aires and so we decided to break it up again with a visit to El Salvador and a visit to our good friends there.… Read the rest

With the bikes safely stored away and the front suspensions carefully packed we got up at 3 am to head to the airport for our 6 am flight. The first leg to Lima was 4 hours and we saw the sun rise.… Read the rest

Now finally a trip to the beach. We spent an amazing day north of El Zonte. We had a cabana for shade. The sea here is like bath water. We enjoyed ceviche and sopa de mariscos. We also tried an El Salvador treat cheese puffs and salsa.… Read the rest

We visited the Joya de Ceren archeological site. It is known as the Pompeii of Central America. The site was covered in volcanic mud and ash at least 14 times, beginning around 260 A.D, with the last recorded around 600 A.D.… Read the rest

Hearing that there were some German riders in El Tunco we all went out to meet Katja and Jens.

It was great to hear some of their stories from the last 2 years. We enjoyed a few beers and some oysters at sunset.… Read the rest

Mario, Daniel, Orvar, and I rode up to the San Salvador volcano. Mario is pointing to the crater he has at his coffee finca on the slopes of the volcano.

We hiked to the crater rim in the Parque Nacional El Boqueron.… Read the rest

Today it is maintenance day. Mario rode over to the shop on Lulu since his bike was there already and he wanted to pick it up.

We had a great experience at Motorider in San Salvador. Mario Lecha has an amazing shop and team of mechanics.… Read the rest

We were down and out for a few days with 1 sick team member, but now we are back to full force. We spent 2 days at a nice hotel in Santa Ana while Daniel was ill. We planned to meet up with Mario and the other riders from the Touratech rally at Apsunga.… Read the rest