San Miguel

A hundred miles from La Liberdad to San Miguel with many things to see and lots of conversations. (Yesterday, when I met Jeff, the Canadian, we agreed that it's at times almost difficult to avoid leaving an impolite impression when one wants to get back on the bike after a refueling stop. As I wrote, people are very friendly and outgoing.)

I love this green tunnel technology:

One of many international development and aid projects:

The dollar sign reflects the fact that El Salvador uses the US dollar as the official currency.

Here you can see the remainders of a bridge that was washed away by the disastrous floods in November - one can imagine the brutal force of the river after torrential rains:

The plan for tomorrow is to ride about 60 km to the Honduras border and then stay there overnight before continuing to Nicaragua (where it's gonna be Christmas time!)