Viajeros de El Salvador

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Viajeros de El Salvador

Posted on 2013/05/16by admin

Ericas and my plan were to leave the El Cuco area Thursday morning to head up north. Wednesday morning after my morning session the owner of the hostel Tom, the same person that I normally surf with asked us if we felt like hitch a ride up north. Since traveling with car instead of bus makes a big different over here we decided to go, the fact that we were heading for volcanic lake didn´t sound to bad either.
Since Tom has his own TV show here in El Salvador, Viajeros de El Salvador, traveling with him always gets interesting. Before sunset we left shore on a proem which they normally use for diving excursions. The only thing I have to say is that it was an interesting night 😉

Later today Erica and I are catching a bus from San Salvador to El Tunco, and from there our final destination is El Zonte for the next and last four days before we are of for Guatemala.

//bazmei

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Posted on 2013/05/152013/05/15by admin

Erica haven´t been surfing since we got to El Salvador, but yesterday she went out twice. During high-tide the river mouth close to our hostel works really great. I tried to go out and catch some waves myself, but I tell you that Erica did a lot better then me 😉

Well at least I had some sick rides earlier in the morning. Ill make sure to make a movie soon again with all the new material I got.

//bazmei

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Longest ride of my life – Surfing in El Salvador – Go Pro View

Posted on 2013/05/132014/11/02by admin

I heard people talking about that they are getting tired in there legs in the the end of the wave when the rides are really long. I always thought that was bullshit, but a couple of days ago I had that feeling for the first time of my life.

//bazmei

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Long rights

Posted on 2013/05/122013/05/13by admin

After some days without surf, trying to get to El Salvador I finally scored. The owner of the hostel we are staying at is a cool older american duder. The night before he told me to wake him up if I wanted to go surf… so I did 6:30am.

-Hi Tom!!
-Ehh WHAT!!
-You ready to go surf?
-I have been waiting for you (still in bed sleeping)… lets go!

Well it was worth every single hour getting here. I got the three longest rides of my life for sure.

This is just some of the pictures. Ill make sure to put some video up when the internet getting better

//Sebas

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Traped in Potosi

Posted on 2013/05/092013/05/13by admin

It has been a couple of days since last time. What happened is that Erica and I left Las Penitas Sunday morning to get to a place called Potosi. From Potosi which a small village in northern Nicaragua we were supposed to take a boat Monday morning to El Salvador. On Monday morning 9AM became 10PM and 10PM came 11PM, and this went on the whole day. We ended up calling the hostel in El Salvador who planned the route and promised us that it would be a boat there Monday morning. They said that there was nothing they could do and that we would get a night for free when we showed up the next day. Well same thing happened the next day. Erica and I spent another day waiting for a boat to get to El Salvador. The guy working at the border, (which probably is the least busy border in the world) told us that there wasn´t any boat because there wasn´t any fish to trade. Now we know the real meaning of the expression “mana mana”.

We called the hostel again that night and they thought that we left and went somewhere else. They couldn´t believe that we were still there and promised that we could stay for free for ever at their hostel when we got there. So we spent another night but the same thing hapend again, no boat.

That was enough. We decided to travel back to Chinadega and go to El Salvador by buss, and that’s what we are doing right now. At the moment we are at a hotel just across the border from Nicaragua, 45 minutes into Honduras. Tomorrow we are going to wake up early and catch a bus to the El Salvadorian border and try to get to Las Flores asp, and cash in one free week.

Big thanks to a local family from Honduras who more or less helped us across the border and then drove us and checked us in to the hotel we are staying at. Amazing what some bad jokes in pore Spanish can do 😉

//bazmei

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Las Peñitas

Posted on 2013/05/042013/05/04by admin

Now we are at a place called Las Peñitas. We ended up going here with a cab any way. The taxi driver gave us a good deal and we couldn´t say no 😉 When we first got here the waves didn´t look to good, so we just walked around and snapped some photos.

The next morning when Erica and I cruised down to the beach, the waves still didn´t look that good. After breakfast a local surfer called Alex who I talked to the day before stopped by and told me that the waves were better now. Probably the first time a local guy picked me up to go surfing. The spirit were really good out in the water and the waves weren´t that bad. Tomorrow ill bring the cameras down.

//bazmei

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Moving on

Posted on 2013/05/022013/05/02by admin

It´s about 7am here in Nicaragua. Today is a travelling day. We are going from Rivas to Las Pinas. It shoudn´t be hard to get there but the local transportation makes it a pain in the as. We staying about four nights there and then a bout will take us ower to Las Flores in El Salvador. That trip will save us about eight hour of travelling.

Here comes some snaps from the last surf. Two of them is of two guys we meet here. Good surfers for sure!

//bazmei

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Good surfing in Popoyo, Nicaragua – Go Pro view

Posted on 2013/04/302014/11/02by admin

Since I was stung by the jellyfish I spent most of my days on land in the shadow. Erica and I also went to get some medicine for the inflammation the other day. This morning I feel find and I am going the get into the water again. The swell started to pick up last night so this morning it suppose the be really good, and some decent size. Maybe today is the day to get a proper tube 😉

I put together some recordings from the first couple of days here.

//bazmei

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Jellyfish

Posted on 2013/04/28by admin

When I paddled out this morning it felt like something hurt. Half way out I saw that the ocean was full of jellyfishes, and when I say full I mean like hundred thousand plus. I thought they would disappear at the lineup, but no. When the wave broke a stroke of jellyfishes went over the fall every time. Since I paddled out without a t-shirt or a rashguard I lasted for about 15 minutes. The result is that my body looks like I fall asleep in anthill. Erica just put on some cortisone lotion all over me. Ill guess I’ll see in the morning if it worked or not.

The good news is that Erica got some good photos of me yesterday, surfing the break next to Popoyo. Not any good barrels so far, but I am working on it. I have been surfing with a couple of guys from Spain and South Africa, and they sure know how to catch a barrel. Maybe tomorrow is the day for me 😉

//bazmei

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Popoyo

Posted on 2013/04/27by admin

Yesterday Erica and I left Tamarindo Costa Rica for Nicaragua. We got a ride to the border and then walked it with all our gear. The crossing went smooth, and I finally got myself a liter of 7 year old Flor de Cana.
The first afternoon I got a really good surf session. The only bad thing is that it seems to be a minimum of 20 people out, no matter what. The Next morning I woke up at early and had a morning session before breakfast. Erica went for a run. Before paddling out myself I spent some time at the beach taking photos of people getting barrel.

Hopefully I’ll be able to put some movie together the next couple of days…

//bazmei

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