End of my trip in El Salvador
El Salvador has many faces. In San Salvador you can walk one block and feel like you’re in a tidy, organised city… then walk another block and wonder if a small apocalypse passed through recently. Still, you can see that the country is moving fast roads, bridges, and infrastructure are being built literally in front of your eyes. A lot is happening here. My final stop was La Libertad , a town on the Pacific coast. I arrived knowing basically nothing about it. Surprise: it’s a surfing hotspot. There’s a constant stream of waves smashing into the shore, and the locals seem to live in a permanently chilled mode with zero visible stress (at least around the area where I stayed). But the town itself… Let’s say I’m very happy I escaped quickly. There is basically no garbage system and no sewage system in many parts. The “standard” method of waste management seems to be: Step 1: pile the garbage Step 2: burn the garbage Step 3: inhale the plastic fumes and pretend it’s normal The smoke...