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SAN SALVADOR - Where the motto must go something like, "If it ain't American, it ain't shit!" I'm being hard on this metropolitan city, but I've spent two nights in two different parts of town and seen at least one popular American chain restaurant for every local eatery. (And did you know that the Salvadoran currency is actually US dollars? It's true. They call it
dollarization.) I try not to judge a book by its cover, but for the time being I'm going to leave San Salvador on the shelf and head for El Salvador's Pacific Coast tomorrow. The most I've done today is get lunch with a girl from Los Angeles I met on the bus here and some language institute friends of hers. It was cool because we hadn't arranged it. I had just checked into my new hotel and as I stepped outside to look for some lunch I saw her and the group walking right up the street from me.

Such is the life of travelers.

Tomorrow I'm going to Playa Truco, which I think is an hour and a half from here. In the meantime, how about some photos? I know, it's quite exciting. It only took me I don't know how long to get them up. Here are some public links to photos from the trip I've added to Facebook. Enjoy.

Mobile, Ala., to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Guadalajara to the Mexico-Guatemala border

Guatemala