Couchsurf numero cuatro

During the few restful days in Suchitoto I arranged a couchsurf host in San Salvador, the country's less than glamorous capitol. Paco, as it were, was a fantastic host going as far as picking me up at the bus stop (with a friendly hug and a big smile, no less!) and letting me sleep in his room while he crashed out on a spare mattress in the computer room. We spent a few great days together, doing things I haven't attempted in ages, including tie-dying a filthy white shirt of mine (his side business) and even skateboarding up and down his street, something I haen't done since college. We went for beers where I, naturally, got drunk off 1 beer after having lost all 5ish rounds of the game we were playing, and the piece de resistance, after mentioning I had been dying to see Avatar, Paco took me to go buy an illegal copy of it and we enjoyed the film while eating plantain chips squeezed with lime. This will definitely be a latin american custom I plan on adopting, lime on EVERYTHING.

It was, in fact, two days of heavenly nothing, like being at home with nothing pressing to do but hang out with your buddies. For that, I will always be thankful to Paco, and indirectly to the couchsurfing project. I really can never seen to say enough about the experiences I've had through couchsurfing, so I'll just say I can't wait to start hosting and paying back the hospitality I've experienced from complete strangers.

The day Paco went to work I shoved off downtown for some leisurely sightseeing, but this was relatively unsuccessful due to lack of interesting sights to see, so I ended up getting onion rings at burger king (to use their bathroom, i swear!), walking around, and then raiding an enormous second hand store for a few hours. Certainly if I wasn't staying with Paco San Salvador might have been a bust.