The border crossing into El Salvador was painless but the ride to Santa Ana took longer than planned because we missed a turn and ended up riding through the mountains in the dark.The ride to Santa Ana was a pleasant surprise although we had to keep moving because it was getting dark. We rode through some beautiful scenery and a crater lake. We finally got back on the main highway and into Santa Ana. However, the search for a hotel in Santa Ana was another couple of hours. Exhausted, we finally stopped at a 'love' hotel for the night.

We didn't worry about security, however.

An interested take on the chocolate mint on your pillow.

Santa Ana is a nice town to relax. No other foreigners in sight we were greeted warmly by everyone. The only problem was the whole town shut down around 9:00pm.

We stayed an extra day in Santa Ana, but I was anxious to get to San Salvador where I would have a badly stretched chain replaced. The 'three amigos' split up outside of San Salvador.