23 December 2017 – The first thing I did when I woke up was
grab my GPS and get my route around San Salvador City planned out. I was having
problems avoiding the PanAm Hwy CA-1 going through the city. This is a huge
problem. I was also having problems finding cities on the PanAm Hwy I could
search out with Blanche. She couldn’t find the city I wanted. I changed my mind
and decided to ride South of the San Salvador City and drive the route Litoral
Hwy CA-2. The cities I have to drive through are much smaller. Once I decided
that, I could find the two cities Blanche could navigate to and plan a route
to. Blanche bought into it. So, I was good to go.
I loaded up my bike and was out the door by 9:00 a.m. I
rolled up the door and the security guard was waiting outside. Why haven’t you
left by 7:00 a.m? Without Wi-Fi my Spanish translator doesn’t work. Because we
couldn’t communicate he finally left. I thought of something I could tell him
that would answer any questions he has. I told him the tall lady from the night
before said it would be ok if I stayed until 9:00 a.m. He seemed happy with
that and I left. It’s another case of information not being passed on.
I got back on the PanAm Hwy CA-1 four lane heading toward
Litoral Hwy CA-2. Along the way, Blanche pull a quicky on me. She found a shortcut
road to Litoral Hwy CA-2. As I drove it, I was actually paralleling the newer
four-lane South to Zacatecoluca. I couldn’t get off the two-lane road to get on
the four-lane road. I was not happy about this. I eventually came to a road
that allowed me to access the four-lane CA-2 Hwy. Blanche literally rebelled
all the way. I told her to go pound it. Most of the day I drove between 45 to
60 Mph / 70 to 90 Kph except for passing through Zacatecoluca and Usulutan. Blanche
wanted to drag me to another shortcut road again. This time I was ready for her
and didn’t let her. She again rebelled all the way but I didn’t care. I’m going
my way.
I was riding along about 55 Mph / 90 Kph when this new
Adventure BMW 1100cc and Harley- Davidson Dyna-Super Glide or Wide Glide (????)
pulled up alongside me. They asked me to stop. So, I did. They got off their
motorcycles all glad to see me. They asked me to ride with them but they were riding
way too fast for me. They wanted to cross into Honduras today. I’m sure it was because
of Christmas and the border may be closed. Before we parted ways, we took
pictures and they gave me a sticker of their motorcycle riding club. They were
from Mexico City, Mexico on their way to Costa Rica to see a friend.
I stopped for the day in La Union.
The hotel I wanted to stay in was closed down so I’m downtown / El Centro, in
the Puerto Bello Hotel. It’s an interesting place. They have some retired
people rooming here. I think working girls may frequent the place, and also some
wayward travelers like myself. I had them clean the bathroom because it smelled
bad of urine. The bed has small ants crawling across it. Every once in a while,
I have them walking across my computer screen. I hope they haven’t infested my
computer’s internal workings. I oiled my chain and I did some checking on the
Honduran Border and went to bed.
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