El Tunco is a beach and surf town, popular with backpackers. It was the perfect place to end my trip. 

  The town was named after a large rock formation in the sea that looks like a pig. In Salvadoran slang, "tunco" means pig.      

 

 Surfing has been popular here for decades.

 

 Nearby are the Tamanique Waterfalls.

 There are a series of falls that are swimmable.  

 

 Hiking down to the falls is easy. Walking back up is much harder!  

 Pupusas and horchata, a local drink.

 El Tunco sunset. 

 I partied with a great group of Colombians on my last night in El Salvador.

 

Adios, El Salvador!


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