On this day of my Pan American bike tour, I cycled from Playa Sunzal to Zacatecoluca in El Salvador. Here's my bikepacking blog post from the day.
![A morning stroll on the beach before heading of on the bicycle from Playa Sunzal to Zacatecoluca in El Salvador](https://www.davestravelpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/morning-stroll.jpeg)
An early start cycling
(Blog post written March 18 2010 when cycling from Alaska to Argentina)
After a quick stroll on the beach, I set off at just gone 07.00. The cycling was fairly simple, apart from where the road detoured around a collapsed bridge.
El Salvador is constantly hit by natural disasters, and cleaning up is an ongoing process for some of the infrastructure.
![A bridge out in El Salvador](https://www.davestravelpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/bridge-out.jpeg)
Towards the end of my cycling day, the combination of hills and heat became a little tiring, but I still made it to the town of Zacatecoluca at just gone 12.00.
Hotel Royal King was just on the left as I approached the town, so I went in to check it out. They wanted 17 dollars for the room, with the added bonus that there was also a swimming pool.
This would normally be out of my price range, but Carmen had kindly donated some more money, with the explicit instructions that it should be spent on a place like this.
So that’s what I did ! I have to say, that an afternoon swim is an ideal way to cool down after a days cycling!
![Hotel with swimming pool in El Salvador](https://www.davestravelpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/swimming-pool.jpeg)
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More guides from this bike tour:
- Bike touring in Alaska
- Bike touring in Canada
- Biking The Pacific Coast Highway (USA)
- Bike touring in Mexico
- Bicycle touring in Guatemala
- Bike touring in Honduras
- Bicycle touring in Nicaragua
- Bike touring in Costa Rica
- Bike Touring in Panama
- Bicycle touring in Colombia
- Bike touring in Ecuador
- Bike touring in Peru
- Bicycle touring in Bolivia
- Bike touring in Argentina