![]() Both countries governments blamed each others citizens for the inequality of course, not the ruling wealthy people… However when rioting ensued at the 1970 World Cup qualifiers between the two countries, the riots were a flash point and were used as an excuse for El Salvador to invade Honduras. Both countries had vast wealth inequality between the ruling classes and the general population. Some of the disputes are unresolved since the 1969 “Football War” between the two countries. Portions of the El Salvador/Honduras border remain disputed today, even with UN rulings in place. Chicken busses are old US Bluebird school busses with a new paint job Although Honduras and El Salvador share a border it was actually much quicker for us to go via Guatemala and avoid the large mountain range that would otherwise mean a very long detour south. Phew that was a lot of buses, but we arrived at 2pm so all in all made pretty good time. Border crossings are all on foot – sometimes with a good distance between countriesĪfter crossing immigration in to El Salvador we then went on to our first colourful chicken bus to Metapan, then a longer bus ride to finally arrive at Santa Ana. ![]() We ended up at a crossroads in the middle of nowhere but only had to wait 10mins for a bus which luckily went all the way directly to the El Salvador border. Then we caught a bus to Jocatan and the assistant was very helpful in taking our bags and placing them on the next bus we needed. We started with a collectivo at 7:20am to the Guatemala border to get our stamp. We took a number of buses today but luckily everything went smoothly.
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