The Overwhelming Kindness of Strangers... [Vlog 52] Motorcycle diaries in El Salvador

This place was the most beautiful place I have ever woken up. Do you have the experience of going up? Yes. Ah, you have the experience of going up. Or to put on a suit. Ah, true, true. Since I didn't win the... Almost, almost. But next time, let's hope you do go up. Yes. The dogs here are very, like... Yes. He is Galachin. He is very friendly. Friendly? No, amigable. Friendly. Ah, amable is nice. Amigable is friendly. Ah, yes. Super. How long are you planning to stay here? Maybe a month. At least, yeah. I better pack my things. Yesterday they told me, we'll help you down. I feel like I can totally make it down on my own. But, I just... I don't want to be a nuisance if I drop the bike and they have to help me again. You know? Um... I think I'm just going to take the help. So, today's vlog is a simple one. After the craziness of the last vlog, I thought it'd be nice to show, well, what goes down in the aftermath. If you haven't seen the last vlog yet, here's a quick recap. The road up to this incredible place was a bit rough. I dropped the bike a few times, and ultimately, my demise was getting mentally and emotionally overwhelmed. Not a good combo, especially on a motorcycle. And in my tumbles, I managed to break my foot peg, which brings me to today's task. Find someone who can help me fix it. But first, I gotta get down the volcano. And the owner of this place insisted on bringing it down for me. Him and his entire team are so incredibly kind and gracious. They just make your heart melt. So nice. I feel like a loser. And then the luggage. Thank you so much. You don't have to worry about it. I'd like to pay you for the transportation. No. I don't want it. Yeah, maybe tip him five bucks or something. Okay. For me, no problem. Thank you so much. So, on my epic failure of a ride up the volcano, I damaged my foot peg. You probably can't tell on the camera, but it's basically, like, just now in the wrong direction. It's just been, I don't know what the word is, damaged, and it's, like, just turned on its side. So, I've come to a local mechanic and he's helping me. So, the mechanic is in there banging away, fixing, and doing miraculous things. I thought I'd show basically my pivot pegs. They're steel. And I think, I mean, basically they just went completely crooked. And I think he just needs to bang it back. I'm not really sure, but I just saw him work with the brake and he noticed something off that I certainly didn't notice. And I just feel so grateful for the ingenuity of mechanics. It's like, I rely on their skill so much because I look at that thing and cannot see how to make it right. Anyway, grateful for the help. Sí, la calle está muy feo. Bueno, pero en la tierra feo. Porque no tengo muy alto. Pero también no tengo mucho técnico. Técnica. Técnica, no tengo mucha técnica. Es mejor la otra, la bolsa. Sí, sí, pero poco a poco cambiarme cosas. Sí, sí. Sí, antes no conozco nadie. Pero yo conocimos en la calle. Es un poco como suerte que conocimos. Coincidencia. Está lista. Como debo asentar para checarla. Sí. Muchas gracias. Qué bueno. Entonces, ¿sí? ¿Lista? Sí, ya. Muchas gracias. ¿Cuánto? ¿Cuánto es? No. No, no. No necesito. No. Como porfa. No, así está bien. No, no, no. No, así está bien. Sí, así está bien. Muchas gracias. No sé tu nombre. Oscar. Oscar, ok. Exactamente, de Charlie. Sí. Oh, my God. He was so incredibly great. I'm back at the hostel. And he would not accept any payment from me. And he was just such a good, thorough, honest job of helping me. And it's so wild because in these situations I'm just, I'm like, I'm so grateful for the help and the knowledge that I don't have of anything in this realm of fixing stuff. I want to give him all my money because I feel so grateful. And it's just ironic that he doesn't want to accept any money. I want to express my appreciation and give him something. So yeah, I'm going to write him a really nice review to share with other motorcyclists. And I just, the amount of kindness that I encounter. And I'm just always in such awe of mechanics. They are, like, literally the best people on earth. They're just so resourceful and have such a way of, like, being able to look at things and know how to fix it. Where I look at it and I have no clue. So, I'm so thankful. Thank you, thank you, thank you. So, we're back. We're packing up and we're headed to the next spot. This may sound weird, but one of the hardest things on my journey is not knowing how I can repay the immense amount of kindness that I receive. For now, I think the best I can do is to continue on, living with an open heart, sharing my love and appreciation, and hope that the blessings multiply.