El Salvador Travel Blogs

... . For dinner we had a marvelous feast courtesy of Manolo´s mother, serenaded by Manolo´s father on the guitar, and further entertained by the escapades of Rex.   And so my El Salvador sadly adventure comes to an end, with music and laughter.

A travel blog entry from Tacuba by bootsmade4wlkin
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... was the mountain bike brakes failing on one of the steeper downhill sections of the aptly named El Imposible national park in El Salvador! City: For Tasha its Guadalajara in Mexico and for Keith its our first stop Mexico City. Town: We both voted ...

A travel blog entry from Santa Ana by dospollos
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... part of a federation of Central American states until that union dissolved in 1838. For decades after its independence, El Salvador experienced numerous revolutions and wars against other Central American republics. From 1931 to 1979 El Salvador was ruled ...

A travel blog entry from San Salvador by dospollos
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... a TV in his car for Chrissake. This is when we realised we were hanging out with the jetsetting elite of Guatemala and El Salvador. All young, single (well, not married anyway), up-and-coming, rightwing (obviously) yuppies from these places where you hear ...

A travel blog entry from San Salvador by hanscottclaire
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Claire and Scott: In the past week we finished traveling El Salvador and have now arrived in Nicaragua, the 5th out of the 8 central American countries we are visiting. In San Salvador, last Friday, we had to say ciao for now to Han, and she is now ...

A travel blog entry from perquin by hanscottclaire
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 The morning of the 29th we left the beach and 5 buses later we were in the mountains in a quaint little mountain town called Alegria. A long day on buses which means of course little food, but we are used to that by now. Settled into our smallest ...

A travel blog entry from Alegria by casey_matt
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So, after leaving Comayagua (still shuddering over the headboard and the weasels), we headed out to the Lago de Yojoa. Now, I keep thinking that our Lonely Planet guide will get better for some reason, but again and again it disappoints. It gave ...

A travel blog entry from Los Naranjos by andrewandjacque
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 After the coffee tour we headed for the beach and after a few buses we were back on the pacific coast at El Zonte, a beautiful black sand beach. Settled into the hostel and went to check out the beach. Walked along the beach for a bit, the waves were ...

A travel blog entry from El Zonte by casey_matt
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Friday Have a fruit salad breakfast in the sunshine and chill for a few hours.  Then walk until the bus arrives to take us up the hill to the mirador or viewpoint area to look at the restaurants.  Opt for one and have lunch looking at the lake ...

A travel blog entry from Lago Coatepeque by emanddave
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A travel blog entry from San Salvador by emanddave
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First of all, we want to wish you all a very merry christmas and happy holidays! Be sure to watch the video in the photo section of this entry to see just how sincere we are about this... We caught a ride from our crazy guide Manolo part way to our next ...

A travel blog entry from Barra de Santiago by casey_matt
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... dip in the cool clear waters of the crater lake. Since it was the weekend, many "capitalinos" (second-home owners from San Salvador) were partying at the pier restaurant next door. We wandered over and had a beer, played cards, and watched the sunset ...

A travel blog entry from Lago Coatepeque by casey_matt
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... the bench across from me called out to me, "Paseo, hija!"  So no, there are no major ruins to see in El Salvador, no major "sights" in the traditional sense of the word, but there are people here, beautiful people.  And there are beautiful ...

A travel blog entry from Juayua by bootsmade4wlkin
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... on plaques below. From that sobering site, we caught a ride in a pickup to a more lighthearted stop at Rio Sapo, El Salvador´s most protected and cleanest river. Being a holiday, it was especially mobbed with locals and national tourists, but it is ...

A travel blog entry from Perquin by casey_matt
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... The FMLN guerrillas hid in the nearby mountains and caves near here and caused havoc. I went with some of my friends from San Salvador in a pick up truck. On the way back we were stopped by the police at a checkpoint. Were we speeding? Would they want ...

A travel blog entry from Suchitoto by jeffsadventures
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... and up high in Guatemala. Semana Santa starts soon, and we need to be settled in Xela before then. Note on border crossings: El Salvador border officials are the only ones so far that seem to look at your passport, and look they do--we were in lines ...

A travel blog entry from San Salvador by andrewandjacque
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... outside San Salvador, offer a convenient way to take advantage of natural facilities safely and comfortably. Travelling around El Salvador is a lesson in humility. Contrasting with the vibrant colour and sweep of the landscape, the overwhelming evidence ...

A travel blog entry from Santa Ana by emanddave
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I arrived in San Miguel around noon, and within two minutes I had several guys seriously hitting on me. They kept asking about my boyfriend back home, and if he had as good a job as them etc. It was pretty funny....and yet also scary. I managed to ditch ...

A travel blog entry from San Miguel by jessica_cdn
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I am in San Salvador, the ultra modern capital city and the nightlife here is, borrowing an expression from one of my British friends, "proper amazing". They use the US dollar so for the first time in over two months, I am using good ole American ...

A travel blog entry from San Salvador by jeffsadventures
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I decided to get out of San Salvador as quickly as possible, as it was just a very scary place. Since I wasnt quite all better, I went to the beach near La Libertad. The beach was okay, good for surfing (which I didnt do!) but they had a nice pool, good ...

A travel blog entry from El Zonte by jessica_cdn
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... in the film Gorillas in the Mist. The next day we decided to head right down through Guatemala to get us near the border with El Salvador and ended up spending the night at a town called Chiquimula. It was a huge change for us to be in quite a modern ...

A travel blog entry from Suchitoto by worldofbintang
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... a couple of villages with small shops and stops a lot to let people on and off.  We get to the biggish town of El Congo before we start descending down windy roads when we get our first glimpse of the lake.  It looks like a huge green bowl full ...

A travel blog entry from Lago Coatepeque by emanddave
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... cruel for eating such a beautiful creature though) we watch another sunset and try to avoid the mossies.  Ralli tells us about El Salvador and local politics. He is adamant it wasnt a civil war here but just terrorists trying to take over and create ...

A travel blog entry from Suchitoto by emanddave
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A travel blog entry from San Miguel by emanddave
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... - at least the one´s we drove - that rival Mexico´s toll highways in terms of smooth surfaces and wide shoulders. After El Salvador, the only country between us and our return to Mexico was Guatemala. Highlights: - Volcano boarding, Leon: Bigfoot ...

A travel blog entry from La Libertad by greg-adrienne
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ooooh sketchy bus rides. I left Antigue this morning and got a bus in Guatemala city for El Salvador. I met a great Brit, Sasha, and we hung out at the very very dodgy bus station for a while. We met this guy who we assumed was our bus driver, and he ...

A travel blog entry from San Salvador by jessica_cdn
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... get the bus to Leon, Nicaragua tomorrow. This would mean a really early start as we would have to travel the rest of El Salvador, across Honduras and then into Nicaragua. Should be good fun. There was a bus company running a direct service, leaving at ...

A travel blog entry from San Salvador by rbisset
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12/19- It took 3 buses to get to Tacuba, with a mad dash through a busy market following a little old lady. No kidding this woman was fast, I almost lost Casey twice when I got held up by a slow moving family. Once at Tacuba we found The Momma and ...

A travel blog entry from Tacuba by casey_matt
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... my bathing suit. Even so, the two gringos among the throngs of locals were a source of fascination and amusement, but what´s new? El Salvador doesn´t get the crowds of tourists other countries nearby do, so in some places we really feel like a novelty. Back ...

A travel blog entry from Juayua by casey_matt
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... incidents. Despite the fact it was 3am I was quite happy to be leaving San Jose and even relishing the prospect of arriving in San Salvador again! San Jose really was that bad! I never wish to visit that shit hole ever again and I have no idea why it is ...

A travel blog entry from San Salvador by rbisset
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