San Vicente, El Salvador Travel Blogs

Quick stop in the mountains
Dec 31, 2006

 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 ...

End of days.......at the training center
Nov 26, 2005 (3 photos)

... . Vamos a ver. Some of our sessions were cancelled today because people from the Embassy were not able to get to San Vicente from San Salvador because the FMLN (a political organization) is making road blocks all over the country. We hope to get to San ...

First week
Sep 27, 2005 (5 photos)

... how to stay safe, starting meds, etc... In terms of our living situation, a few people are put into each community surrounding San Vicente. There are four people in mine, which includes a married couple living very close to me. The first day we went ...

San Vicente
Jul 28, 2008 (13 photos)

Into the town of San Vicente which was founded in 1635 by fifty local Spanish families. The original Tempisque tree under which the city was founded is still growing in the middle of one of the side roads. It used to have one of the finest squares in the ...

The first few weeks
Feb 21, 2006

... was the ride home in the back of the truck. The full moon that night illuminated the volcano that dominates the landscape near San Vicente. It was simply quite amazing. This was one of many moments that have made me already love it here. I have ...

San Vicente de Pacaya
Feb 21, 2008 (25 photos)

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Hello
Oct 19, 2005 (11 photos)

... hard for them to bite unless they get a finger or toe. We were eventually allowed to come back to San Vicente (our training town) for a trip to San Salvador (the capital) to visit the main Peace Corps office. While we were between buses we had a 6.2 ...