Background: El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided for military and political reforms.
May 13th 2008Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Perquín When people go backpacking by themselves, there's usually no shortage of opportunity to meet other backpackers. But I've found that travelling in the eastern half of El Salvador, travelling by mysel ... 21 photos[full story]
September 1st 2007Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Perquín After such an intriguing conversation with my guerrillero friend Saol in El Salvador's capital- Veronica, Achim and I agreed that it was imperative that we visit the former FMLN (Frente Farabundo Mart ... 8 photos[full story]
April 16th 2008Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Perquín AFter the last blog, it was time to take a trip to the inland and see other parts of El Salvador. We hauled the dingy up onto the boat, and cleaned out the fridge. Had our friend, Theresa, take us a ... [full story]
February 6th 2008Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Perquín Leaving Jiquilillo, it was a long day on the buses starting at 5am. Two buses to the Honduras border,
where we were told we could get an express mini bus straight through to El Salvador. Much lik ... [full story]
November 19th 2007Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Perquín We stayed for one night back in San Salvidor. We had requested a few days earlier the same room from Ximena's that we had before. We thought all was well but on arrival found only the crappy noisy roo ... 12 photos[full story]
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