What a surprise and delight El Salvador has been! When I planned this trip I thought many times about adding El Salvador. It has a reputation for being very dangerous. what I have found is a peaceful country, lovely people, swet little villages and one of hte most beutiful hotels I've ever experienced in over 30 years of traveling. I did heed many warnings from family and friends and decided to book a tour rather than do the collectivo vans and buses by myself. ( I can be up for an adventure but I'm not crazy). Turns out I am on [View Full Entry]

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El Salvador is the next country on the itinerary for my friends and I while travelling through Central America. We are all pressed for time due to various reasons and need to get a wriggle on, so we hoofed it to the bus terminal at Santa Rosa in Honduras and jumped on an international bus south to the border and on to San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. While passing through border immigration we met a kind expat who is living in San Salvador and he invited us to dinner at his Chinese restaurant on arrival. We jumped back on [View Full Entry]

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And we thought the Guatemalans were paranoid. Our first night's accommodation in El Salvador involved us calling through a locked gate just to get into the village, the guesthouse was even more secure; but Rachel struck a bargain deal again and for two nights we had the whole beachfront place, with pool, to ourselves. We'd earned it though; the border crossing was the most hassle yet and took over two hours (although it did cost a grand total of $0.70), we'd looked at a couple of other hotels - the first prompted a face from Natalie that we'd never seen before, [View Full Entry]

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We woke at 8:30, or tried to. The bed and breakfast is very comfy. Today was dedicated to tourism, but first we ate. People here eat such large breakfasts! Eggs, plantains, beans, some kind of cheese, I just ordered toast, as breakfast is always a minor meal for me. The plan for the day as to look around at the city and learn a bit more about the history concerning Romero and the war. We walked where ever we went, but boy was it hot! The streets were lined with houses, poor mixed in with the rich, shanties and mansions. [View Full Entry]

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Introduction (written following the trip) During their recent civil war, thousands of the people of El Salvador were relocated to refuge camps. Dragged from their homes, men, woman, and children lived in harsh, unfamiliar conditions in Honduras, waiting for the war to end. Many families were split up, many people were kidnapped and murdered. As conflict rolled toward an end, the people of El Salvador began returning home. For many a new problem came into existed: they had nowhere to go, and without land of their own, they could not be released from the camps [View Full Entry]

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So i take the bus back from Flores to Guatemala city. There was an accident on the road about half-hour before the city and the road was blocked both ways. We had to wait on the road for about 3 hours until they cleared one of the lanes. There were lots of trucks and busses, the accident happened before 5 am. The drivers´ reactions shocked me: as I was eager to find out what had happened and when we would be able to get through, all the bus and truck drivers started talking on the road, making jokes and laughing. Noneone [View Full Entry]

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Traveling is more then just a vacation…this is something that opens you mind and gets your spirit going. Most people wouldn’t know, because they have never taken the chance to go. It becomes an addiction like no other. To see, communicate with, and learn other cultures in Latin America has become a life style for me. However I don’t just go on these trips to have a good time, or to meet people, which happens every time I go down there, but for business as well. Land will be the first thing I start with in Nicaragua but I plan to [View Full Entry]

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My first nice, air conditioned bus ride in Central America was completely empty except for myself and Mike and unfortunately, it made me sick! I don´t know if it was entering a confined, far too air conditioned space after weeks of heat, the winding moutain roads, or the blue gatorade and salty plaintain chips I had downed just before climbing aboard, but for the first time on this trip, I threw up, twice! I felt much better afterwords though, and enjoyed our whirlwind trip through El Salvador, the tiniest but most populated country in Central America. We left Honduras, cut though [View Full Entry]

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A NEW CONCEPT OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM. FOR THE WHOLE OF CENTRAL AMERICA! ... Launched about a year ago in order to put online consumers who seek travel and tourism experts in El Salvador, Guatemala and the rest of Central America, the Polyglots "Freedom in Paradise" Tours is gradually becoming an online destination both for business people and tourists who plan to visit El Salvador and the neighboring countries, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua in addition to Costa Rica and Panama. Our local travel expert network offers you in detail knowledge of travel activities starting from vacation [View Full Entry]

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LOCAL! GoNOMAD DESTINATION MINI GUIDE El Salvador By Donald T. Lee updated 11/04 WHY GO 25 volcanoes, one-Izalco-which can be viewed from nearbyCerro Verde Park - is still smoking!: A cloud forest with a stunning view of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras from the Summit: Museum of the Revolution and El Mazote-Arambala Civil War Memorial Massacre sites: 200 miles of unspoiled and uncrowded Pacific Coast beaches, coves and bays; The best surfing in Central America; Colonial and indigenous villages where time has stood still; humungous arts and crafts, visit several towns dedicat [View Full Entry]

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