True Adveture Awaits You in El Salvador...and I'm just talking about the bathrooms
July 19th 2009 Saturday we finally got a late start which I was grateful for. I was desperate for some sleep. Our tour guide, Caesar, picked us up for a “ruins and volcanoes tour” around noon. Caesar claims to have vast knowledge of the rich history of the Salvadoran people and Mayan culture; I also suspect that during the 1980’s he stole cars in the U.S. and sold them in El Salvador, but I'll address th
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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 prov... ... read more 
