Flowers on La Ruta de las Flores

El Salvador

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February 19th 2011
My experience in El Salvador was very different to my experiences in all the other countries I visited on my trip, as a few weeks before I arrived my Paraguayan sis put me in touch with a friend of hers who lives in San Salvador. I had planned to stay in El Salvador for about 6 days, but this quickly changed into 10. To get to San Salvador, I took a shuttle from Copan Ruinas in Honduras which ... read more

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador

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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