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Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Eastern » Perquín February 2nd 2007

So I arrived in El Salvador, Tacuba 2.1.07...and wow, this place is amazing, and the country as whole! What a change a divide between neighboring countries can make. Walking over the border, that bridge, such a different feeling. I loved Guatemala, but El Salvador, the whole vibe feels so much more comfortable. Tacuba, far eastern El Salvador, an hour and a half from the most southern border of Guatemala, is located on the edge of Parque Nacional El Imposible (between 300m and 1450 above sea level). The impossible part was once the risk of mule and crew attempting to transport crop (of coffee growers) over makeshift tree-trunk bridges from the northern fincas to the port of Acajutla. Not until 1968 was there a bridge built over the gorge, and death no longer a risk. Between buses, ... read more


A heavy day. We looked inside Monsignor Oscar Romero's shower stall, walked the power-less, power-full unionized factory, Just Garments, and then drove like hell to the border, stopping along the way to ask bystanders, "Which is the way to Guatemala?"... read more
CEAL Leader Gilberto Duenas
Tour Leader in El Salvador
Painting of Monsenor Romero El Salvador


Sunday. Our first full day. An early breakfast, a walking tour, the beginnings of shopping. A long drive to a country none of us (driver and guide included) had ever been to before.... read more
Breakfast at the Hotel Spring
Guatemala City's old Post Office Building
Young Goat  herder moves animals


Oh my gosh, these past few days have been crazy! I´ve been jumping on a different bus, heading to a different city and country every day, constantly changing hotels (some pretty modest hotels, and that´s putting it gently). So, as some of you know, I´m spending about 2 months in Central America this winter. I´m starting my journey off in El Salvador, then Honduras, Nicaragua, back to Honduras to study Spanish, then to Belize for work. El Salvador So I arrived Jan 2nd, in San Salvador. I must say, it´s much more developed than I thought it would be! Many chains, malls, theatres, restaurants, and beautiful sights! Unfortunately I only stayed 1 night in San Salvador because it was pretty expensive to go anywhere worth seeing. I wanted to do some hiking & scuba diving, but ... read more


Places Visited. San Salvador, Guatemala City, Lake Atitlan, Xela Once again we took the easy way out and got the direct first class bus. We could get used to this easy traveling! Once we got to Guatemala City we got a chicken bus back to Lake Atitlan as I wanted to go back as I loved it so much the first time! Like I have mentioned before there is something about lakes and especially this one. Just amazing and to top it off the cheapest place we have stayed on our trip. I could live here it’s so perfect. We decided this time to also dive the lake as it is not often you get to dive at altitude 1562 m and it was something else to cross off the I have done list! The dive ... read more
Classy Bird!
Hippy Shel!
Sexy Girls!


Perquin to San Salvador. After Perquin we headed to the Capital. I had a plan to try and get to the capital so I could watch the highlights of the derby. To do this we had to get up at 4.30 am and catch 4 buses, Michelle loved this! We managed to get to the Hotel which had cable T.V about 20 mins after I thought it had ended. I still flicked through and my luck was in instead of showing the 20 mins highlights it replayed the whole match and I got to watch the rest of the game! Even though the result was foregone conclusions as city are shit it was still nice to watch! Of what we seen of the capital it was very similar to the other Central American capitals, overcrowded, polluted ... read more
San Salvador square

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Western » El Zonte December 11th 2006

hello loves... after several more days in the rain and the introduction to iona and damian into my travels, we decided to go on a road trip to...El Salvidor. aouh..ye ha. the weather and the seen here are amazing.. i have so many stellar photos and stories, but they will come later..no time for computer ahora!... read more

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Central » Suchitoto December 11th 2006

Suchitoto to Perquin Perquin is near the Honduran border in the North East, supposedly a cool mountain town, could have fooled me, its been a constant 28ºc whilst we’ve been here! It’s famous for the central point of administration during the civil war in the 70’s and 80s. A lot of fighting went on here, massacres of innocent people by the army. We visited a museum about it, a tiny little place, a local guide shown us around and explained some of the photos and artifacts and he had first hand knowledge as he was a guerilla during the war, He went into details of some of the atrocities and stories of friends and family he lost and said that the war had to happen as they were at a point where the people weren’t being ... read more

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador December 10th 2006

Lago Coatepeque to Suchitoto. Lago Coatepeque looked very similar to Lago Attilan in Guatemala, very picturesque and surrounded by dormant volcanoes. There is something about being next to a lake that always makes me feel very relaxed and peaceful, it has a very carming and magical ora that make it very difficult to leave. We explored the local attractions. The most beautiful being the Cerro Verde National Park. This was a huge place to walk around and was full of amazing views and we walked along a few of the treks and took a few more pictures of volcanoes just in case we didn’t have enough! After the lake we headed to Suchitoto, a pretty Colonial town which was having a fiesta. For me it was the perfect day for a party, I got to watch ... read more
Lago Coatepeque.
Our hotel through my eyes
Our Hotel

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador December 7th 2006

ACHUACHAPAN, APANECA & JUAYUA (Western El Salvador) - Mon 04/12 to Wed 06/12 We crossed the border into El Salvador at La Hachadura at approximately 5 PM and had no problems whatsoever, in fact we were in El Salvador & had to be called back by a lady border officer. We asked about getting a stamp in our passports but were disappointed to hear that Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras & Nicaragus had an EU type deal going on & when you entered one you entered them all, petty tourist thing I know but we all do love to look back at the passport stamps when we have a few minutes somewhere waiting for a plane. We knew it would be getting dark soon so we wanted to get on a bus to our destination as ... read more
The local brew
Main Plaza, Achuachapan
Iglesia, Achuapan, Western El Salvador




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