Lake

San Salvador

---

November 10th 2007
San Salvador is only an hour from La Libertad so we arrive in the afternoon after leaving the beaches behind us. There are only 2 cheap hostels in the book so we get a taxi to the first one. Unfortunately, the woman takes our money before we see the room... it is a prison cell with barely enough room for the 3 bunks. There are 4 of us in the room so 2 bunks are used for bags. San Salvador is an A ... read more

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Central » San Salvador

---

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