View of San Salvador

Lazy Sunday

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April 19th 2009
This morning after we crawled out of bed, stretched, and took some advil, we had pancakes and papaya smoothies and then rested up for our 10 minute walk to the Hilton. Although the walk up and down the hills to the hotel was pretty much torture, we spent the rest of the afternoon being fancy and drinking mojitos by the pool. Once we decided that we had inflicted enough sun damage upon ourselves ... read more

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Central » San 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