San Salvador Travel Blogs

I took the early morning bus to San Salvador. It is only an hour from Santa Ana to the capital, but I wanted to see and do as much as I could during my one and only day there. Once again travelling by modified American school bus. Not very comfortable, but a great way to meet locals, and I had…

San Salvador greeted us with a wave of hot and humid air. My clothes became instantly wet and sticky as I stood in line to pass immigration. The aircondioned minivan that took us to the hotel was more than welcome. We had been booked at the Courtyard Mariott hotel next to La Gran Via, a wierd place…

After not much hustle and bustle in Toronto Air Transat took us to the warmer pasture in San Salvador. Prior to that our water bottle had been confiscated and we were encouraged to purchased a tripple priced H2O at Pearson - we did not. We were also encouraged to leave behind our cigarette lig…

There is Something About ItI have this thing about place names that make me want to go there.  I don't really know what it is, some connatation with a name that stirs something.  I suspect it is to do with televison.  One of these place is San Salvador - I like the way it trips off t…

Took a taxi as far as we could to the bus station - getting a bus to San Miguel .... but still not right to the station and so we have to walk around few hundred metres to the station - now the station was on our list of no go areas - great"! OK so we start walking - but that was th…

Hello all,Today as morning broke I tried to figure out what kind of neighborhood my hotel was in.  San Salvador has an awful reputation for violence, and for being a dangerous place for tourists, but surely I would be ok in broad daylight.  Right?  Upon checking online, and in my 4-year old Roug…

By now, Johel is getting resignedly used to the early mornings.  We wake up, and take a walk to look for breakfast.  Eventually come across a pupuseria.  Pupusas are the famous food of El salvador- it's like a stuffed corn or rice tortilla, that has beans and cheese (or meat) in the …

¡Adios Guatemala! ¡Hola El Salvador !  Here we are in Guanacolandia! Kidding! To my surprise, everyone was extremely helpful and friendly . . . wasn’t expecting it at all.  Up until now, I’d only heard about how dangerous it was here.  But it hasn’t been the case.  Pleas…

Cancun was the first destination. Too much chaos for me. The surrounding islands were fantastic and I fell in love with the water once again.

Oh, San Salvador. what can I say...If I were to take a picture of this city, and send it to any one of my friends, they would have no idea that i wasn´t in the US. Burger King, Subway, and Mcdonalds dot every corner. Huge obscene malls create lung-clogging traffic. Billboards are in english, tryin…

Cydney and I went from San Jose, Costa Rica to San Salvador, El Salvador in 1 day on a bus. We started and 4am and arrived at 10pm. That was a very long day. We spent the next day relaxing and walking around the San Salvador.

This summer I'll be accompanying my girl friend to her home town of El Salvador. She hasn't been there since she was 3, and I've never been there. Needless to say, it should be interesting.

For a summary of my trip to Guatemala, go to http://www.arjewtino.com and search for "Guatemala".

In a perfect world with no flight cancellations or delays, and where someone could hop from plane to plane within 15 minutes, how many countries can a person visit in the shortest possible time? Here's one possibility using July 2006 timetables.

Tour of Latin America 2007 onward