Category Archives: El Salvador

Two border crossings in one day.

Posted on 14/02/2016 by Richard Griffith

In order to get to Nicaragua from El Salvador you have go through Honduras. From Ataco (western El Salvador) several chicken busses painfully transported me through Sonsonate, San Salvador and eventually to San Miguel, a big dirty city in eastern … Continue reading →

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Ruta de Las Flores (El Salvador).

Posted on 11/02/2016 by Richard Griffith

Ruta de Las Flores is without doubt the ‘ace card’ of Salvadoran tourism. It’s a 36km-long winding trip through brightly coloured colonial towns famed for lazy weekends of gastronomy and gallery hopping, as well as more adventurous pursuits like mountain … Continue reading →

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Volcán de Santa Ana (El Salvador).

Posted on 09/02/2016 by Richard Griffith

The only downside to travelling from Suchitoto to Santa Ana (again using the local chicken bus) was having to pass through San Salvador, which looks and feels like any other midsized Central American city, with its wide boulevards prey to … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Suchitoto (El Salvador).

Posted on 07/02/2016 by Richard Griffith

After a one night stay in non descript La Palma I took a bus south to the road junction at Aguilares and boarded another bus, headed east, for Suchitoto. The bus was standing room only when, not too long into … Continue reading →

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Sometimes it’s worth ignoring all the warnings!

Posted on 07/02/2016 by Richard Griffith

“El Salvador is that little dynamo in Central America that past visitors just keep going on and on about it. Glimpses of tropical paradise, lush tracts of pre-industrial national park, colonial splendour astride pristine volcanic lakes, searing colours and a … Continue reading →

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