by humoftheearth | Oct 30, 2018 | Places I've Been
I had been surprised by El Salvador. Before beginning this trip I would have been hard pressed to believe that I would like El Salvador more than Guatemala. But I did. I was hoping that my send off would be accordingly nice. And it seemed that the people of El...
by humoftheearth | Oct 25, 2018 | Places I've Been
After having experienced 2 of El Salvador’s 3 big cities, it was time to head towards San Miguel. The beast in the east Eastern El Salvador was hardest hit by the civil war that saw guerrilla groups fighting the government (or vice versa). That...
by humoftheearth | Oct 18, 2018 | Places I've Been
Someone told me that the nicest beach in El Salvador was Playa San Diego (near the very local town of La Libertad). The beaches I had experience in El Salvador had been less than dreamy (black sand) so I figured I was due for a good dose of coastal paradise. Since my...
by humoftheearth | Oct 10, 2018 | Places I've Been
El Salvador charmed me. The people I had met along the Ruta de Flores were so warm and joyful and the vegetation was richer and more beautiful than anything I had seen thus far on my trip. But yet I was willing to get away from it all to see what life was like in a...
by humoftheearth | Oct 1, 2018 | Places I've Been
La Ruta de Flores (meaning flower road), was not in bloom when I was passing through. But this didn’t really bother me because La Ruta de Flores is so much more than that. It’s a action packed buffet of small town western El Salvador surrounded by awesome...