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Can leave without trying the Pupusas!
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    • benquan
  • Updated By benquan on January 4, 2005
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    • Pupusas - San Salvador
    Pupusas
    by benquan
    Pupusas are some kind of tortillas filled in with cheese, beans, or meats (or a mixture) and are El Salvador's #1 typical dish, especially during those lazy Sunday dinners when mom does not want to cook. Be ready to get your hands dirty! There are two varieties, rice and corn. Rice are more gluttonous and in my opinion a little better; order with a hot chocolate to drink and a piece of quesadilla (Cheese bread) as dessert.

    Other typical drinks: Kolashampan and of course Pilsener, the standard beer.

    Where to find them? Just ask for the closest pupuseria (all over). More famous sites: Los planes de renderos (25 min from the capital) and Olocuilta (25 min away).

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    Torogoz the National Bird
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  • By benquan on January 4, 2005
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    • Torogoz - San Salvador
    Torogoz
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    This is a beautiful bird to watch, very elegant, though not common. I cought this one on my garden one day.

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    Some of the most interesting...
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  • By SESM on September 8, 2002
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    • San Salvador Local Customs
    by SESM
    Some of the most interesting art can be found in galleries in San Salvador rather than museums. Fernando Llort's gallery is a good example. He's the artist who did the mosaic mural on the front of the famous San Salvador Cathedral. There's a great gallery of his wonderful art in various media, a gift shop, and his studio. If you are lucky, you'll meet this gifted artist.

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    People are a little on the...
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  • By marcopolo1 on August 26, 2002
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    • People are a little on the reserved side. A salutation is not always returned, especially among the poorer class.

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    This is not your typical Latin...
  • By Frogfifer on August 24, 2002
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    • This is not your typical Latin American country. Especially in San Salvador, where you most encounter the European influence. Of course, there is a sharp distinction between the campesinos and the city-dwellers.

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    Guaras
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  • By benquan on January 4, 2005
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    • Guaras - San Salvador
    Guaras
    by benquan
    Another bird representative of El Salvador, yet more common world wide.

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    Autoboys and autogirls
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  • By Assenczo on February 26, 2009
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    • Pick-up haven - San Salvador
    Pick-up haven
    by Assenczo
    One very peculiar aspect of Salvador life must be the pick-up truck travel. Anybody who has one uses the trunk as a space for transporting people rather than goods. Even when there is room inside beside the driver the preference of the passenger is to “mount” it from the back. One possible reason is that it offers wonderful breeze and feeling of freedom but this is only a speculation. Comments on this curious phenomenon are welcome. A side effect must be the uninterrupted line of plastic bottles and other garbage lining the road from frontier to frontier. It is so easy for anybody to relieve himself by throwing the bottle overboard that there is no time to consider other option especially when the example is already there, begging. Moreover, the plea of the government in the form of billboards in the city (limpiesa es salud) has not reached the country yet.

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