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Santa Ana is the main city in westren El Salvador, the second largest city in El Salvador and the capital of Santa Ana department. Originally named Cihuatehuacan which means something like "place of woman prietesses." I found it to be a pleasant city that is cheaper than San Salvador and a good base for exploring the surrounding country. It has a population of around 275,000 with no area really seeming to be too crowded. The northern portion of the city is the part of town with the old important buildings such as the cathedral and theatre. While the westren part is where there is a lot of markets and the bus stops are located. The south part is where the newer places like the Metrocentro are located. From here you can catch a direct bus to Guatemala city. Two days here is a good time to take in the main sights at a leisurely pace. True story, my taxi cab caught on fire in Santa Ana while I was in the back seat. Leave a Comment Directions: 64 west of San Salvador and fairly close to the Guatemalan border.
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What I found in El Salvador that many people were poor! But people were full of JOY and made you feel that way too. I have to say that if after such a war people still had so much to give maybe we are missing something they have! Each OTHER! Leave a Comment
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 Izalco volcano seen from Cerro
Verde by abgb
You need to go to Cerro Verde in Sonsonate, you can get in car all to the top, you ask a policeman or any travel guide in the city, to join you and your group to climb the volcano, and they serve as guides. So, the route is... go down the Cerro Verde, go up the Izalco volcano (rock, sand and soil only, perfect cone-shape volcanoe), go down Izalco in a snowboarding style, go up Santa Ana volcano, go down Santa Ana, and go up Cerro Verde again, all in one day!!!
Or you can minimize the trip by just doing Izalco volcanoe. It is nice to check out... from the top of the volcano, you can watch the enormous sea, the border and volcanos in Guatemala and the border of Honduras, the different cities and lakes in the country. Amazing view! Leave a Comment
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Savior (Catedral Metropolitana de San Salvador) was visited twice by Pope John Paul 2nd in 1983 and 1996. With renovations finally completed in 1999 it replaced the the previous cathedral which burned in 1951 and remained a concrete shell for 40 years. It's blue and yellow dome is definetly noticeable when you are at higher elevations in San Salvador and the cathedral is one of San Salvador's main landmarks. Facing Plaza Barrios in the city center, it is surrounding by markets, traffic and some other important San Salvadorian buildings. Assassinated in 1980, Archbishop Oscar Romero's tomb is big pilgrim draw. For me, this was the main draw to visit this region of the city. Leave a Comment Directions: Kind of in between the Palacio Nacional and the Teatro Nacional. Right across the street from Plaza Barrios.
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Lago de Coatepeque is one of El Salvador's largest lakes at 26 square kilometres. It is a very attractive lake making it a getaway spot for many locals. It is a volcanic crater lake with a depth of 120 metres. Located within the lake is an island called Teopan which had some importance for the Mayans. Unfortunately most of the accessible lake front is privately owned by hotels and restaurants. Here you will find many people swimming in the clear waters or doing other water sports such as seadooing. The lake is located in the western portion of the country southeast of Santa Ana. There is a tun off for the lake on the Interamericana near El Congo. Leave a Comment
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 My friend Steve in front of
Tania's Pupuseria by Ken_Weaver
Generally they are safe to eat even at roadside stands like this one because of the heat used in cooking them. They are essentially a stuffed tortilla. This place is located just south of San Salvador coming from the Airport. It's airconditioned, believe it or not, and the food was great
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 Inside Metrocentro San
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 Santa Ana crater. by K-P
The treck is supposed to take 4 hours (up & down) and to manage that and still have chance to enjoy the sumit and the view from the top means that you really have to walk on.
You start with going down a couple of hundred meters from the park office and then your at about 1400 m above sea level. Then you start climbing the cone up to the topp att 2400 m which means that you walk 1000 m almost straigt up on very slippery dust paths. But at least you get your rewards for half an hour at the top wich has magnificent view (on a clear day you can see the pacific) and a moonlike landskape. You also look down in the crater which has a small lake and smoke coming upp from the bottom.
Getting down is a little bit easier but still very slippery. It took us about 2 hours up, 30 min. at the top and 1,5 hours down. But as I said there was not much time for a rest.
By the way the guide ( a young boy about 13 yars old) cost you 5 US$ and he did not say a word, the police escort was free and they did the guiding. The guide is probably there because your not allowed to pay the police??? Leave a Comment
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