What's Up El Salvador

  It should not surprise you that the very same kid friendly attractions tour Central America as the rest of the world. One thing I have not seen advertized here yet is Disney on Ice, but give it a week or two! Our 5-year-old is as obsessed with Dinosaurs as our two adult sons were, [...]

5 double-fudge-brownie shout out points to the first person to get the title. Last night I was hungry, and I didn´t know what to do. The fact that I don´t have a schedule can turn a day into soup and my creativity with it. I sometimes think that my mind relies on the challenges presented [...]

This weekend I had the opportunity to visit Tacuba, a pretty town in the Department of Ahuachapan. The weather was rainy, and for me that was fine. I find rain relaxing. In El Salvador, rain breaks up the humid warmth pleasantly. Tacuba is in the mountains and it is not very hot, but I´m convinced [...]

Our first week here I stayed at the Hotel Alicante in Nuevo Cuscatlan while my husband Andy was in Apaneca judging the Cup of Excellence. Emme and I stayed In San Salvador and completed the arrangements to rent the house we currently live in, and then headed for the mountains to join my husband toward [...]

Yesterday we had a really excellent lunch at a new restaurant by our house in Colonio Escalon, San Salvador called Rossler.  Coming from the Bay Area of Northern California our food and drink standards are incredibly high. We have learned to adjust our food expectations sideways a bit while living in El Salvador as expats. [...]

Some people are only semi-adventurous. I think they too have a right to have fun without friends shouting that they are not punk rock, anymore. This video shows some examples of kinder and gentler extreme sports. For those travelers who aren’t complete Stick-in-the-muds, but who are not ready to zip-line through the jungle, or bungie [...]

Conception de Ataco is a pretty, colorful town situated along la Ruta de las Flores. There are several distinct towns strung like little jewels along the route. Ahuachapan, Ataco, Juayua, Apaneca, Itzalco, Nahualisco are among them. Ataco and Juayua each host Gastronomico’s (food fairs) on weekends, and both have plenty of touristy diversions. I´ve been [...]

Today we made the highly recommended trip to Suchitoto and Lago Illopango. Bloggers recommend it, travel sites recommend it, friends recommend it, and we wanted to see Whats Up in Suchitoto, El Salvador! I thought the drive there was pleasant, once we got out of the wild of buses at the east end of the [...]