| Page Views: 185 Last Visit to San Salvador: May, 2008 | San Salvador is OK by iwys - last update: Aug 11, 2008 |
| Monumento a la Revolución |
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| La Catedral Metropolitana |
|  | San Salvador is not often visited by tourists, probably because of its reputation for crime, but if you are travelling though Central America, it's worth spending a couple of days here. Apart from two medical aid workers I met at the airport and two American businessmen I saw at the hotel, I didn't see any other foreign visitors during my time here.
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San Salvador is a functioning capital city of 1.6 million people, with few obvious tourist attractions. However, it has some nice museums and a few grand buildings and monuments.
I found Salvadoran people friendly and helpful, but perhaps, because there isn't much of a tourist industry, there was none of the hassle that you get from beggars and street vendors in some other Central American cities. | | |
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| Pros: | "Hassle-free" | | Cons: | "Not many attractions" | | In A Nutshell: | "It's OK." |
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Assenczo Thu Feb 26, 2009 02:24 UTC
Some heroes of the war seem to be employed as guards(even gas stations have them), against the other heroes who have decided to stay more entrepreneurial. | sourbugger Thu Jan 1, 2009 11:49 UTC
useful stuff, best wishes for 2009. | MalenaN Sun Aug 17, 2008 14:40 UTC
I hope to visit Central America next year and El Salvador is one of the countries I want to see. Thanks for the tips! |
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