| Page Views: 23,483 Last Visit to El Salvador: July, 2002 | El Salvador by Ken_Weaver - last update: Aug 15, 2003 |
Suchitoto, located 45 miles north of San Salvador, is a wonderful place to see colonial architecture. Santa Lucia is an incredible example as seem to the right. During the last three years that I have been coming to Suchitoto, much has been accomplished in the restoration of the church.
Other sites to see in Suchi:
El Centro de Romero: A convent that has been coverted to a cultural center honoring the great martyr Oscar Arnulfo Romero.
El Teatro de Las Ruinas: currently under renovation
El Parque San Martin; overlooking Lago del Suchilan
La Posada: An incredible restaurant and hotel also overlooking the lake.
To learn more about this wonder little city go to my Suchitoto Page. |
| Children in Pool Beside Waterfall |
|  | El Milagro El Milagro, 5 miles south of Suchitoto, is a new village that came into existence on Easter Sunday weekend of 2000. AGROS, a Seattle based organization, bought 225 acres of property, help select the orginal 13 families and then worked with Habitat for Humanity to build the village. Subsequently, 12 more homes and families have been added. The families were all very poor and if not homeless, they were at least without property. I have been to the village 3 times on work teams from the Pacific Northwest. We have built stone bridges and laid cement and rock roadway leading into the village. The picture to the right is a pool and waterfall that exists on the property of El Milagro. The parents either lacked the time or didn't know about this pool. Each day after working the team members would go their to cool off and would take the children of the village. None of the children knew how to swim so we would take them on our backs across the pool to a grotto behind the waterfall where they could stand and look out through the water. To learn more on my El Milagro Travelogue. |
| Beach directly in Front of Pacific Palisades Hotel |
| | Costa del Sol Costa del Sol is a great recreational area to the south of San Salvador. I am told that the wealthy travel here on the holidays and during "good" months. I have been here three times during July or August( the rainy season) and it has been 85-90F every day although for an hour or so every day it has rained.
Learn more on my Costa de Sol Travelogue. |
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| Pros: | "Beautiful Country and People" | | Cons: | "Infrastructure still suffering from civil war, hurricanes, earthquakes" | | In A Nutshell: | "Very Economical Place to Vacation" |
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Pawtuxet Wed Nov 4, 2009 15:51 UTC
Ken...thanks for a very informative page. My son (from San Diego) will be going to El S. in a few weeks. | Jim_Eliason Thu Jul 12, 2007 14:45 UTC
great tips! | roback80 Sun Apr 29, 2007 20:32 UTC
Ken, I am looking at traveling to the Costa del Sol Region of ES ths summer with family. I am finding it difficult to find budget accoms in the area, also get info on surf spots for beginners - with out paying for a huge whooping tour. Any ideas? | easterntrekker Sun Oct 8, 2006 18:15 UTC
Thanks for sharing . Great pages.Why planes only from the US? |
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