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Surfers at El Sunzal beach, El Tunco village, El Salvador

El Tunco beach paradise

on December 23, 2019October 29, 2019 by Bas El Tunco, El Salvador

You can hardly call it a road. On this pulsatingly warm february night you can only discern some cobblestones left and right in what is otherwise just sand. In front of a cafe a guy is poking through the glowing coal, roasting the pork. The next restaurant is actually doing ... View Post

Statue on the Plaza Libertad in San Salvador

El Salvador Photos

San Salvador in pictures

on December 18, 2019February 8, 2026 by Bas San Salvador, El Salvador

The capital of El Salvador is infamous for the high crime rate. It also has good museums and is surrounded by beautiful hills. Have a look! View Post

Dilapidated building near Plaza Morazan in San Salvador

El Salvador

24 hours in San Salvador

on December 13, 2019February 8, 2026 by Bas San Salvador, El Salvador

Poor, poorer, poorest, San Salvador: that is probably the feeling you get when you finally reach the capital and you are travelling from Mexico in the north to Costa Rica in the south. And yes, some areas of San Salvador are crime-infested because of the drug gangs. But the city ... View Post

Flowers in Juayua, Ruta de Flores, Juayua

El Salvador Photos

Juayua in pictures

on December 9, 2019October 29, 2019 by Bas Juayua, El Salvador

It's the heart of El Salvador's coffee region and it's in the heart of the Ruta de Flores, the flower route. The sleepy village of Juayua has a lot going for it, if you enjoy those lovely small hillside villages that you can find everywhere in Latin America. Let's have ... View Post

El Salvador

Juayua, the heart of the flower route

on December 5, 2019January 1, 2020 by Bas Juayua, El Salvador

You don't get much further off the beaten track. In the hills in western border region of El Salvador, where flowers are blossoming as almost nowhere else. In the literal epicente of that Flower Route and coffee heartland: Juayua, the city that always seems to sleep. Maria, the cleaning lady / ... View Post

Antigua Photos

Antigua Guatemala in pictures

on July 30, 2020December 30, 2019 by Bas Antigua, Guatemala

A picture-perfect colonial city? Check out the pictures yourself of beautiful Antigua in Guatemala, located against the spectacular backdrop of Volcan de Agua. View Post