Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The Country of Short Distances


El Salvador is situated in Central America. Being neighbors with Guatemala in the North, Honduras in the East, Nicaragua in the South, and the Pacific Ocean in the West. El Salvador is considered the smallest country in Central America, with an area of 21,041 km². Comparing the size with other countries around, El Salvador is one fourth of the size from Guatemala or Nicaragua or Honduras.


El Salvador is also known as "the country of short distances". From the capital, San Salvador,

  • The beaches are 35 minutes
  • The San Salvador Volcanoe 20 minutes
  • The Volcanic Lake (AKA "El Lago Coatepeque) 30 minutes
  • Guatemala 4 hours; Antigua Guatemala 5 hours
  • Tela or Ceiba, Honduras 5 hours
  • Managua, Nicaragua 8 hours
  • El Salvador's airport 30 min
    • in the same road, one of my favorite places and "must go" Olocuilta 15 min.
  • From any location in San Salvador to night life places, 10 minute (the most)
  • Soccer Stadium 10 minutes
  • Churches 7 minutes
  • Another department 15 min to 1 hour and 45 min (if it's the farthers one)

     
In addition, San Salvador has many different places to go shopping, such as Galerias, Multiplaza, La Gran Via. Each of them, every mall has its own speciality:
  • Galerias; with the best theater
  • Multiplaza; with the widest variety of night life within young people
  • La Gran Via; being an open sky mall. It also has a night life but more focused on older people 
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2 comments:

  1. AlbertoMay 18, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    It is true, El Salvador is a very small country and everything is at a short distance. Definitely I would encourage everyone to travel and visit our home. I cant wait to go back and have some Pupusas and also to hangout in Multiplaza! I will try and post some Salvadoran restaurants on the area and hopefully you can visit my blog at www.olaslynn.blogspot.com to find out more about this country's food, and maybe experience by yourself some of our food.

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  2. KatieLLMay 18, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    I have been to Acapulco, Mexico and loved it. I would love to travel more and go to different countries in Central America. This blog is going to be very interesting to read because it will be very educational for me. I do not know very much if anything about Central America or El Salvador. So far it sounds like a place I would love to visit! I love that y'all have such rich culture and historical places as well as new up and coming hip areas for the younger generations. I can't wait to hear more!

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