El Salvador Travel

Travel photos from our visit to the towns of Perquin, Santa Ana, Alegria, and Suchitoto, El Salvador. People, food, and street scenes attempt to dispatch any lingering images of death squads and menacing, war-torn El Salvador. ©www.uncorneredmarket.com

Woman Selling Cereals - Santa Ana, El Salvador
This gorgeous young woman looks like she could be a model. Instead, she's selling cereals on buses at the market and bus station in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Woman with Beautiful Eyes and Smile - Santa Ana, El Salvador
A cereal vendor in the market and bus station in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Playful Couple - Santa Ana, El Salvador
Dan found himself into an area with lots of excited and friendly people wanting to get their photos taken. It took him a moment to realize that it was the public bathroom of the Santa Ana market (El Salvador)! Just shows you can find fun people everywhere. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Santa Ana Cathedral - Santa Ana, El Salvador
Birds take flight in front of the cathedral in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Bathroom With A View - Suchitoto, El Salvador
The hostel where we stayed in Suchitoto, El Salvador did not have much in comfort, but it did have a pretty gorgeous view over Lake Suchitlan. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Perquin Mural - Perquin, El Salvador
A colorful mural from an art school at the center of Perquin, El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Main Square of Suchitoto - El Salvador
A grand colonial church stands tall on the main square (parque central) in Suchitoto, El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Perquin, El Salvador: Chasing the Dog
A young girl at the war museum chases a scrawny puppy down the path. Taken in Perquin, El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Cerro de Perquin - Nicaragua
Right behind the war museum in Perquin, El Salvador is a path leading up to Cerro de Perquin (sky of Perquin), which gives a nice view to the valley and town below. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
View Over Alegria, El Salvador
The town of Alegria against the neighboring mountains in El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Girl on a Bus Window - Santa Ana, El Salvador
Taken at the bus station in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Perquin, El Salvador: Guns and Children's Murals
Perquin, El Salvador was the headquarters for the FMLN party and fighters during the civil war. Here, weapons from the war contrast with children's drawings at the war museum. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
School Kids in Perquin - El Salvador
Girls play soccer (football) in central park in Perquin, El Salvador. It's a rare - and very welcome - sight to see girls playing sports on the street. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Baseball Time in Perquin - El Salvador
Boys and girls played baseball together in the central park in Perquin, El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Young El Salvadoran Vendor - Santa Ana, El Salvador
This 9-year old girl is named Avi. She sells vanilla wafer cookies on the buses that leave from Santa Ana's market. She's one of the many children in this region who has to work instead of going to school. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Bus on a Crowded Street - Santa Ana, El Salvador
A colorful chicken bus against the surrounding hills of Santa Ana in El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Vendor from the Bus - Santa Ana, El Salvador
As the buses wait to depart, they become full of vendors coming on and off selling their goods, from cut up fruit to homeopathic remedies to cure stomach ills. There's something for everyone. Taken at the bus station in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Little Girl in Red with a Feeding Bottle - Perquin, El Salvador
This little girl was the daughter of the owners of our guest house in Perquin, El Salvador. She liked to strut around in her red party dress. Quite cute. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Municipal Building in Santa Ana - Santa Ana, El Salvador
Taken in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Bus Vendors - Santa Ana, El Salvador
Vendors sell their goods on the buses that come through the market and bus station in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Given that their jobs are difficult and with low margins, they look remarkably jolly. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Cathedral's Interior - Santa Ana, El Salvador
Taken inside the cathedral in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Santa Ana Vendors - Santa Ana, El Salvador
Two vendors pose for the camera at the market in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Green Chicken Bus at Laguna Alegria - El Salvador
Groups of teachers came up to the Laguna Alegria (El Salvador) for their day off and filled plastic bottles with sulphuric water, supposedly good for skin. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Shirtless Man - Santa Ana, El Salvador
Taken at the market and bus station in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Read more about our impressions of El Salvador. © www.uncorneredmarket.com