Road Trip, El Salvador!

Written by Bessie about El Salvador. Feelin' excited
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   We haven't driven in 3 months
+ We rented a crap-tastic car
+ We're in a country with crazy drivers and crazy roads.
= A Recipe for Adventure!

After two weeks of working in San Salvador, and get our bearings around the country, it was time to rent a car.  We sought out death-defying thrills!  Adventures!  Races for our lives!  So where'd we go?  The Flower Route.  Ok, ok, La Ruta de las Flores may not sound super adrenaline-filled, but it was an adventure.

They call it the flower route for the white flowers that bloom on the coffee plants, but the other 51 weeks out of the year, the only flowers are the ones at the hotels and painted on the telephone poles.

path at El Jardin de Carmen hotel near Apaneca, El SalvadorOrchid at Las Flores de Eloise, Ruta de las Flores El SalvadorMushroom at Las Flores de Eloise, Ruta de las Flores El SalvadorBig Pink flower at Las Flores de Eloise, Ruta de las Flores El SalvadorOutside our room at Las Flores de Eloise, Ruta de las Flores El Salvador
Water drops on a flower at Las Flores de Eloise, Ruta de las Flores El SalvadorCarpenter Ant at Las Flores de Eloise, Ruta de las Flores El Salvadorbig white flower at Las Flores de Eloise, Ruta de las Flores El Salvador



It's a beautiful drive, I just think I'd call it something more like the Mountain View, Curvy Road with Painted Poles Route.

View from Ruta de las Flores, El Salvador  Flower posts along Ruta de las Flores in El Salvador



We've got a great video for you.  Our video making skills have continued advancing, and this one has some nice music added:



Driving here can get a little wild and crazy: buses stopping and going, cars in super hurries, your occasional chicken or cow in road to dodge.  It's definitely a place to keep your hands on 10 and 2 and keep your eyes on the road.  We drove out of the city and into the mountains passing oodles of food stands and towns big and small.  We found two great, small towns that we're sure to get back to at some point:

1. Ataco: A small charming colonial town with a few great murals.  Also had a great dinner at a place called Metzli, where we made friends.  Yep, we've got friends now in El Salvador, and we made them all ourselves.
Woman Washing Clothes Wall Mural Ataco, El SalvadorWoman Wall Mural Ataco, El Salvador

2. Juayua: First it's just fun to say, pronounced why-U-uh.  But this great town is town to a Gastronomic Festival, La Feria Gastronomica!  It's every weekend and has really delicious food.  I'm going to go so far as to say it's got some of the yummiest authentic food in Central America.  Here's some pics and a short video.

Feria Gastronomical along Ruta de las Flores in Juayua, El SalvadorFeria Gastronomical along Ruta de las Flores in Juayua, El Salvador

Horchata that's like drinking peanut butter w/ bread thick tortillas & yummy fried chicken : slow-cooked beef with yummy sauce and deliciousness on the side


Gastronomic Video and more about Juayua:

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