The Area Natural Protegida Rio Sapo is home to the cleanest river in El Salvador, the Rio Sapo. It is located Southeast of Perquin, and spans an area of about 14,826 acres.
The Rio Sapo is formed by the Rio Guaco and the Rio Talchiga, which run over several waterfalls before meeting southeast of the city.
If [...]
It’s June, which means summer is officially here and it is hot outside, and going to get hotter! My favorite way to cool off is with a little bit of ice cream from the famous Grandclement Ice Cream Shop.
Grandclement serves up delicious gourmet ice cream (gelato!) and it is gelato done right! The place is [...]
A cool site to visit in Guatemala City is the ultra-modern Biblioteca Nacional, on the west side of the Parque Central. The building is especially noteworthy, since its modern design starkly contrasts with the colonial architecture of the Palace and the Cathedral on the other side of teh Plaza.
The library is built on the former [...]
For me there is nothing like being able to sit down in front of the TV. with a beer and pizza after a long day of work. In Costa Rica there are a couple of options for cable companies and one for satellite. Cable Tica is probably one of the largest and well known throughout [...]
Buenos Aires is teeming with culture, and no doubt you have a list of museums you want to visit. Make sure you have the Bellas Artes (Fine Art) Museum on that list.
The National Museum of Fine Arts has a variety of paintings on display, most of which are done by 19th century European impressionists.
The coolest [...]
If you are in Perquin and you want to try some basic, cheap Salvadoran fare then visit Comedor Antojitos Marisol. It isn’t anything special, and La Cocina de Ma’Anita at the Hotel Perkin Lenca is probably the best food around, but variety is the spice of life and Comedor Antojitos is not bad by any [...]
Panama hats aren’t really Panamanian, they are Ecuadorian in origin, made out of “paha toquilla” a straw plant that grows on the North Coast of Ecuador. That doesn’t stop Panamanians from selling them though, and that’s a good thing, since most tourists don’t know the real origin of Panama hats.
The quality of the hat depends [...]
There aren’t many places to stay in Perquin, your best, and possibly only option is the Hotel Perkin Lenca which is on the Hotel Perkin Lenca, Kilometer 205.5.
Hotel Perkin Lenca hosts a number of mountain cabins which run about $50 for double occupancy. Each cabin is accessed by means of its own foot path, making [...]
Not all taxis are created equal.
Many foreigners learn this the hard way, which means paying anywhere from USD $5 to $10 more than the going rate for a taxi.
The first place you will get hit with the “special” taxi rate is outside the airport. The most convenient taxis, the ones parked right there, tend to [...]
If you are needing to change over money, make sure and do it early in the day.
The exchange rate for the Quetzal is recalculated daily at the Central Bank in Guatemala City. This happens daily at 3 pm. Therefore starting at about that time many banks refuse to change money, since they do not [...]
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