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Solo Travel in El Salvador: The Complete Guide
El Salvador is one of my absolute favorite destinations that I have visited in Central America. To be honest, it took me a while to consider visiting due to safety concerns based on news articles about drug based crime. However, I was pleasantly surprised at how safe I felt as a solo traveler in El Salvador. Here, I share my experience in this complete guide to solo travel in El Salvador. General information about El Salvador: El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America. This makes traveling to different destinations within the country fairly quick. It also makes the destination perfect for a short trip, especially for travelers coming…
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How to Visit the Rainbow Slide in El Salvador
The giant rainbow slide in El Salvador that’s been popping up all over social media has caught everyone’s attention. Having visited myself, I can attest that it is super fun. Feel like a kid again and get your adrenaline pumping at Picnic Steakhouse’s famous rainbow slide. Things to know about visiting the Rainbow Slide in El Salvador: The rainbow slide is located at the restaurant Picnic Steakhouse. If you’re taking an Uber or taxi, let the driver know this is where you are going. Picnic Steakhouse is open from 10:30 am – 10:00 pm Monday – Friday and from 7:00 am – 10:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday. The cost…
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Best Places to Visit in El Salvador
For my first trip to El Salvador, I grabbed a friend, rented a car and spent two weeks. Here are the places I recommend to visit on a first trip to El Salvador: “What brought you to El Salvador?” The woman sitting across from my friend and I at the hot spring asked. “We saw a Tiktok of a rainbow slide,” My friend joked. I laughed, but I thought for a moment… What really brought me there? I’d traveled around Central America for years, visiting Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala… but it had taken me longer to make it to El Salvador. Unfortunately, most of what we hear about El Salvador…
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8 Amazing Budget-friendly Travel Destinations For Every Travel Style
Traveling on a teacher’s budget (with student loans, a car note, and a mortgage to pay) can be tough, but I still manage to take a trip just about every month. Budget-friendly travel destinations are my secret to traveling so often. While I will save up and splurge on a pricier trip every once and a while, most of my travel is very budget friendly. I know from my crazy, care-free hostel dorm days almost any trip can be done on a budget, but at this point in my life, I’m older and a little pickier about where I lay my head. While I still love the social atmosphere of hostels, I…
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Why you need to put Nicaragua in your future travel plans now!
So why do you need to put Nicaragua in your future travel plans? While it’s not exactly “undiscovered” (hotspots like San Juan del Sur are pretty popular stops on the infamous “Gringo trail”) Nicaragua is often overlooked compared to its popular neighbor Costa Rica, which is a huge shame! Nicaragua has so much to offer! Nicaragua has remained one of my favorite countries and I keep coming back. Maybe it’s the gorgeous, not-a-high-rise in sight beaches lined with palm trees, the warm welcoming smiles of everyone I’ve met—happy to share the beauty of their country with visitors, or the fact that you can rent a bomb beach house for less than…
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Visiting Tikal, Guatemala Without a Guide
When I was a kid, my life’s goal was to be the girl-version of Indiana Jones. To a girl growing up in the suburbs of the USA, books and movies were my escape into a world of adventure. I can remember summers spent at my grandparents’ house looking through my grandfather’s collection of National Geographic, dreaming of the day when I too could explore these far off places. While the famous archeological site at Tikal, Guatemala is a far cry from discovering a lost city in the jungle whilst fighting off Nazis, it still evoked in me that same sense of wonderment. Walking out from the jungle path, seeing the tops…
