VARIOUS FROM RUTA DE LAS FLORES:
Ruta de las Flores is a road and an area in the Ahuachapan and Sonsonate departments, in the West part of El Salvador. It is know for its flowers, coffee production, former cotton industry, native villages, markets, craft tiendas, pupuserias (small restaurants that serve local food) and picturesque cafés and restaurants that feature their own beautiful gardens. The area is very nice, but the roads are rough. We got a flat tire on our mini van. There was very bad equipment in the rental car, but some truck drivers helped us.
On the countryside you also see the typical charming 3 wheel moped taxis that you also can see in other developing countries, such as Guatemala, India and Sri Lanka. They are red in El Salvador. You also see the former American school buses everywhere, transformed to local buses in large parts of Central America. There are many places were you can buy traditional things from the friendly native people. There is a beautiful waterfall in the Ruta las Flores area (in Juayua), that we unfortunately were not aware of during our visit. But we stopped at several places that had amazing views over the green mountains!
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The town of Lourdes.
RESTAURANT LA COLINA:
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CAFÉ VIVERO:
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