http://www.501places.com/2011/01/el-salvador-a-day-hike-in-parque-nacional-los-volcanes/ Sharing the world with you Sun, 08 May 2011 12:20:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.501places.com/2011/01/el-salvador-a-day-hike-in-parque-nacional-los-volcanes/#comment-30051 Rebecca Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:59:14 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=4556#comment-30051 Wow, what a view! Wow, what a view!

]]> http://www.501places.com/2011/01/el-salvador-a-day-hike-in-parque-nacional-los-volcanes/#comment-29271 Costa Rica Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:34:39 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=4556#comment-29271 Sounds like a great trip. It must have been a little erie passing a village that was destroyed in 2005 and having a police escort seems a little over the top, but anyway. I have hiked many of the Volcanos in Costa Rica, but it sounds like a trip to El Salvador is next on the list. I look forward to more of your posts. Sounds like a great trip. It must have been a little erie passing a village that was destroyed in 2005 and having a police escort seems a little over the top, but anyway. I have hiked many of the Volcanos in Costa Rica, but it sounds like a trip to El Salvador is next on the list. I look forward to more of your posts.

]]> http://www.501places.com/2011/01/el-salvador-a-day-hike-in-parque-nacional-los-volcanes/#comment-29169 Andy Jarosz Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:50:48 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=4556#comment-29169 LiW, you're very welcome - thanks for visiting the blog! Re: police escort, I think it's a case of playing it safe by the state authorities. They know how their country is perceived to their potential tourist markets and as tourism is an important part of their plans they can't afford to have a high-profile incident. So the police presence acts as a deterrent. That's one explanation - there's also the case that having employed a strong tourist police force and with the number of visitors to El Salvador still low, officers can be deployed to accompany even individual hikers in some cases. Nicolas, glad you enjoyed El Imposible - we wanted to visit but in the end ran out of time, and the volcanoes were more accessible to us from Santa Ana. LiW, you’re very welcome – thanks for visiting the blog! Re: police escort, I think it’s a case of playing it safe by the state authorities. They know how their country is perceived to their potential tourist markets and as tourism is an important part of their plans they can’t afford to have a high-profile incident. So the police presence acts as a deterrent. That’s one explanation – there’s also the case that having employed a strong tourist police force and with the number of visitors to El Salvador still low, officers can be deployed to accompany even individual hikers in some cases.
Nicolas, glad you enjoyed El Imposible – we wanted to visit but in the end ran out of time, and the volcanoes were more accessible to us from Santa Ana.

]]> http://www.501places.com/2011/01/el-salvador-a-day-hike-in-parque-nacional-los-volcanes/#comment-29141 Linguist-in-Waiting Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:25:46 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=4556#comment-29141 Hi. I don't remember how I stumbled on to your blog, but I hope you don't mind another reader. I'm curious though, regarding the police escort. Why was this necessary? I've hiked a couple of peaks in Ecuador in the last couple of years, and although the guidebooks said that there is danger, it disappears when there's a large group (aka, don't hike alone). I'm curious how the safety situation is in El Salvador. Hi. I don’t remember how I stumbled on to your blog, but I hope you don’t mind another reader. I’m curious though, regarding the police escort. Why was this necessary? I’ve hiked a couple of peaks in Ecuador in the last couple of years, and although the guidebooks said that there is danger, it disappears when there’s a large group (aka, don’t hike alone). I’m curious how the safety situation is in El Salvador.

]]> http://www.501places.com/2011/01/el-salvador-a-day-hike-in-parque-nacional-los-volcanes/#comment-29107 Nicolas Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:05:52 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=4556#comment-29107 When the choice came up between Los Volcanes and El Imposible, we chose for El Impossible. I wouldn't want to switch though, but maybe we should have taken the time to visit both. When the choice came up between Los Volcanes and El Imposible, we chose for El Impossible.
I wouldn’t want to switch though, but maybe we should have taken the time to visit both.

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