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<strong>TRAVELING</strong><br />
Come and discover with us<br />
the east of our country.<br />
Enjoy your adventure!!<br />
USULUTAN SAN MIGUEL<br />
LA UNION<br />
JUNE<br />
PRICE:<br />
$2.99<br />
S a n d r a _ y a m i _ @ h o t m a i l . c o m
School of arts and sciences<br />
Bachelor Degree in English<br />
Advisor:<br />
Lic. Francisco Javier Andrade<br />
COORDINATOR<br />
Sandra Herrera.<br />
GRAPHIC DESIGNER<br />
Yeny Machado.<br />
Sandra Herrera.<br />
PRODUCER<br />
Yeny Machado.<br />
EDITOR<br />
Sandra Herrera.<br />
Yeny Machado.<br />
SECRETARY<br />
Gerson Chavez.<br />
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By: Sandra Yamilethh Herrera<br />
The magazine will take you through the journey of all the east of our<br />
Country, the beauty of their beautiful states as Usulutan,<br />
San Miguel, La Union.<br />
Usulutan shows you its outstanding tourist places where locals<br />
and foreigners for its incomparable beauty all come to visit Alegria's<br />
contest winner Pueblos Vivos this place is full of nature and its people ...<br />
In this place there is a wide variety of nurseries and all perform Sunday<br />
food festival. Also, Jaquilisco the Bay is found , and the triumph Docked His famous<br />
Malecon where you can taste the most delacious seafood and a friendly atmosphere.<br />
And his extravagant beach El Espino.<br />
San Miguel has a wide variety of sites which you can visit on the weekends even to his<br />
days of weeks also has its plate El Cuco attractive as its wonderful cathedral where all<br />
Catholics migueleños visit.<br />
The Union owns a pleasant tropical climate where the tourist has a wide gain of places<br />
to visit such as: Beaches, The Volcano Conchagua.<br />
The Conchagua park where all weekends meet its inhabitants to enjoy the famous<br />
“pupusodromo” and cuisine as one of the winners of the contest Pueblos Vivos<br />
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Golfo de Fonseca… An island<br />
Paradise!!<br />
By: Sandra Yamileth Herrera<br />
The Union is a city with many costal<br />
Beauties that attract the attention of<br />
international and domestic tourists, the<br />
Gulf of Fonseca point where the<br />
countries of Honduras and Nicaragua<br />
meet, where we can see different islands,<br />
migratory birds and the warmth of the<br />
people that opens its doors for this<br />
natural that only this city can offer.<br />
What to do in the Gulf of Fonseca?<br />
Each island has its own appeal and<br />
You can do any kind of activity,<br />
Such as: beach soccer, night fishing,<br />
scuba diving, hiking and know very<br />
typical dishes of each island.<br />
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It is also considered one of the best natural harbors in the world and that is, the Gulf of<br />
Fonseca has been for years one of the best destinations to enjoy the best beaches of our<br />
beautiful country.<br />
When you are at the Gulf of<br />
Fonseca you are<br />
disconnected from daily<br />
activities, no phone coverage<br />
of any company, only you<br />
enjoy the peace and quiet of<br />
the beaches.<br />
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Visiting the Gulf of<br />
Fonseca is falling in<br />
love with the incredible<br />
views you have,<br />
beautiful isolated<br />
beaches and a variety of<br />
vegetation, birds and<br />
fish to know, even in<br />
El Zacatillo there is a<br />
reef.<br />
It can be reached via the port of La Union, in boats to each of the islands, being them<br />
Zacatillo, Conchaguita, Meanguera Gulf and Martin Perez the most prominent.<br />
The naval base is located in the Puerto de la Union; therefore, the Naval Force patrols<br />
are constant, providing peace and security for all residents and tourists in the area.<br />
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Puerto El Triunfo.<br />
By: Yeny Elizabeth Machado.<br />
Located in Usultan deparment of El Salvador it has 60% of salty water, the area<br />
includes the Bay of Jiquilisco, in which lie the islands of Espiritu Santo, Madresal,<br />
Peninsula and San Juan del Gozo Corral de Mulas.<br />
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The people of Puerto El Triunfo are engaged in agricultural activities such as the<br />
production of coconut, grains, fruits, sugar cane and livestock, due to they remain on<br />
the sea they are engaged in fishing and shellfish extraction well known as curiles;<br />
between commercial activities have retail shops and a wide variety of stalls selling fish<br />
product…<br />
The Malecon is the tourist area of the city, from this place has a beautiful view of the<br />
woods salty "mangroves", you can also take a short walk in the old docks or take a trip<br />
by boat to the various islands or restaurants floating on the beach..<br />
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A beautiful architectural structure of the city is the Church of Our Lady of Fatima, its<br />
facade is old but its interiors, the main altar, ceiling and floors are quite modern,<br />
Puerto El Triunfo festivity celebrates 10 to May 23 in honor of the same patron saint,<br />
Our Lady of Fatima. Another important festival is the Fisherman's Feast, held on<br />
October 24 in honor of St. Raphael the Archangel, in which it takes a journey with the<br />
image of the employer by the waters of the bay, which bind many boats in procession.<br />
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To get to Puerto El Triunfo you can do it for the Coastal Highway, before reaching<br />
Usulután which is located on the left, to get access to this city, you must pass before<br />
Jiquilisco, the road is in good condition.<br />
Visit Puerto El Triunfo in the Department of Usulután, take a boat trip to the islands,<br />
enjoy its seafood and other delicious dishes, sightseeing in its area of fisheries of the<br />
department of Usulután…<br />
Should be noted that until now the Malecon of Puerto El Triunfo is the winner of<br />
Pueblos Vivos....<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
By: Yeny Elizabeth Machado.<br />
He is Mr. Nelson Rodriguez, He lives in the city of<br />
Usulután, and during his childhood was working<br />
with his father; he went to work in neighboring<br />
municipalities: Berlin, Santiago De Maria, Santa<br />
Elena.....<br />
During the past 33 years has been devoted exclusively to work as a watchmaker and<br />
since 11 years ago works with the local city hall, to give worth to report local clock<br />
repair and clock since this presents no problem<br />
He is full of satisfaction, very happy and happy to be commissioned to mark the time<br />
every day.He thinks that apart from being an honest job, that is the work that makes<br />
me proud because that is how he has brought up her children, all the days he starts at<br />
5:00 AM and gives maintenance to the clock. Nelson Rodriguez is a hardworking<br />
man. It is because of him that we all hear the melody Usulutecos local clock every 15<br />
mints through their bells.<br />
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SAN JOSE DE LA FUENTE.<br />
By: Gerson Emmanuel Chavez<br />
San Jose de la Fuente is a village located in the east part of the country of La Unión<br />
Department; this village has an extention of 45,16 km2 and was founded in 1874 as<br />
a town and became in a village in 1955, on March 15 to 20 and November 25 to 26 are<br />
the festivities.<br />
San José de la Fuente has become an attractive place around the country year by year,<br />
this place is so far of the city noise, and the weather is always great, it is a quiet place<br />
to enjoy the landscape walking by the streets or relax whit your family or friends at<br />
the central park eating the well-known pupusas.<br />
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One of the attractive place is the “The historical natural park in Honor to the Capitan<br />
Guillermo Reinaldo Cortéz” this park was founded in the honor of the Captain Cortéz,<br />
the folklore said that he was fighting the war called “La Guerra de las Cien Horas” in<br />
1969 against Honduras, he destroyed the Toncontin Airport and then, he was<br />
ambushed by enemies who followed and reached him at El Amatillo border, they shot<br />
and damaged the plane; he was injured and had the opportunity to save his life<br />
jumping in a parachute, but he thought of the people who live at the town, and the plane<br />
was falling over the village, he made a movement avoiding crush on the village. After<br />
that, he became as a national hero and every year is celebrated in July 16th in a civic<br />
day and died defending our country.<br />
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Another attraction is “El museo de antigüedades” located on the town’s first house. The<br />
museum owner is Mario Alfredo Cruz; He has so many antiques objects dating from<br />
18th century. He has collected the antiques around the country and beyond, and now<br />
he offers the opportunity to visit and enjoy the things that are there. San José has also<br />
“El mirador del Cerro de la Cruz” the people who visit this place can go and enjoy<br />
taking a walk to visit “El mirador” that is not so far from the town it’s just take 45<br />
minutes to go there and have a great view to the islands Meanguera and Conchagüita<br />
and others cities around.<br />
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In a recent event of “Pueblos Vivos 2010”, San José de la Fuente won the 2nd place<br />
through visitors received in the commemoration day of July 16th; the teenagers were<br />
collecting votes that day and this help them to win the prize. This prize was another<br />
extra point to have more and more tourist in the village, now San José is not an<br />
unknown place. A lot of people come and enjoy the pacific and quiet style that the town<br />
has, and they wish to get back again.<br />
San José de la Fuente is waiting for you<br />
and me, is only 184 km to the Capital city;<br />
it’s a good place to visit and have fun, break<br />
the routine and enjoy San José, and you<br />
will love it!<br />
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SANTA ROSA DE LIMA<br />
By: Sandra Herrera<br />
Cultural Attraction:<br />
The commercial center and Central Park,<br />
The Catholic Church, San Sebastian<br />
Minerals, and Panoramic View of The<br />
Gale...<br />
The municipality covers an area of<br />
128.56 km ² and the header has an<br />
altitude of 90 meters. The festivities are<br />
celebrated in the month of August in<br />
honor of Santa Rosa de Lima. The<br />
city is one of the largest commercial<br />
centers in the eastern part of the<br />
country and its influence reaches into<br />
neighboring Honduras.<br />
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CATHOLIC CHURCH OF SANTA<br />
ROSA DE LIMA.<br />
A city known, positioned and<br />
valued for its variety and<br />
quality in shopping.<br />
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The municipality is divided into 8<br />
country-sides, which are: El Algodon,<br />
La Chorrera, Pasaquinita, Copetillo, Las<br />
Piñas, San Sebastian and Las Cañas.<br />
This municipality is located in the<br />
department of La Union, bounded as<br />
follows: North by Anamorós, south by<br />
Bolivar and San Jose, the East by El<br />
Sauce and Pasaquina, west by Sociedad<br />
Morazán Department. This town is<br />
surrounded by numerous streams and<br />
rivers. The population is 28,986<br />
inhabitants.<br />
MINES OF SAN SEBASTIAN Santa Rosa<br />
de Lima is also known for the purchase and<br />
sale of gold, which comes from the mines of<br />
San Sebastian.<br />
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The Carnival of San Miguel<br />
By: Gerson Emmanuel Chavez.<br />
San Miguel City is the capital of the department of San Miguel, located in the eastern<br />
part of the country, is only 138 km to San Salvador. San Miguel City has an<br />
extension of 593, 98 km² and was founded as a city in 1586. San Miguel City is the<br />
most popular cities in El Salvador after Santa Ana, and it’s the third most important<br />
Salvadorian city.<br />
San Miguel City has so many and historical infrastructures; one the most known is<br />
the Cathedral of "Nuestra Señora de la Paz", its construction began in 1862 and was<br />
finished a century later, in 1962. Francisco Gavidia Theater is also another<br />
representative build of San Miguel<br />
City. Parque Guzman and Palacio<br />
Municipal also.<br />
But there is a reason because San<br />
Miguel City is well-known and is<br />
visited for many national and<br />
international tourists, and its most<br />
famous celebration is “El Carnaval de<br />
San Miguel”. This event became to<br />
San Miguel year by year as an<br />
important city in our country,<br />
promoting the tourism to El<br />
Salvador.<br />
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But in 1959, the festivities were to change<br />
and took a different course, Dr. Miguel<br />
Félix Charlaix became in the Department<br />
Governor of San Miguel, who noticed the<br />
insolation by the people to the<br />
celebrations; and decided that the concerts<br />
took place in the street of the city, that<br />
was the beginning of a great celebrations<br />
that would come later. Two years after the<br />
carnival beginning, it became more<br />
international with the visit of the<br />
president of Guatemala in that time, was<br />
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes and the five<br />
representatives beauty of each country of<br />
Central America.<br />
Year by year, the carnival has gotten<br />
more popularity to San Miguel and also<br />
to El Salvador, until becomes to “El<br />
carnival de San Miguel” in the most<br />
representative carnival in Central America. Nowadays, people from North America and<br />
around the world, come to San Miguel to enjoy the great carnival that every last<br />
Saturday of November take place in the beautiful city of San Miguel, also named “La<br />
Perla de Oriente”.<br />
The song of “El carnaval de San Miguel” was created by Paquito Palaviccini; and the<br />
most known part says: Ni pobre, ni rico, ni joven, ni viejo, ni bello, ni feo, ni chele, ni<br />
prieto, ni hembra, ni macho, ni alto, ni bajo, todo es igual en San Miguel, en Carnaval.<br />
That’s mean that does not matter where you are or where are you from, just come and<br />
have fun here in “El carnaval de San Miguel” , that it’s waiting for you, and the best<br />
is that it is Free!!!<br />
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The Espino Beach.<br />
By: Yeny Elizabeth Machado.<br />
The Espino beach is located in the department of Usulután, this is one of the most<br />
beautiful beaches of El Salvador, this beach has more than 8 kms of gray sand, where<br />
tourists can walk on the sand and appreciate the beautiful view of the palm trees and<br />
luxurious cabins that it has.....<br />
by many is considered the best beach in Central America, Its main attraction is<br />
precisely that it hasa large area, is the ideal place to spend unforgettable moments<br />
where you can also practice different kinds of sports ....<br />
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On this beach there are dozens of fishermen who are responsible for day to day the<br />
distribution of artisanal fisheries, they themselves do boat rides around and when time<br />
allow it. They even travel more than two hours visiting half a dozen islands, the Gulf<br />
of Fonseca and Jaquilisco Bay, among other routes.<br />
The Espino beach is a natural treasure of the country. With living creatures and it is<br />
also a resource that sustains life and economy of thousands of families across the bay.<br />
It´s attractions here are the delicious seafood, where all the tourists come to taste fishes,<br />
shrimps and rich Cocktails of Shells.<br />
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PERQUIN<br />
By: Sandra Yamileth Herrera<br />
The festivities take place on 14 and August 15 in honor of<br />
St. Sebastian, Currently held from 14th to August 15th.<br />
Within the program of the festivities include:<br />
bullfighting, rodeo, piñatas bankruptcy, recreational<br />
and traditional games, dance parties, burning<br />
gunpowder, football tournaments and election of the<br />
queen of the festivities.<br />
Gastronomy<br />
The most famous traditional food of the<br />
municipality is: Rice bold, enchiladas with grated<br />
cheese and black beans, banana cream, honey and<br />
coffee chilate bread. For the eve of the fairs it is a<br />
customary to give chuco snack and sweet porridge, bread<br />
and coffee.<br />
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Museum of the Revolution<br />
Salvadoran Revolution<br />
Museum homages the<br />
Heroes and Martyrs.<br />
The Museum of the<br />
Salvadoran Revolution,<br />
Homage to the Heroes<br />
and Martyrs was<br />
founded in December<br />
1992 in the town of<br />
Perquin, Morazán, by a<br />
group of guerrillas. This<br />
place has an authentic<br />
history of the 12 years of<br />
armed conflict in El<br />
Salvador through the collection of objects, documents, images, information and<br />
testimonies of historical moments related to the civil war that lived El Salvador during<br />
the eighties.<br />
The museum is divided into five different rooms, designed to recreate the causes of war:<br />
life in the camps, international solidarity, conventional weapons and peace<br />
agreements and Radio Venceremos.<br />
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Radio Venceremos.<br />
The latter is located in the place from where the radio signal transmitted guerrilla<br />
during much of the conflict. The museum also shows the remains of bombs, missiles,<br />
helicopters which killed Colonel Domingo Monterrosa Atlacatl<br />
Battalion Commander during the massacre of<br />
El Mozote, and others of the staff of the East.<br />
Cerro Perquín.<br />
Perquín The hill is 1321 meters to the top of<br />
which can be reached in about 10 minutes<br />
through the trails, appreciate the natural beauty<br />
of this mountainous area and have a<br />
panoramic view of the city and<br />
mountains<br />
surrounding Perquín. On this hill you can<br />
camp safely and administrators to provide<br />
surveillance in the area.<br />
Perquín stream.<br />
Perquín Stream is located 25 minutes from the old<br />
town of Perquín up to the Poza del Indio, La Poza del<br />
Finado Adam and other ponols nearby. During the<br />
tour, you can appreciate a beautiful embroidered pine<br />
trail and observe the various species of flora and fauna<br />
that inhabit the area.<br />
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The cuco Beach<br />
By: Yeny Elizabeth Machado.<br />
La Playa El Cuco is one of the most visited beaches in seasons and holidays by<br />
tourists that is why it is the favorite beach of many, the refreshing wave’s ideal for<br />
surfing, is terrace. Ideal go with family and get away from the noise of the city,<br />
allows the gentle surf swimming and fishing… And its beautiful gray sand that<br />
allows sports such as beach soccer and is also characterized by deep blue sky that<br />
blanket.<br />
One of its attractions is the abundant trade, especially seafood and salty fish drying<br />
in the sun on bamboo tables rustic....<br />
In The Cuco there is a wide gastronomic<br />
offer in restaurants and small dining<br />
rooms with freshly collected seafood<br />
specialties from the sea...<br />
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In The Cuco beach is tradition<br />
that every week saintly celabra a<br />
festival called lunada, where<br />
most of all are the youth who<br />
attend the feast in the light of the<br />
moon and near the sea...<br />
The Cuco beach is located in the<br />
department of San Miguel and is<br />
only 30 minutes from the city.<br />
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TOURISM IN<br />
EL<br />
SALVADOR.<br />
For more information:<br />
Sandra_yami_@hotmail.com<br />
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