AH El Salvador https://ahelsalvador.com/ Everything El Salvador — places, people, culture, business, travel, food, living and property. Independent guides, checked on the ground and dated. en El Salvador news: what matters to the diaspora https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/diaspora-briefing/ https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/diaspora-briefing/ Updates on tourism, TPS, residency, bitcoin and the policy changes that affect anyone visiting, living in or investing in El Salvador. News Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The rainy season nobody photographs https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/rainy-season-el-zonte/ https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/rainy-season-el-zonte/ Nine days of afternoon storms in El Zonte, an empty point break, and the argument for visiting El Salvador in the months the brochures skip. Field Notes Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT El Salvador reports a record tourism year https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/tourism-record-2026/ https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/tourism-record-2026/ Visitor arrivals passed 3.9 million in 2025 according to Ministry of Tourism figures, with the coast and the volcano circuit taking most of the growth. News Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Punta Roca, at six in the morning https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/punta-roca-morning/ https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/punta-roca-morning/ The best wave in El Salvador belongs to the people who grew up on it. A morning at the point in La Libertad, and the etiquette of paddling out somewhere you have not earned. Surf Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The pupusa argument, settled on the airport road https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/olocuilta-pupusas/ https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/olocuilta-pupusas/ Olocuilta makes rice-flour pupusas and has done since before anyone was counting. A morning at the highway stalls, and why corn is the wrong answer. Food Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Coastal highway works to close sections overnight https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/coast-road-works/ https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/coast-road-works/ Sections of the Carretera del Litoral between La Libertad and El Zonte will close overnight through the rainy season for resurfacing. What it means for transfers. News Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The 11am rule on Santa Ana https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/santa-ana-eleven-am/ https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/santa-ana-eleven-am/ You cannot hike Santa Ana volcano alone, the group leaves at eleven, and arriving at 11.15 costs you the day. What the hike is actually like. Guides Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Six months of paperwork, in order https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/residency-paperwork/ https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/residency-paperwork/ What the rentista residency process actually involved — the apostilles, the translations, the two rejected documents, and the month it all sat waiting. Living Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A week in Suchitoto, in July https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/suchitoto-rainy-week/ https://ahelsalvador.com/blog/suchitoto-rainy-week/ The colonial town everyone visits in February, seen in the middle of the rainy season, when the lake fills and the tourists do not come. Field Notes Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT