Volunteer opportunities in El Salvador:

El Salvador Spanish Schools has helped many foreign volunteers, medical professionals and missionary workers learn Spanish before and during their volunteer experiences. Some opportunities for volunteering are available at the following websites:
http://www.truetravellers.org/
http://www.theotherelsalvador.com/
wiki.couchsurfing.com/en/Volunteer_in_Central_America

El Salvador to be Promoted on E! ENTERTAINMENT TV

The visit is the result of the country's promotional plan being carried out
at the international level

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A film crew from SONY
PICTURES visited El Salvador to film various tourist attractions with the
aim of showing them to the audience of E! ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION, a show
known all over the world.
Mexican model Heidi Balvanera and three company staff members arrived
in El Salvador on Sunday, September 23, and remained in the country through
Saturday, September 29.
Monday, September 24, they visited the beaches in the eastern part of
El Salvador in a helicopter provided by the Air Force, accompanied by
Tourism Minister Ruben Rochi. They took a ride on Lake Ilopango, and then
flew over the coastal region, touching down at a semi-virgin beach in the
vicinity of Jiquilisco Bay, in the state of Usulutan.
Once there, the crew got ready to shoot the opening images of the
program, which will be broadcast in Spanish throughout Latin America in
November. After that, it may be broadcast in English for the global
audience. The program will be presented under the name E! SPECIAL EL
SALVADOR IMPRESIONANTE (E! SPECIAL - IMPRESSIVE EL SALVADOR)
Dressed in khaki pants, a white shirt and barefoot, Minister Rochi,
Heidi Balvanera (who has already appeared in the program WILD ON MEXICO)
and the film crew started the interview as the water was lapping at their
toes. "El Salvador is a very beautiful country, and has things many of us
don't know about -- lots of greenery, virgin beaches, good roads. I'll say
more when we finish the tour," said the blonde model. The tour continued in
Puerto Barillas, where they set out to explore Jiquilisco Bay, all in the
eastern part of the country.
The crew was there thanks to the Salvadoran Ministry of Tourism's
promotional activities undertaken at the international level, with $75,000
invested in this visit. By the end of their stay, they visited Puerto de La
Libertad, Suchitoto, Ruta de las Flores, Lake Coatepeque, Joya de Ceren and
other places. On Friday, September 28, they sampled San Salvador's
nightlife, including various shopping centers, restaurants, bars and clubs.


SOURCE MITUR; CORSATUR

CENTRAL AMERICA
El Pital: a Latin revelation nestled in El Salvador

Once a rebel lair in El Salvador's hidden highlands, El Pital is now an unexpected haven of natural beauty and outdoors pursuits.

By Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 5, 2007

El Pital, El Salvador

In the dark days of the early 1980s, anyone brave or foolhardy enough to ascend the majestic peak of El Pital would have been accompanied by a hellish soundtrack of mortar fire and army helicopters.

But as I strolled recently through regal stands of Encino and cypress trees, all was peaceful in this airy mountain lair, which reminds me of a miniature Mesoamerican Yosemite.

"There are only three sounds here," said Edwin Rodríguez, who helps his father, Will, manage El Pital Highland, the area's best-known lodge. "The water, the wind, the birds."