El Salvador Surfers have known El Tunco and El Zonte for twenty years; the rest of the world is only just starting to look. It's the smallest country in Central America, small enough to cross in a single day: a morning on a still-active volcano at Cerro Verde, an afternoon by Lake Coatepeque, a pupusa de queso on the square in Suchitoto by evening. The Ruta de las Flores winds between Juayúa and Ataco, terraced coffee farms, mural-covered walls, Sunday markets. No crowds, no queues: El Salvador hasn't had time to become a destination yet. Which is exactly why you should go now.
