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Lake Suchitlan, Suchitoto, El Salvador

Our photo of Lake Suchitlan, Suchitoto, El Salvador was chosen as Photo of the Day on Feb 5th 2010 in Gadling.com, AOL's travel blog.
Lake Suchitlan


Flickr user Adal-Honduras took this shot of El Salvador's Lake Suchitlan, a popular weekend getaway for many Salvadorans. Located near the beautiful, colonial town of Suchitoto, Lake Suchitlan is one of the most gorgeous spots in perhaps the Western Hemisphere's most underrated country. ~ Aaron Hotfelder.
It is indeed a very beautiful place. The photo was taken from La Fonda del Mirador, a nice old house with a rustic but comfortable setting, while enjoying a delicious local-style prepared fish stuffed with shrimps:
La Fonda del Mirador, Suchitoto - El Salvador
La Fonda del Mirador, Suchitoto - El Salvador

Miami Garifuna Village, Tela. The Coast of Utopia -Condé Nast

I found this old article about Miami Garifuna Village in Tela, Honduras. Written by Alison Humes Features Editor at Condé Nast Publications.

Lunch in Miami, one of the tiniest traditionally Garifuna communities sprinkled along the Atlantic coast of Honduras, was a profoundly satisfying moment, when all the contradictions of the world came together. The village lies at the end of a sand barrier, straddling the narrow ribbon of land that seals Los Micos Lagoon off from the Caribbean Sea, west of the small town of Tela. It is just inside the Jeannette Kawas National Park, one of Honduras's largest, a magical mix of cloud forest, estuaries, mangroves, and beaches. Walking through the village felt almost like trespassing; there are no streets, only paths between the small houses, all built of thatch and reeds. The sand sparkles, and there are little decorative gardens around some of the houses. There's no electricity or running water. The cayucos, boats carved from tree trunks, were pulled up on the shore of the lagoon, but if it's early enough in the day and you ask around, someone will take you out fishing or touring the enchanting lagoon. There was a breeze off the ocean, and we sat down at Nany's Place, along benches and picnic tables. I got a green coconut with the top cut off so I could drink its cool water and scrape the jelly out with a spoon. We lingered under the palapa, with the beach on one side and a view of the lagoon on the other, drinking beer and chatting with whoever came by to hang out.