I have been fortunate enough to find a lovely beach home, which I purchased privately in 2015, near Acajutla at Barra Salada.  I have been to the house twice since purchasing and the last time I rented a car and did a fair amount of driving in the area. I must confess I avoided San Salvador driving as I didn't want to be too adventurous. I visited El Salvador in 2012 and 2014 on Rotary humanitarian projects and fell in love with the people and the country.  Right now I am living in Canada, but I am making plans to retire to E.S. in the future. I am working on renovations and updates to the rancho. I do not speak Spanish however I was put in contact with a lovely translator who comes to live with me when I am in residence.  She works at teaching me too. We shop quite frequently in Sonsanate and I do banking etc there.  I have a caretaker for my property and he and his wife are great to have on site - they have their own home on the grounds.  I had contemplated offering the house for rent however I have some minor concerns about the neighbourhood so that plan has gone to the back burner.  I have a nice beachfront but it is not suitable for swimming the waves are incredible and dangerous in front of my house. Swimming can happen up or down the beach from house.
