Everything has Changed in San Salvador El Salvador

[@John_Kennedy_311]

I went to El Salvador for a month last year...absolutely loved it.

[@thegoldenhippo7936]

9:22 As a Canadian now living in El Salvador (7 months). I can tell you that the whole country feels this way. It's a beautiful place to live!

[@chonkyb3134]

When evil is pushed back, peace and prosperity begin

[@traddtv]

Those one dollar coins are legal tender in the United States. You just never see them anymore here ! A lot of people will just keep them whenever they get them .

[@veronicaceja3310]

I remember back in the early 00s we were at knotts berry farm with my parents and there was a coin collector who also sold coins he sold us those dollar coins for $10 years later they were so common you can also get them at the metro train station in CA.

[@liljoker8803]

@@veronicaceja3310there all in el salvador now people in el salvador sell everything im as 1 quarter or 2 quarter or 3 quarter why because they know the coin but there undereducated to make math its easy for them

[@litsupreme5424]

I keep them lol

[@gabrielmartinez-wi8bu]

Bukele best President ever👍👏😍❤️🇸🇻

[@nathanielmwangi6572]

Thanks for your honest unassuming style of video ! I'm a "Guanaco " by marriage ,and we visited last year ,and going back again this year in 4 days ! Yes much has changed in El Salvador in my opinion El Salvador is undergoing a renaissance , the people feel safe and that was key in order to build modern infrastructure that the hard working people of El Salvador deserve . Common sense leadership has said correctly so " why should the many suffer for the wants of the few " there should be consequences to people who cause harm and suffering to others ! Why should people be afraid to conduct business , travel the country , El Salvador has so much to offer , hopefully this renaissance can continue and even more prosperity can come to El Salvador , every Salvadorean who is living abroad is now returning and bringing more enthusiasm to the country !

[@mycompasslawp.a.4328]

Bukele is still the current President. And yes, the country made a 180 degree turnaround in terms of safety. 5-6 years ago you would have gotten jacked and this video would not exist.

[@getsirius100]

It has been awhile since I have followed your travels but i am right back into it now. You are my trusted travel channel. I like that you are taking us to countries that are off the beaten path. Dont stop. All this footage is so great

[@DianaGonzalez-wh7ul]

I'm super happy for the country of El Salvador. Thank you Presidente Bukele and your amazing cabinet. Dios bendiga a El Salvador. Amen!

[@Rigoberto78]

Spain needs a Bukele. What a great man!

[@relentless305]

Everyone stuck making 1200 euros a month 😂😂

[@Rigoberto78]

@@relentless305 I wish everyone at least could make that amount .

[@TR4R]

Come to Costa Rica 😝 we don't have Bukele but you could live well with 1200 euros (in colones) a month 😆🤑

[@relentless305]

@Rigoberto78 no grown men with a family can maintain a family and him self with that income

[@kbs7340]

Everyone needs Bukele and Trump. Pendulum swinging back though ❤❤❤

[@Carlitovvs]

Bro you had to add the red salsa to the pupusas it’s fire like that with the curtido and everything.

[@hypester1733]

yes he missing out 😣

[@hypester1733]

i fear he didnt get the full taste without the proper mix

[@ba_trades]

Congrats to President Bukele. -A- The only true law and order president in the all of the Americas (North and South). Some talk law and order, but seldom practice it.

[@PutlerHuyIo]

Trump is the talking one, won't do sh*t about crime (and yes, I know Biden was even worse).

[@ba_trades]

@@PutlerHuyIo No arguments from me on that one. In fact, we are in agreement. Furthermore, it's hard for a criminal to convince me that he's for law and order.

[@RR64434]

@@PutlerHuyIoHow is Biden worse than an actual criminal?

[@charliervr]

Unfortunately it's all a mirage. Salvadorans are still dirt poor and cost of living is insanely high for 90% of the population. Bukele has sold out the country to China and they are taking most of the resources overseas. Bukele is desperate for money and I believe we will be in China's hands in no time.

[@FreedomLovin]

And the only bitcoin president!

[@ba_trades]

Those US Dollar coins are collector items in the US.

[@PutlerHuyIo]

how much do collectors pay for a single dollar coin similar to the ones Sly got?

[@Aydin-Adam]

I've seen them in circulation, just very rare. I've received them as change when paying cash for a Tri-Rail ticket in South Florida

[@kalmorri9613]

They’re common in the US, usually vending machines at workplaces / stations

[@Aydin-Adam]

@kalmorri9613 Post office is usually a good place to get some. Buy stamps with cash, get them with your change

[@rollwiththepunches5932]

I'm Australian and stay there every year that's our local pupusaria and the best🎉😊

[@dudehere1100]

I was unaware El Salvador uses the US dollar. Nice video. Thank you.

[@danilosantana5603]

Es la moneda oficial

[@BurningGundam]

Yes we do, since 2001

[@MaLkaPeace]

At least 11 countries use the USD

[@rexx9496]

@@BurningGundam Why do they use the US dollar?

[@ericksenzverev883]

Thanks for visit my country 🇸🇻👋

[@omarvega26]

I remember watching your videos when you were living in colombia...you had just a few thousand followers. Now you have 151k...that is awesome. Glad all is going well

[@jacobstevens1376]

There are 50 cent & $1 coins in the US, they just arent used often. As a kid i collected them and would get them from the bank same with 2 dollar bills. Technically legal tender but mostly for collectors.

[@Oceanwifi]

Nice vid. That was brief but you covered well. People look super friendly. And...can't wait to get down there and work with Bitcoin :) Keep on rockin Bukele!

[@tonyacosta3918]

Hello Slys, it's a pleasure meeting you . And behalf of all Salvadoran, I would like to thank you for taking the time to come over to your 🏡home, EL Salvador.. Yes, indeed, EL Salvador has changed a lot. That's not a mountain, it's San Salvadpr, " VOLCANO" one of many in the country. I hope you're enjoying your staying. If you can go check out the " BEACH ES. " SURF CITY. About the " PUPUSAS, TRY THE REVULTAS". MY COUNTRY IS YOUR YOUR YOUR COUNTRY.... MI. CASA , ES SU CASA..!

[@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

Bukele is the MAN!😊

[@jazzney21]

Yes, he is😊🎉

[@liljoker8803]

Danm bro loved ur video showing el salvador im from Metapan in santa ana district im glad u loved it but theres wey much more too this little country!!!!!!!

[@johnnyquid-xj4kk]

Imma be there this weekend. Can’t wait to check it out. Stay safe.

[@eduardoinforma2396]

Great video! Thank you for showing us the new El Salvador.

[@alannahprestaynofbraavos5759]

I am so glad to see how things are in El Salvador now! Twenty years ago, I lived in Santa Tecla and taught at the ABC school (K-12). Santa Tecla was safe, but San Salvador looked very different - we only went shopping there in the daytime, and it did not look this nice. It's time for me to visit again. Thanks for this video and the trip down memory lane 🙂

[@roca7108]

Effort leads to success. Hope you can revisit our country you will barely recognize most places.

[@williamsolano2571]

Beautiful El Salvador 🇸🇻 cool President Bukele 👍🏻

[@robbienorton9522]

Its changed a bit since I was there last year. Glad to see they finished the library and put in a pond and finished work on some of the streets. The coins are US coins but you don't see half dollar and dollar coins that often in the US.

[@rickyvalls2755]

My mother went back to El Salvador about April/May from here Australia, and she says yes, big difference now, better vibe and much safer.

[@franciscoromero7761]

Born in US BUT Im glad to see this was 2 weeks ago; Havent been in 10 yeas and my wife and I are going in a couple days to see my family. Thanks for this Bro!🤙

[@JanOffTheMap]

Great video mate, enjoy your stay in El Salvador!

[@glarios5839]

Thank you for visiting my country!

[@naamanvasquez8226]

The second shot of the plate when he added the spicy curtido i was like yeah that’s about right 🤣🤣 loved ur video man! Welcome to our land, i hope you rejoiced with the people as much as we rejoice with you!

[@RaffTail]

Brother, all of those $1 coins are US-minted and legal tender in the US! I've brought back many coins like these through the years and spent them at the grocery store, etc.

[@TheMancYank]

Please Lord protect Bukele. If El Salvador can clean up the crime so can the big democrat cities in the US

[@Shaliaj7]

DemoRats cities? Hahaha what a joke. Demorats had destroyed the US.

[@rexx9496]

Crime isn't high in the US. Turn off the Fox News propaganda.

[@griseldaoliva618]

Thank you for beautiful video! I like that in your videos you show the streets, and the surroundings of all the places you visit. You might want to try in El Salvador or Guatemala "empanadas de platano con leche o con frijoles". both are good. also try "yuca con chicharron" usually after lunch or starting at lunch. Besides Brazil, Ciudad del Este in Paraguay has some good deals for clothes in the mercados.

[@viyau10]

I’m so glad for El Salvador. First think is peace, order. The rest will follow.

[@sandrabedard7848]

Thank you for sharing. Looks like a wonderful Country and affordable . I live in Central America and want to visit there . I love your shirt. Im From Seattle.

[@MarkyV-oe5pn]

Very affordable. A lot of people dont want to live in the states no more 😅

[@zayraquezada5763]

I feel so proud that you a visiting my homeland I was born in Santa Ana! Blessing amor

[@michaelramirez2615]

I think the desserts you are thinking about are “empanadas”. Made with plantain, a sort of milk pudding inside and then are covered with sugar.

[@TampaPete]

Ok! I gotta admit! I really like watching your videos eating local mom and pop foods! Your Brave! Me, Flying for a major airline 30 years, they stopped serving us fish because the crew started getting sick. You’re doing what I wish I could’ve done ✔️ but too scared to do! I really enjoy your show. Good job and more adventures down South America.

[@TR4R]

The only risk I see here is that the place looks dirty and perhaps it's not safe to drink something there but the pupusas look so nice... 🤤

[@davidforeman8177]

Sly they use the $ coins. Because $ bills would get worn out to fast. It is the same in Ecuador.

[@thedanwriter1]

We have those same 1 dollar coins in the states as well, yes it is legal tender, you can use it anywhere just like how you see a 2 dollar bill, it’s not common but it is still legal tender

[@escobar8548]

My coworker gets those in the vending machine. 😊

[@BLACKTOPGOD]

Keep the content coming🔥

[@eightone91]

I gotta have a tomato sauce with my papusa.

[@MrKinglydude]

Wow you can feel the peace through the screen lol, so peaceful I would dig checking out that market. ES still has a long way to go, but they are laying a great foundation.

[@John-bm3bf]

Thank you for letting us join you on your trip. I need to go again soon!

[@eduardodelgado8262]

E bello il Salvador grazie per il tuo video sono Eduardo sono dal salsavor san Salvador ma vivo a Roma

[@rudyescobar8017]

Pro tip to eat pupusas, open it from the edge just becareful. That way you will have 2 halfs and it cools down a bit. Then put the cabbage and some tomato sauce on top and fold it in half when you pick it up, kind of like a taco

[@robbienorton9522]

ProTip: (lol) when eating a pupusa, you leave it on the plate. the curtido (cabbage salad with vinegar) can be on the side or on top and with the red salsa. you just rip a piece off and use it like a tortilla to pick up the curtido with salsa. They are amazing! I hope they will have more traditional restaurants in the historic center one day but mostly what you find are the pupuserias everwhere in El Salvador and they love tacos too which can be even better than what you find in Mexico. Check out Antiguo Cuscatlan if you have a chance it's a cool little pueblito with a few good restaurants too.

[@TR4R]

I dunno if it would be more practical but I would have taken it with the palm of my hand making a small bowl like when eating a taco or a Costa Rican gallo and then eat it.

[@V.E.R.O.]

@@TR4R I split the pupusa in two halves and top each half with curtido and tomato sauce and eat it like a taco. Every person has their own way of eating, I've noticed it varies by region. There really isn't a wrong way to eat a pupusa.

[@johnnyfloresthehiphopnerd]

Yo I appreciate u showin luv to my people of El Salvador when was u there

[@domirican81]

Those U.S. coins are most definitely legal tender in the U.S. $1 coins and $2 bills still exist.

[@OmarHeinze-w1z]

Les pupusas et la boisson horchata sont délicieuses 😋 hmm Bienvenue au Salvador Salutations d'Uruguay 🇺🇾

[@Tech99069]

I’m sure you’ll figure out soon but those are all in brother! Curtido with salsa at the same time. Glad you enjoying it out there 😎

[@Carlosmayen-td5fb]

Happy New Year's thank you for sharing saludes from sacramento california gracias.

[@PericaU1230]

Can't wait to go back. I am glad you enjoyed el Salvador 🇸🇻 Coin are used here, at the pen..for visiting hrs..@ the vending machine...

[@gd73]

You're going to see Real Madrid and FC Barcelona jerseys (which were to the right of the Yankees shirt you saw) more than any local club.

[@ElTaquacheUSA]

Hey God bless you brother. Thank you visiting El Salvador I just went about a month ago and the first thing I see in your video is the food place Mr. donut dude I miss Mr donut my breakfast morning food place. Happy New year 2025.

[@Brent-ox8lk]

Pupusas are the greatest! I heard it was a little more expensive there than the rest of Central America. The food looked about the same price as Nicaragua. Were the rooms in hotels/hostels more expensive?

[@nelsonchevez1477]

Thanks for visiting our country. Pupusas I normally open them separate each side by the middle creating like two tortillas, then I put the filling and sauce in one side, put both sides together again and that helps to cool it down a little and then eat it with the hands. Please visit the West side of our country, San Miguel and Morazan are beautiful

[@Barberomayans]

Great video man

[@Eli-tq8fj]

I visited last year and loved it!!

[@tommyg.9069]

U.S. needs a Bukele.

[@davsan315]

They got it, his name is Trump.

[@Krafanio]

Those one-dollar coins are indeed legal tender in the USA, no worries about it. Is just that they are treated more as a collectible inside the USA and a normal coin outside.

[@oso1318]

We do have those 1 dollar coins here in the states bro i always used to get those at the soda machine at school😂

[@BPe-ie9je]

good to see looking up...! heading to Ecuador.

[@mauriciomunozortiz]

Thanks for this video, and it is grreat video, thanks for caring to visit El Salvador, although to say that El Salvador it;s slightly picking up from wherein used to be and it is taking take so please give us time until we raise as a very country, thanks Sly's Life.

[@TampaPete]

You need to go to La Paz Bolivia, and make a video that would be freaking awesome

[@elvisaguirre-castro9628]

Yeah my brother,in the U.S.A we used those coins but people didn't like them so they got shipped to my country that's why you hardly gonna see 1 $ bill ,welcome to my country and thank you for visiting

[@Chance2Explore]

I love it there

[@marvinmejia7325]

Wow I like it I'm going to El Salvador in June .let's go there

[@Erikatheexplorer1986]

Hope u having a good time. Try yuca frita with fritada ( fried casava with pork adobo) so yum. Traditianl food. Chilaquilas Rellonos de chile Tortas Fewco tamaraindo, ensalda y horchata. Enjoy our Pulgarcito.

[@moisesblanco]

My friend the city? Go to the beaches and mountain hiking tours. Nice volcanoes.

[@TR4R]

Ha, ha, this dude did the same in Costa Rica, it looks like he wants to show the real life in urban centers. People told him the same, get out of here! 😝

[@LaYziELoC7]

El Salvador does not have its own coins. Those dollar coins are legal tender in the US but we rarely seen them in the U.S.

[@ericserrano7635]

Yeah I was born there in 76 lived in us since 80 but I've been back few times and recently last year . going back March 2025 and it's awesome parts of it look very classy & fancy. Recommend for first timers go to El Tunco beach it's alot of fun & hip.😊

[@orod3102]

El Tunco is overrated

[@ericserrano7635]

@orod3102 so where do you suggest?? Like i said only been back few times in 40 year's

[@KabasyTv]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@davsan315]

That mountain in the background is actually the San Salvador volcano. Nice video!

[@KM-yh4gh]

Thank you for the nice video. It is a pleasure to watch one of these videos that are focused on the people, culture, and normal things to see. I am thinking of coming there this month or next, do you recommend staying in San Benito or Colonial San Francisco? I have researched the city a little bit some months ago. I decided I might just go here instead of Rio again. Always trying new cities to gain more experience and knowledge. Again, thank you for the warm video.

[@ShurinkanCeron]

Nice video i liked it when you say sopa de gallo india😅

[@pedroflores1978]

great video ..thank you 🥰😀

[@AlanJonesAquino]

Hey friend I am whatching sinceridade Brazil its very good this country 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@traddtv]

President bukele 🇸🇻 !!!! The great

[@V.E.R.O.]

You don't need the plastic to pick up the pupusa. Normally I separate the two halves of the pupusa and top each half with curtido (pickled cabbage) and tomato sauce on top then eat it like a taco, other people tear pieces off of it.

[@EdmondKirtSumpterThePoet]

"Thank You For The Videos"

[@nelsonchevez1477]

Next time as food relates, you can try: Pupusas, Empanadas, Atol de Elote, Atol de Maiz tostado, Tamales de Elote, and for lunch Mariscada or "Sopa de Gallina", Blessings

[@nelsonchevez1477]

All coins and bill are the legal tender as in the US, the $1 coin is from USA, so we use it here too.

[@hwbt3126]

Yes u can use the one dollar coin here is the US also. I bring a bunch from el salvador all the time and I used them here in the us

[@JorgeLoza-r5r]

Welcome to El Salvador bro I like your video

[@veronicaceja3310]

I think the pink cherries were marañones. Try those! Specially cold almost frozen they are BOMB!!!!

[@ThrillaWill]

Sly you gonna get into the Eco Tourism side of these places? Would love to see some of the jungle and some of the natural beauty of these countries. Its usually cheap.

[@khal.ix..8197]

Come to Belgium one day 🇧🇪 Sly!

[@lencholechuga4697]

Dollars coins are very legal specially in the car wash here in ,California you put a 20 Dollars bill and you get twenty coins and then you put tree in the machine and you get five minutes to wash your car.

[@keithwhitehead3841]

THOSE COINS ARE LEGAL TENDER IN THE USA !

[@robertoh.20]

you can tear bits of the pupusa bro, there are 3 traditional pupusas, the bean and cheese, mixed (beans, cheese, pork) and the cheese pupusas.

[@franciscoargueta1920]

Enjoying my little country, El Salvador. Nice video bro take care. Horchata is bigger different a mexican horchata

[@berg8970]

LOL...those are legit U.S. one-dollar coins, they never went over well here, but El Salvadorans love them. I was in El Salvador in 2019 and have good friends there. Should you need assistance or ideas of what to see? Feel free to reach out. El Salvador is a great little gem of a country I'm sure you will find all the locals extremely friendly and open to tourists.

[@hinthegroove9740]

Good stuff

[@stephmar6693]

Great video! Just a small tip. The proper pronunciation is: “pUpUsa” or like “poopoosa” I know a lot of people think its paposa. Also, if you got a 10 dollar bill and 3 dollar coins, you got back $13 dollars with 25 cents. The coins are of dollar value. So I think they did give you proper change. Glad you loved my mother land!

[@JoseEscobar-du7yb]

From California hi yes dude if you notice is a lot of changes is diferent there was a couple years ago God bless you

[@spartacouscacao4731]

food security is also important, gentrification is hurting El Salvador property prices are through the roof. locals are hard press.

[@TR4R]

I can't believe the price of the pupusas! So cheap! 🤑 The most expensive, the "loca" costs around what the most simple one would in Costa Rica 😭💸