Once you’ve made it into town, you’ll want to peruse the little furniture shops in Nahuizalco and you should! You’ve got plenty of time to walk around town and wait for night fall when you can visit the night market, a true cultural treat!

At nightfall villagers turn on their lights and illuminate the produce, arts, crafts and food for sale on the many stands. My tip for the night market is this: come hungry! While the crafts and produce are good, the food is great! Not only is it all traditional Salvadoran fare, you are eating it at a nighttime market.

As far as the local cuisine goes some of the most common market choices are los ticucos, which are ground corn tamales, iguana soup, and yucca served with pork cheek. My personal favorite is the chilate con nuegados (yucca balls in a sweet sauce), washed  down with atol shuco, a traditional ground corn beverage. The food isn’t crazy exotic like the food festivals in Juayua, but it is good.

The market is open at about 2 pm, but wait until it gets dark for a real special treat. It closes at about 10 pm, after which you can head to the arcade and play Virtual Fighter II with the local kids.