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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jorge Quinteros Surfers on the black-sand beach in El Zonte, on El Salvador’s Pacific coast. I was walking along the black ...

“This Hidden Central American Surf Town Is Known as ‘Bitcoin Beach’—Here’s How to Visit,” reads a fresh Travel + Leisure headline, which might leave a strapped but itinerant surfer with Central ...

The beach town of El Zonte on El Salvador’s Pacific coast is a laid back surfer’s haven with white beaches, palm trees, and a small population of 3,000 people. The low-income community has no banks ...

Under Bukele, loads of money and infrastructure have been poured into Surf City, a collection of waves in close proximity to each other – from Punta Roca in the south to El Zonte in the north – which ...

If you could write a script about how surf travel can have a positive impact on a local community, look no further than El Salvador. Over the past five years, the government has supported myriad ...

Michael Peterson became the so-called Father of Bitcoin Beach, Bloomberg Businessweek reported. Thanks to an anonymous donation, Peterson helped El Zonte widely adopt the currency. Lawmakers in El ...

From violence and migration to hope and innovation, discover how El Zonte, El Salvador became the birthplace of the world’s first Bitcoin circular economy and a model for community transformation.

El Salvador may have less than 200 miles of coastline, but it "features dozens of world-class waves crammed within its shores," Surfer said. El Zonte is one of the laidback beach towns attracting ...

I was walking along the black volcanic sands of El Zonte, a laid-back town on El Salvador’s Pacific coast, when I snapped a photo of a modern, wavelike pavilion made of glass and pine. Within moments, ...

Surfers on the black-sand beach in El Zonte, on El Salvador’s Pacific coast. I was walking along the black volcanic sands of El Zonte, a laid-back town on El Salvador’s Pacific coast, when I snapped a ...