Blogs from San Salvador, Central, El Salvador, Central America Caribbean - page 11

Today we had our first experience with the hospital where we are going to work twice a week. It is on the outskirts of the city on top of a hill in the jungle/forest. It was originally a hospital for people with tuberculosis but about 10 years ago was expanded to include all specialties. The crazy part is that each specialty is in its own building and you have to go outside to get between them. So if you have surgery, after recovery, you are taken on a stretcher on a 5 min trip over to the inpatient ward! We started today with the neonatologist and saw all of the new borns in the OB building. The babies are all so cute and tiny but with full heads if thick shiny black hair. The resident was ... read more

Today after 2 uneventful flights with a quick layover in Texas we arrived in El Salvador! Dr. Iglesias his wife and their 2 children met us at the airport. When Dr. Iglesias went to get the car he left us with his family, none of whom spoke any English, so we got to try out our limted Spanish skills right away. We managed to talk about the flight, the weather here and at home, and the ages of her kids (17 months and 5 year) Then we all rode in VCOM's fancy maroon SUV to Pollo Campero, which is a very popular fast food restaurant with delicious fried chicken. Their 5 year old, Pablo, sat in the back seat with us and told us all about his favorite movies (Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Pixar movies) and ... read more

"Adelante*, bienvenidos, nous lance Manolo, le fils de Mamá et Papá, tous trois étant des personnages tout à fait charismatique. Nous venons d'entrer dans la demeure de cette incroyable famille de Tacuba, un petit village perdu dans l'extrémité occidentale du El Salvador. Nous sommes traités comme des membres à part entière de la famille, à peine les sacs déposés dans notre parfaite chambre rustique, composée de bois et de brique rouge. Même Rex, le petit chien de la maison s'est entiché de nous. Mamá est aussitôt parée à nous cuisiner un de ses délices culinaires, reconnus chez tous les routards ayant gîtés ici, tandis que Papá nous sert la cerveza. L'ambiance est confortable et détendue et la maison embaume la bonté humaine...et les sublimes burritos! Manolo, la fierté de ses parents et le parfait charmeur latino ... read more

September, oktober och november kom och gick och helt plötsligt befinner vi oss i denna julens månad. Att ha några julkänslor i 30 gradig värme, utan julpynt och utan familj är i stort sett omöjligt även om de redan i slutet av september ställde fram plastgranarna i affärerna! Så jag har i stället beslutat mig för att lägga ned julen i år och dra till några fantastiska Karibiska öar i Honduras som heter ”The Bay Islands” och ta mitt dykcertifikat! Ett bra substitut, tycker ni inte? Tydligen har de världens billigaste certifikat (utan att tumma på kvalitén) där hela kursen, där allt ingår, plus fyra nätter på hostel och två fria dyk kostar 260 dollar! Dessutom ligger öarna i den sydligaste delen av världens näst största korallrev som löper utanför Belizes kust ned till Honduras. Tydligen ... read more

On the flight to san salvador we met a very interesting person. Thy were a dress maker and their name was Filis (we cant work out how to spell this name so i will alter the spelling as i go so we will at some point hopefully get it correct). Philis also happened to be a drunk smelly, racist, woman obsesed, prostitute loving, sister loving??? middle aged man. At SSalvador we decided it would be easyer to not leave the airport as it was in a very rural area. We slept on the floor for a few hours had some ok, but different coffee and went mad as a result of all the gay uplifting catholic music. I was feeling pretty sick but a bean and mince pepusa soon fixed that.... read more