Blogs from Central, El Salvador, Central America Caribbean - page 23

Ofanan´s original trip to MonteCristo, El Salvador - March '08 Isolated and pristine (...) thick cloud forest canopy, exotic orchids and abudant wildlife (...) views and photo opportunities are outstanding Get advance permission from the National Parks and Wildlife Service in San Salvador (...) There is no place to stay here (...) bring all your own equipment, food and water (...) none of the trails is well marked (...) hiking trails begin from Los Planes (1900m), a grassy clearing (...) Unforunately, getting to Los Planes is a challenge, and not the cheap one. If you have a 4WD (...) (Description of National Park Monte Cristo, El Salvador at Lonely Planet). The easiest part was getting to Los Planes. 2h of unpaved uphill, from which only the last half hour was really steep. The obstacles Obtaining an ... read more

C;est vraiment intense, les graffiti ont presque tous un caractere revolitionnaire. Le socialisme, la lutte contre les crimes de guerre, la revolution agraire, contre le capitalisme, des pensee de poetes... C;est vraiment beau, vous aller bientot avoir quelques photos. Les marginaux sont plus du style iron maiden, korn, megadeth... de la musique un peu plus hard.. Le rap ne fait pas tres grande presence depuis qu;on est en amerique centrale. Au plaisir, Gab... read more

Voici quelques remarques sur la normalité en voyage: * Si vous lisez une pancarte aux dounes de Stantead qui dit "N´arretez-vous pas sur la ligne jaune", c´est normal vous arrivez aux Etats-Unis * Si vous lisez une publicité qui dit "A ville avec magie", c´est normal, vous etes a Guadalajara au Mexique * Si vous voyez des "Guichettes", c´est normal vous etes á Tapachula au Mexique * Si la table du voisin bouge rapidement alors que vous ètes sur Internet, c´est normal, certains Mexicains de Tecoman n´ont aucun problémes a se masturber en publique. * Si vous voyez un carré blanc sur l´écran de projection d´un film, c´est normal, c´est le reflet de la lumiére de la salle de régie a Guatémala * Si, dans le milieu de l'action, Superman est sur le point de mourir ... read more

... BETTER REMEMBER THIS ... You'd better remember this. Because people will ask you. Whether you want them to or not, they'll ask you how El Salvador was. And though you won't know where to start, you're going to have to have something to tell them. A shrug of the shoulders and "Good" won't be enough. So you'd better remember this. Open the parts of your mind you need, and work them over until you've gotten them just right. Then put what you know in a place that will be easy to get to. Deep, but not too deep. Just enough so that even though no one else can see it, you know it's there, and you can see it and feel it, and you know it makes up a part of who you are now, ... read more

While sitting in the airport during our 4 hour layover in El Salvador on the way back to the States, looking up, I noticed a small bat on the ceiling. I have no idea how this poor fella had gotten into the airport but I can imagine the bright lights and the loud speaker going off next to him weren’t exactly pleasant. Considering I wasn’t sure how the airport police in El Salvador would react if I told them about the ceiling bat, I opted to let this little guy fend for himself and get himself back outside quietly. Besides, the airport police looked too busy going through people’s bags that were standing in the check-in line to be bothered with a bat. Mike and I actually saw the inside of one guy’s luggage that contained ... read more