This morning we got into the car and were greeted by the smooth sounds of New Kids on the Block pumping from Dr. Iglesias' stereo. It was especially awesome for two reasons:1. this was not the radio playing but a mix CD that Dr. Iglesias had made and 2. Once we got going, he joined us in singing along. After some sweet rocking out in the car, we arrived at the hospital and went to the Internal Medicine ward again. Today our focus was on HIV/AIDS so we saw 2 patients with AIDS and a number of complications. One man who [View Full Entry]

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This morning Dr. Iglesias picked us up early and brought his family along so that we could all go to a procession in a town called Izalco near the Immaculate Heart of Mary Orphanage. Since El Salvador is obviously a predominantly Catholic country, during the Holy Week they have processions to celebrate their faith every day. There are men in the town called Nazerenes who wear purple robes and carry the idols in the processions. It is a great honor to be a Nazerene and the privilege is passed on from father to son. We got there before it started and [View Full Entry]

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Mer hoend Guatemala hinter ues loh und sind noch El Salvador gfahra. Leider isch die ganz Busfahrt akli laenger gange als planed, somit simmer erst am halbi 6si i da Hauptstadt San Salvador akoh. D'frog isch oeb mer soellad do blieba obwohls akli turbulent zua und her goht do. Am noegsta Tag isch aeba da neu Praesident gwaehlt worda und d'Luet sind foellig us am Huesli gsi. Also hoemmer ues wohl oder uebel foer a Taxi entschieda, wo ues an 50min enfernta Playa el Tunco brocht het. Es isch an strenga Tag gsi alles wommer ues no foer da Obet gwuenscht [View Full Entry]

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Today after another beautiful walk in the park (check out the pics) we went to La casa de mi Padre again but since all of the kids are on vacation from school this week no one was sick. We said hello to a few of them but most of them were playing video or computer games and didn't really want to play. Since we had nothing to do there, we decided to go to the hospital early. Today we went to the internal medicine hospital which is basically 2 big rooms (one for men, one for women) with no dividers or [View Full Entry]

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To celebrate Palm Sunday I made Katie sneak into the pool at the Hilton with me. It was really nice to finally work on our tans, but of course Katie was very nervous and thought that every waiter who came outside was coming to kick us out. Obviously we didn't get kicked out and we had a delicious buffet complete with free champagne, because we are fancy. We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing and studying at the apartment. [View Full Entry]

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Today we went to a colonial town about an hour outside of the city called Suchitoto. Mr. Iglesias drove us there and on the way told us about some of the buildings and history in San Salvador. When we met him on Thursday we were having a discussion with Dr. Iglesias about Dengue fever, so we hadn't talked much to Mr. Iglesias. He told us then that he didn't speak English very well. We found out today that he was being very modest. Although his English is certainly not perfect, he was able to talk with us about history, his family, [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody! I am going to try to upload some of my Central American photos. We arrived in San Salvador last night. It is the capital city of El Salvador and is densely populated. One and a half million people live in the city with half that number living in shantytowns surrounding the city. There are not enough jobs to support that population. This causes a large amount of petty crime. We got here after dark and didn´t feel safe leaving the hotel. This morning we walked to a pupuserias to try the most popular Salvadoran food - the pupusa. They [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody! It has been hard to find things that I wanted to take pictures of in San Salvador. Most peoples are very unattractive and in bad shape. I took most of these in the Central Park area. I apologize for you having to get so many updates from the blog. We are heading out this afternoon for Tegucigalpa, Honduras. I called and tried to make us a hotel reservation but the lady didn´t speak English. I don´t know if I was successful or not. Take care, Everette [View Full Entry]

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Today Dr. Iglesias had a meeting with the US Navy about an upcoming mission trip, which was fortunate for us because we both were pretty sick (we probably should have listened when they told us not to get drinks with ice) There is a maid who comes to clean the apartment on Fridays, and she probably thought that we were the biggest losers because we didn't explain to her that we were sick. I mean seriously, who travels 6 hours to another country to lay in bed all day and watch movies. (tvshack was our best friend today, we downloaded 2 [View Full Entry]

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Today we went about an hour and a half north of the city to an area called Chalatenango. Dr. Iglesias' father came with us and he drove. It was probably one of the scariest car rides we've ever taken. We had to go up a mountain on twisty roads that were unpaved and only about 1.5 cars wide. More than once we had to slam the brakes as a car came in the opposite direction around a blind curve. To make it even better, the edge of the road which was a dropoff down the mountain was only protected by [View Full Entry]

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