Blogs from El Salvador, Central America Caribbean - page 48

Well its about that time to say good bye to El Salvador and my moms family. Its been very mellow the last few weeks here and it kind of reminded me of being at the cabin in Oregon. I spent alot of time getting to know my mom before she had kids from Marta´s stories and collected more pictures. Even though we hardly went out because I would have to pay we spent alot of time hanging out listening to records, drinking and staying up late just talking. So I think I´m now ready to start my trip. So far I´ve spent alot of time with family and getting to know my parents. I´m kinda glad to be moving forward and away from family gossip. So the pictures are of my last trip out to the ... read more

Just so you know my mom never came like she promised not because she didnt want to but it was costing her a fortune to come and see me. So she gave us the green light to drink the fucken tequilla I´d been drooling over for days. So I finally made out to see my uncle in sonsonate. Ofcourse I had to take Marta (the elderly lady) and the Yanet (the goofy teenager) with me. After a 2 hour bus ride we were in what I like to call in the heart of El Salvador. Dirt roads, naked children, women walking around with baskets of food and laundry on their heads and houses that look like the wind will blow them away. So we had decided since I would hardly get to see my uncle we ... read more

Ok, I know its a bit late but I´m trying to catch up here. I´m doing a 3 hour marathon session today since the internets are only .80 cents an hour. Well I´m glad to hear you are all enjoying my stories. This whole travel blog was Dan´s finding the day I left. My plan was just to email some of you, like before. I started with 30 of you and now its spawned dam near a hundred of you reading this. So before I recap my Mexican adventure days I´m gonna answer a few fucken questions that have not only appeared on the comments but also on my messages and even emails. After this I´m no longer gonna speak of this. So theres 3 fucken questions that I´ve gotten so far that I´m going, WHAT ... read more

Sur plusieurs plans.Tout d'abord, une vague de chaleur nous a envahi a peine entree au pays. La temperature atteignait facilement 35 degre, c'etait insoutenable. C'est aussi un pays de latino au sang chaud, nous n'avons jamais fait tourner autant de tete. Finalement, c'est sans hesiter le pays le plus dangereux visite jusqu'a present. La pauvrete, la delinquence et la violence y est tres presente. San Salvador est de loin la pire ville visitee. J'ai eu la mauvaise idee de sortir a 6h le soir pour trouver un restaurant Subway que les gens disaient proche. apres une serie d'indications differentes, Pascale a decide de rebrousser chemin, ce qui etait une merveilleuse idee, surtout que nous nous enfoncions vers l'inconnu dans un quartier peu recommandable. Le journal annoncait 15 assasinats dans les 30 dernieres heures dans la ville, ... read more

Ok, my stop in El Salvador was in fact only 49 minutes while waiting for my connecting flight to San Francisco. However i did play a song on ye olde guitar to a rather bemused collection of American business travellers and some El Salvadorian airport workers. Hence i feel i'm allowed to blog the place. Also i managed to nearly get arrested in the airport despite my breif stay for.. carrying toothpaste. Yep, apparently although taking umpteen TACA airline flights before, because this one was bound for the states, all of a sudden we were not permitted to "..gather in groups of more than 3 people in any area..." ooo! Also my innocent Colgate toothpaste was suddenly deemed a security risk. However after negociations as to the actual risk toothpaste poses, and demonstrating that it was ... read more