René, crossing the Río Lempa en the back of a pickup truck

April 18th 2008
Nearly every day here the issue of immigration hits and washes over me from this "other side." A taxi driver I met in San Salvador had lived in Venice Beach and spoke fantastically vulgar street English, which he probably learned from working in a Mexican restaurant on Wilshire. When I asked him if he had been other places around the States, he said yes. When I asked if California was his fav ... read more

Central America Caribbean » El Salvador

El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a treaty that prov... ... read more

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Robyn

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I am currently in Central America to work on a project with ArtCorps (www.artcorp.org) in El Salvador. The rest I can only try to explain. Whenever I'm traveling, it's always nice to take a step back and think, "Is there anything else I'd rather be doing right now? Working? Sleeping? Wearing clean clothes? Eating familiar food? Staring at a blank wall?" The answer is always no (except maybe when it comes to sleeping and pizza--then the answer might be yes). Thus, I keep a journal. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/robynest Visited Countries M... full info

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