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El Amatillo Slideshow
Travel Blogs from El Amatillo, El Salvador
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off to guatemala
... was stuffed and everytime there was bass it made a horrible noise. we had to wait 4 hours at the el salvador / honduras border crossing (el amatillo... where we slept for the night) as they were closed around midnight, there was a guy sitting behind ...
These Little Blips Define Life
It is a Saturday afternoon in Nacaome and I have spent the entire day doing anything but accomplishing something. Chances are that I will have more opportunities to sit and write while I am here, and considering that the computer room also happens ...
How Do I Answer That?
I just finished a conversation with a fellow named Walter López that is an interesting reflection of what life is like for the gringo. I say reflection because it is not a direct understanding, but simply an example of the situation that is ...
Honduras- Traveling during a military coup
... laughter and fond memories that I think of this country that is currently unstable and not with fear or termination. The boarder from El Salvador into Honduras was our worst yet. It was time consuming (about 3 hours), confusing, and very unorganized. ...
The Soldier Boy Adds a Funny Twist
... ; I have already conceded to myself that I will consider weekends as travel times, either to Tegucigalpa to be with friends and enjoy things like movies and fast food, or to El Salvador or Nicaragua. There just isn't anything to do in ...
Through the Honduras roads
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My first month in the campo
After a month in the capital, my boss sent me to Nacaome, a provincial city close to the border with El Salvador. Nacaome is the epitome of a backwater. It's hot and dusty in the summer, and hot and muddy in the winter. My accommodations were what you ...
Hurricane Mitch: Eres Malvado
While glancing down at the blue corn tortilla I was eating, I could not hold back a grin and a chuckle as I thought about the circumstances I was living. On this particular day I had caught a ride in the back of an old Nissan pickup from the market ...
How Many Does it Take to Screw in a Lightbulb?
I have now been in Nacaome for a week, and I guess that is what it feels like it has been too. We are two days into the workweek and I feel like we have probably accomplished a day's worth of work. It is not that there aren't hardworking ...
Immersion Weekend!
... I alternately pretended that I was Bear Grylls or on Lost. The coolest part, though, is that it´s illegal to hike in El Salvador without a police escort (because of both drug and people trafficers near the borders), so we had two members of la policia ...
Potrero Grande Brigade
5 Dec 2008 – Potrero Grande, Honduras Served 167 patients in Potreo Grande, Honduras On the way to the brigade we got stuck in a river and going up the hill. We had to jump out each time. Of course, as ...
Arriving in Nacaome, Honduras
After a 3 hour bus ride from Tegucigalpa, we arrived at Nacaome. I jumped off the bus into a busy street full of people selling roasted corn and water. As I took my first couple steps I realized the streets are littered with trash and flip ...
Stuck in no man's land
... border to Honduras, but didn't. We should have. We reached the border around 9 p.m., exported ourselves and the bikes from El Salvador and imported ourselves to Honduras. When we went to import the bikes, we were told the office was closed ...
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