Hotel Casa del Sauce San Salvador

... recalling the horror of what was one of the most brutal Civil wars ever fought.<br><br>I&#8217;m continuing to constantly have my mind changed about Central America&#8230;..when will the bad stuff happen?<br><br>I missed home all day today&#8230;..so I had to cure myself&#8230;.I bought myself a small packet of homemade cookies and sat at the back of the restaurant in the Perkin Lanca eating a couple and sipping a nice cup of tea. I thought to myself&#8230;well&#8230;. this is exactly ...

... the town (Los Planes de Renderos) to a pupuseria that sells specialty pupusas. Typically they are just cheese or cheese/bean or cheese/pork, but I was able to have a carrot pupusa and a garlic pupusa, along with amazing fresh mango smoothie. One of the best meals I have had here! The restaurant overlooked San Salvador, which was again a beautiful view.<br><br>Tuesday, 8/25<br>-Today was the big nutirion talk day! Meredith was busy, so Caitlin and ...

... are joining the modern world via something as simple as a beeping cajero, or cash machine to my fellow non-Spanish speaking friends. <br><br>We left the excitement of new fangled cajeros behind and the chicken bus came bouncing down out of the highlands through green tropical forests and then all of a sudden the outskirts of San Salvador just appeared. You can´t help but notice these slums made of corrugated metal and plastic tarps that serve as homes and shops ...

... time for each group of sponsored children and sponsors to either meet or reunite for a few minutes, and take photos, before they called the next group.<br><br>We were either last or second to last! When they called our names Pat sprinted so fast I didn't get a picture of the huge hug between he and Veronica, but I saw it! I was next for a hug and she has grown quite a bit and is still as beautiful as ever! Her ...

... children, and a whole gaggle of beautiful children! Walking out of the Salvadoran airport is the greatest moral boost in the entire world! Everyone is so excited to see you! I was immediately bombarded with a circle of hugs and adorable little people trying really hard to carry my 50 pound suitcases! <br> <br> Usually every year our singular mode of transportation is Jorge's fantastically amazing giant pickup truck, but he sold it this year!! :( giant sad face ...

... br>We took a hour and 45 min drive to the volunteer house. This country is so beautiful and i cant wait to see more of it! We were only in the volunteer house for 5 min and they told us to grab our water bottles and hit the road. We took a bus to the volcano that is around. We drove up the steep hill at 5 mph for hour. Finally We reached the top and the view was amazing. It ...

... ones and churning out black fumes through the cab windows. It didn´t take long though and we checked out the main plaza with its cathedral, tiled on the front by the artist Fernando Llort. Inside the church was incredible, the acoustics made the noise from all the buses and the **** house music blaring from stalls sound louder than outside! We went to another church nearby, the Iglesia de Rosario which looked like an old concrete station or aircraft ...

... might want to go next. I had thought about going to an area mostly known for its role in the war but decided I really didn't need to get another lesson in our brutality to each other. I certainly didn't want to stay in seedy San Miguel so hopped on the first bus to San Salvador. My first impression of the country is that it is definitely wealthier than Nicaragua ( not hard to do as that country is second only to Haiti in ...

Apres encore une bonne 20aine d'heures de bus necessaires pour traverser le Guatemala et ainsi passer du Belize au Salvador, nous arrivions a la frontiere... Sauf qu'il est 19h et que le dernier bus sense pouvoir nous amener jusqu'a San Salvador vient de partir.... Ne restent alors plus que les militaires et les changeurs de monnaie qui nous harcelent avec des taux de charlatans... Quitte a choisir, nos preferons parler aux militaires afin de savoir comment sortir ...

... old son was the perfect host, constantly whispering to his Dad things like "Offer him some water to drink", and "Ask him if he wants to watch TV". His three year old daughter was (understandably) more shy at first, but by the time I left was flying around the room in song and dance, and proudly showing me both her colouring book drawings and photos of their family holiday in Canada. To be honest my time spent with Carlos and his family was pretty touching, and only served to give ...