Hotel La Posada del Rey Primero San Salvador

... 8230;. Now there’s a silly thing to say. What I mean is that in my head when I think of Central America I see an image of a green landscape, tight twisting roads that roll through mountains with soft rain falling out of a windless sky….no doubt cultivated by Romancing the stone… we’ll we found it today in Perquin… this place is amazing. We’re going to spend the guts of tomorrow in the museum which is supposed to have a recreation of a guerilla camp and many ...

... the prevention of allergies). We then went to the airport to pick up 3 more volunteers who are in the MBA program at Wharton in PA. They are here to do some consulting for the micro-health insurance program. After getting them settled, we went out to this GORGEOUS site called Puerta del Diablo (see photos). We did a 30-minute hike and saw incredible views (we could see San Salvador, multiple volcanoes, and the ocean!). <br><br>-After that, we drove ...

... br>Beeping and annoying or not, what we take for granted is a novelty still for others I soon discovered. A young girl walked up to the ATM with what looked like her grandma and several old aunties. She withdrew some cash to a chorus of oohs and aahs from her onlookers and she proudly displayed a ten dollar bill (El Salvador uses the US currency) to them. Just think, back in the 80s this village was overrun with guerillas and the army and today its older ...

We had rain in the night but Wednesday was another beautiful day.<br><br>We arrived at Cerro Verde National Park, about an hour and half from Santa Ana, and the children and families arrived in a chicken bus. We waited in a group as each sponsored child was let out of the bus after the name of the child and the sponsor was conveyed via walkie talkie to our side of the parking lot. Such anticipation! Then there ...

<br>Well! I can't believe it, but July 22nd finally managed to sneak up on me, and very quickly at that! I arrived in San Salvador at 5:45pm and had absolutely no problems on the flights getting to El Salvador! I sat by a really nice boy on the way down who was visiting his family. His mom works for Continental, so he flew to El Salvador for $62, my ticket cost $668! Crazy! But good for him! <br> <br> I was greeted at the airport by Jorge, one of my host mom's ...

... off. The flight was not to bad, only 3 hours. <br><br>When we landed in San Salvador it was Hot and very crowded. There were people everywhere and signs everywhere that we could not understand. It was very weird. You know when they explain the airline directions before you take off, its always in English then Spanish. On this plane ride it was in Spanish first then English ...

... campaigner for the poor and the campesinos who were being killed or forced from their own lands and so was mysteriously shot dead as he gave a mass. We went on a little tour with a tiny nun who spoke great English and showed us the chapel and where he died and his house on the grounds with the robes he wore at the time still covered in blood. We got a cab from there back to the centre and sat in amongst thousands of chicken buses, all more rickety than the ...

... sandwich and drinks, pillow, blanket, movies...Very nice. The border crossings were incredibly easy - yes, crossings. To get to El Salvador from Nicaragua you cross a small stretch of Honduras. I got off the bus when it got to San Miguel at 8:30. The city did not impress and fortunately I had a line on a decent hotel and took a cab there. The hotel was right across from the regular bus station so convenient to where ever ...

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... it that acted as a kitchen and a bedroom for the wife and kids; the bathroom was a little shack in the garden. But whatever wealth they were lacking in terms of possessions was more than made up for by the love and happiness that they shared as a family. Carlos had told me before that his kids meant everything to him, and that every little thing he did was done with the purpose of trying to give them the best life possible. And his kids were very cute - his permanently-smiling nine ...