Hotel Mediterraneo Plaza San Salvador

Once again, I have to apologize for how long it has been since a past entry! Life has been both uneventful and overly eventful all at once! <br><br>I have been doing the usual stuff...just working at Casa Esperanza during the day. I started teaching English, too! I'm not sure if I've mentioned that yet, but I teach on Mondays and Thursdays and I teach kindergarten through 6th grade. It has been very very challenging to teach them. It is the same ...

... had heard many a horror stories of a tourist being loured into a lonely pub, ordering beer and then being told they would have to pay $500 for each beer. Of course everyone in the pub would be in on the scam and beat you up and threaten to kill if you didn&#8217;t pay. I made sure when I bought the first round I paid cash, it only cost $3. Then we walked back to the El Salvadorian&#8217;s house to get his car and drive to a club. We went to the club and ...

... to Finca Tatin for the afternoon, doing a mid river boat transfer into a faster boat with backpacks half way back.<br><br>That afternoon I and another girl, Angela, from San Fran, took out a double kayak; we didn&#8217;t get far along the river until we found an abandoned dock. So we tied up the kayak and jumped into the river. It was warm and the current was really strong, swimming against it you were still going backwards. We were the only ones around; there were ...

First off I just have to say that I'm sorry I've been incomunicado! But last week we didn't do anything, and this week has been crazy busy! I don't have too much time to write right now, but this is something I wrote up for my church newsletter, and since it's a description of what I do everyday, I thought maybe you would like to know too! <br><br>As the bathroom light goes on, the closet doors open, and the ironing begins, I roll out of bed to join my ...

... literally means "The Savior" so this church calendar holiday is celebrated throughout the entire country, for the entire week, actually! All the schools have a week off and there are carnivals, and parades, and all kinds of fun happenings! The Lutheran Church of El Salvador has a huge march every 6th of August, so we all participated in that! It was really fun, and after the parade we came back to have a dance/party at Casa Concordia with lots of new friends, including a ...

Hey Everyone!<br><br>So today Jamie, Maddie and I were supposed to go to the malnourishment center to work with the little babies and play with them. but it didn't work out. As i have told you there is a big outbreak of the flu. Many children have been staying home and they wouldn't let us in b.c they didn't want us giving germs to the ...

... village about forty minutes from San Salvador. Its very nice here with lots of restaurants and a smaller, but nice point break right on the beach where I plan on taking a long board on doing some surfing "old dude" style. The vibe is very chill here and we found a nice place to stay called Tunco Lodge. And get this, there's air conditioning! In our room! Life is sweet, we'll keep you posted. Addendum: While we were in ...

... that were used for cultivation of corn, maguey and other crops. On the shaman's house you can still see remnants of carved decoration on the front. On the grounds of Joya de Ceren, Mario pointed out various trees including this young "Ceiba" tree. In English it is called kapok and was considered a sacred tree by the Mayans. As a young tree it, the bark is covered by these thorns but ...

... chivo              guay wasted      a pija              pedo friend        chero/a           tio/a shotgun     chongas         yo adelante (¿?) stuck up     fresa              pijo/a That´s all for now...it´s only my first week. Eso es todo por el momento...sólo es mi primera semana.

... able to give back in a community that we have fallen in love with. To be able to put a smile on a childs face that is less fortunate than us, felt pretty amazing. The volunteers were so very appreciative for all that we have done, and that being said, thank you to our families for reaching out and supporting us in our drive to raise some money. The children thank you. I will attach some photos of the event for all of you to check out. Jenn and Rustin