Hotel Santander San Salvador

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... a Select game, which is the soccer team of El Salvador. The team plays in a stadium called Estadio Cuscatlan, which is a giant red and yellow building really close to where we live. Right now I am here, Jake is here, and another American missionary named Nick is here too, and between the three of us, we took the family and our friends to the soccer game, there were 20 of us! The game was really fun to watch, but the crowd was super super crazy ...

... rush of words as the sales spiel is given, but I was able to purchase shower gel, something of an anomaly in Guatemala, but don&#8217;t worry they did sell soap. <br><br>El Salvador<br><br>San Sal itself is spread out with the safest areas being the rich western suburbs and historic centre. However, there isn&#8217;t much to do and trying to find cute and different places to go out was tough. There is a one must; Cafe La Luna north of the Boulevard de los Heroes ...

... with Pastors Anna Kari and Kristian Johnson. I come to El Salvador with them every year, and it is so rewarding to watch other people get &#8220;hooked&#8221; on the amazing ministries that are going on here! With this past delegation a nurse came, and she taught me very basic medical care techniques. Today I helped a man by dressing a large burn he had, and on Monday, a man whose wounds I dressed on Thursday showed me that they were actually getting ...

... young. We gave them this to put over their child's bed so the children do get dengue fever or Mlyria. It was great to see their faces!<br><br>We went to 25 houses and boy was i tired, we walked around the whole neighborhood. We saw some houses that were kinda well kept but still bad, then we saw some houses that were just horrible. they were small ...

... hats ein paar schoene Kirchen, aber sonst nicht viel. War aber auch nur ganz kurz dort. Ich ging dann weiter in den Sueden, zur Playa el Tunco am Pazifik. Ist voll der Surfer-Ort, aber zum Glueck nicht so wie in Costa Rica. Die Leute koennen tatsaechlich surfen und es haben auch nicht alle lange blonde Haare und Rip Curl Badehosen. Ist also ganz angenehm hier... Ich bin in einem super Hostal gelandet, sehr gemuetlich und nett und schoen. Habe tolle ...

... a bit angry when I wasa there so took the easier option of renting a body board instead. A lot of fun, but those rip currents were damn strong. There was not a drop of alcohol to be had for the three days I was here on account of the local elections taking place - a little curious but the excitement around the election rallies did suggest democracy is very much treasured here, despite the fact that politicians let the country down on so many occasions.

... to Guatemala, i felt totally alone here.<br><br>Outside of the center in a quiet residential area were a scattered few hostals, and very little to see or do, apart from the biggest western style mall that i have seen. This place is the opposite of Belize, consumerism and the international chains are rampant here. <br><br>There were only 2 other guys in the hostel, a Brit and an Aussie. They had a local contact who ...

... catherdral and a newly painted theatre. It looked nice, lovely. We also met the first of many real friendly people in El Salvador, Javier. We stayed in his hotel, which was really just his converted home. He spoke Spanish but looked very European so we thought he may have French but it turns out everyone here has a European look about them. He made us feel welcome, use his kitchen to cook and pointed us in the right direction to get the bus in the morning to move on. We then ...

... the city. It was an amazing experience and if any of you are ever in Nicaragua, HIKE A VOLCANO!!! While on our last trip to Leon, we also revisited the famous rooster fights to share some beers with friends and immerse ourselves with the locals in a "sport" they love so much. We also enjoyed some live music in the city and dined at the restaurants that have become our favourites, and of course, went to the "air conditioned" movie theatre to see the new Sex ...