Siesta Hotel Casino San Salvador

... than a dollar a day and when you open your eyes and look round the poverty is almost overwhelming.<br><br>People dry maize on the side of the road by putting a thin layer of it on the tarmac and I guess the sun takes care of the rest. The amount of cattle on the road is mind boggling, every available blade of grass seemed like it was being gnawed on by someone&#8217;s cow. A cow being not the smartest creature on God&#8217;s earth just takes a mind to chew on the grass on the other side of the ...

... different world. There are such extremes here. Even though there are huge discrepancies in income in the States, it is a lot more noticeable in El Salvador - there really doesn't seem to be much of a "middle class." <br><br> I relaxed for most of the afternoon and did some reading; met up later with Meredith and her boyfriend for dinner at a taqueria up the road. The 4 of us played Uno to round out the day -- pretty uneventful, but I decided ...

... Salvadoran Lutheran Church, and she doesn&#8217;t receive a salary for either of the jobs she does. It is such a blessing to be able to live and volunteer with someone so completely selfless. She has taught me more about social work than I think any class every truly could. <br><br><br> I really hope and pray that you all consider coming to El Salvador in 2010! It is completely life changing, and it is absolutely incredible to see how much we can do together!

... a real nice few days, and cheap as chips too. We stocked up on breakfast, lunch and dinner materials in nearby La Libertad so that we could stuff our faces on the cheap, and apart from that we surfed in the mornings (the earliest I rose being a remarkable 5.45), read books or watched tv in the afternoons, surfed in the evenings and hit the hay shortly after dinner. If only I had the time and the money to sustain this lifestyle in perpetuity I'd be a happy lad!<br>

... of my Spanish listening abilities, but I feel like I got a lot out of it, so I was glad that I went. <br><br>After I got back from my meeting, my family and I went out to the "milpa", the corn field, to pick corn for the 6th of August. The 6th of August is the Day of the Holy Savior, it's a national holiday here. (El Salvador literally means "The Savior".) The milpa is in a town called Suchitoto, actually La Bermuda, but it's ...

Hola!<br><br><br>Today was our first day of work with the kids. And i must say it was truly amazing. These kids are beautiful and they all live life to the fullest, no matter what they have. Each childed has a smile that lights up the room. It is so great to work with them and see where they live.<br><br>When we got to the "center". we grabed a small wooden table and some benches ,set ...

... entschieden, das ganze Wochenende hier zu bleiben und auf die wunderschoenen Oster-Zeremonien in Antigua zu verzichten. Zwar ganz schoen schade, aber ich hatte eine super Zeit mit den Leuten dort. Wir haben uns echt alle super veratanden, das Hostal gehoerte sozusagen uns. Leider verstreuen wir uns alle in unterschiedliche Richtungen, ich verliess dann mit schwerem Herzen am Montag el Tunco und nahm die Reise nach Guatemala erneut in Angriff. Diesmal mit Erfolg...=)

... about hitting me and was apologizing in hand gestures to me about the incident. I told him I was OK and and we shook hands twice. We walked together down the block seeking refuge in the corner Farmacia and just as we were entering I saw the creep, now with a red bandanna across his face, standing in the intersection. Now it got serious as he had a 7 inch shiv or nail sticking through his middle and third fingers with padding in his palm. He also ...

... spent the afternoon on the beach. Having been joined by a guy from the US who was an extreme libertarian, all the political debates got pretty interesting and some of them managed to talk about the Iraq war for a pretty ridiulous amount of time. On Monday we came back to Juayua, a small town on the Ruta de las Flores further inland. Monday was independence day for Central America, so we were there to see lots of parades going through town and to join in with all the families ...

... ended up being quite a fiasco. First, we boarded late. Then, after sitting a while and taxiing on the runway, the pilot informed us that due to technical difficulties we were returning to the gate. Finally, after more sitting at the gate, we were told we had to change planes! Ackkkkk! Our flight from San Salvador to SFO was departing as we were finally getting the hell out of Honduras. Once in San Salvador, TACA airlines informed us that they were going to put us up ...