Terraza Hotel San Salvador

... to let an elderly lady sit down on a bus in Europe is &#8220;No you cram onto the bus love, and I&#8217;ll hang off the back&#8221;<br><br>We left Libertad and headed south east towards the Honduran Border. At the town of San Miguel we turned north headed for Perquin where we&#8217;ll stay for two nights. Along the way we passed by a truck doing about 50mph with a guy resting on Melons fast asleep, you can see him in the picture above, It looked like he could roll out at any second. As we ...

... Artisan Market again was to pick up a painted wooden piece done in his style. There were some beautiful sculptures, too. A lot of the paintings were created during their civil war, so knowing a bit of what was going on in the country during those years made it especially interesting to look at the pieces. <br><br>-Caitlin and I walked from the museum to the market so I could check out some more crafts. They have so much there; probably 3 dozen little ...

... Suchitoto with our bags, several locals called out Buen Viaje, or something like that to wish us all a pleasant journey. We needed the wishes as we were trying to figure out where in the world the bus stop was. That got me to thinking that a lot of these people have probably traveled no further than the surrounding areas in their lifetimes and I wonder what goes through their minds when they see foreigners descending upon their peaceful little village. And how ...

... overlooks the main plaza and other colonial era buildings and the place echoes with street vendors and church bells. People relaxing and enjoying life seems to be the focal point of this place. How often can you sit at a sidewalk restaurant in remote El Salvador and watch a style of life so different than at home?<br><br>The best part is that no one has asked me if I am from CNN. I guess they haven't struck here like in Tegucigalpa.<br><br><br><br><br>

... family helped other families get land to resettle on, but by the time they had finished helping others, there wasn't any left for them. So they settled in a community, with a lot of other refugees from the war, in a colony called "Tierra Virgen." The space they were given was right on the train tracks...which wasn't a problem until now, when a foreign company decided it was going to reinvest in the train tracks to use for shipping ...

... We learned their favorite songs and we taught them ours. After that we had a little lesson. We were working on their English, it was great! We had these great materials to work with and the kids loved to learn.<br><br>Finally we played games and things like that. For example red light green light or vollyballl. It ranged and all depended on what the kinds wanted to do.The kids came ...

... from Roatan and had a few beers with them. We decided to hire a board and go surfing. I insisted we didn´t need a lesson as we learned in Oz and just needed to practice. I went first and got battered by waves trying to get out there and when I finally did, I just couldn´t catch one and ride it, standing up on the board was easy but the wave had gone and I was left standing on a board in flat water like a ****. Exhausted after 15 minutes I gave up and told Lucy not to ...

... washed Jene and I wanted our trusty steeds to make a hasty escape if necessary. We all felt that Burley was just a proud El Salvadorian who was trying to defend visitors from the obnoxious drug addict. I appreciate his efforts but we were doing OK with out the violence. Even with my background as a Ranger I am still surprised by how fast violence happens, and how you better be prepared to defend yourself and get yourself clear of the immediate ...

... pool and we all spent the day sunbathing (Hana was particularly keen to top up the tan before waving goodbye to the sunshine for a few months when she heads back to the UK tomorrow). Scott went his usual shade of deep red but then aggrivatingly turned lovely brown a few hours later - how unfair!! We all did very well, however. We randomly ended up watching this film called Zohan; i mention it only because it was the most bizarre film any of us had seen for along time and it ...

... beverage), we headed off to an internet café to see if we (I) could shed any light on his Canadian VISA situation. I mentioned last time that I was feeling a bit guilty / embarrassed about suggesting that I might be able to help him, and this feeling was worsened tenfold when I was put on the phone to his brother in law. Having suggested a couple of things that I thought could be the issue, I discovered that this man had been a Canadian citizen for over twenty years, had already ...