Jul 25, 2009 - San Salvador, El Salvador (Cold Case)

When I arrive at my hotel in San Salvador, I look up where exactly it was in El Salvador that it happened. ... Archbishop Oscar Romero had been murdered by a right-wing death squad while celebrating mass in San Salvador in March 1980 (Roberto d‘Aubuisson, leader of the death squad and founder of the ARENA party, was never arrested and tried before he himself died of cancer in 1992). ... Roosevelt leads straight on to San Salvador’s ‘centro historico’. ... San Salvador city centre is almost choked with ‘commerciantes informales’, the new mayor who has promised to unclog the streets has his work cut out for him, and it is slow going before I finally get to the Plaza Barrios with the Cathedral and the Palacio Nacional. ... Pictures of San Salvador‘s past in the Palacio confirm that, like most Latin American countries, El Salvador was much better off in the 30s and 40s than today. ...

Mar 4, 2009 - The long awaited entry... Sorry!

Hello all! I cannot believe I am back in the States already.Hello all! I cannot believe I am back in the States already....

Feb 20, 2009 - Endearing El Salvador

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Nov 9, 2008 - El Salvador

We are now in El Salvador.San Salvador, a little scary. ... Not going to lie to you.We are now in El Salvador.San Salvador, a little scary. ... Not going to lie to you....

Jun 18, 2008 - El Salvador - San Salvador.

30am bus from Esteli to San Salvador from the Texaco garage on the Pan American highway just north of the town. ... Our journey took us through Honduras and into El Salvador, arriving in the capital San Salvador. ... The centre of San Salvador houses a pleasant cathedral but otherwise is choked with traffic and dominated by numerous street markets and decaying buildings. ...

Mar 8, 2008 - El Salvador

who would have thought the most 'dangerous' country in central america would turn out to be the best and friendliest, definatly glad i didnt bypass this awesome place march 8 san salvador-i worked myself up about this place so much that i didn{t want to leave the hostel, especially not after 6pm. ... i just wanted to get out of this place.who would have thought the most 'dangerous' country in central america would turn out to be the best and friendliest, definatly glad i didnt bypass this awesome place march 8 san salvador-i worked myself up about this place so much that i didn{t want to leave the hostel, especially not after 6pm. ... i just wanted to get out of this place....

Feb 5, 2008 - Antigua, Guatamala to San Salvador, El Salvador

Feb 5. Antigua to San Salvador, El Salvador. ... 240 miles 1945 miles from McAllen 2994 miles from home.Feb 5. Antigua to San Salvador, El Salvador. ... 240 miles 1945 miles from McAllen 2994 miles from home....

Dec 17, 2007 - El Salvador or San Salvador, which is it?

Got to San Salvador around 1pm got our hotel and then couldnt find a restuarant near our place so we tried the local fast food joint NSAH Pizza and Pollo, which unbeleivably was worse than Rancheros in the Panama city bus station. ... Well we enjoyed our very nice room at Hotel Tazumal in San Salvador. ... We have found the people in San Salvador to be incredibly friendly. ... We saw two areas in San Salvador. ...

Oct 30, 2007 - San Salvador

We are in El Salvador, in a small hostel in the capital city, San Salvador, after an 11-hour bus ride from Guatemala. ... But when we got to San Salvador, something in the bus cargo bay had leaked on my backpack, making it stink like the turkey had vomited rotten milk onto it, and then the cab driver got lost on the way to the hostel, and I had to work out the directions with him using a lonely planet map that he couldn't read and my spanish which is limited, and many, many hand signals, which did not include the finger, although I was tempted several times. ... So here we are, depressed to be paying $30 for a room in the hostel, but glad to have clean sheets and running water and a little peace and quiet.We are in El Salvador, in a small hostel in the capital city, San Salvador, after an 11-hour bus ride from Guatemala. ... But when we got to San Salvador, something in the bus cargo bay had leaked on my backpack, making it stink like the turkey had vomited rotten milk onto it, and then the cab driver got lost on the way to the hostel, and I had to work out the directions with him using a lonely planet map that he couldn't read and my spanish which is limited, and many, many hand signals, which did not include the finger, although I was tempted several times. ... So here we are, depressed to be paying $30 for a room in the hostel, but glad to have clean sheets and running water and a little peace and quiet....

Mar 10, 2007 - San Salvador City Tour

Here again we had a great bus tour of the Capital, its markets, cathedrals, and people.Here again we had a great bus tour of the Capital, its markets, cathedrals, and people....

Nov 29, 2006 - Meeting Kike's activist group and going to the Beach

Last night, Kike and I went to his meeting.Last night, Kike and I went to his meeting....

Nov 28, 2006 - Crossed the border to San Salvador

Crossing the Guate-El Salvador border, the bus was filled with the noises of people trying to buy Quetzales for dollars. I arrived in San Salvador around noon and Kike (Enrique) Andrew Bailey's cousin, picked me up and took me to his house. ... Tonight I am going out with Kike to a meeting he goes to every Tuesday, which is basically a youth group of Rotary International and they carry out all kinds of social projects here in San Salvador. ... After, he is planning on taking me out to a dinner of Pupusas, the typical El Salvadorean food of fried tortiallas with cheese or beans in the middle.Crossing the Guate-El Salvador border, the bus was filled with the noises of people trying to buy Quetzales for dollars. I arrived in San Salvador around noon and Kike (Enrique) Andrew Bailey's cousin, picked me up and took me to his house. ... Tonight I am going out with Kike to a meeting he goes to every Tuesday, which is basically a youth group of Rotary International and they carry out all kinds of social projects here in San Salvador. ... After, he is planning on taking me out to a dinner of Pupusas, the typical El Salvadorean food of fried tortiallas with cheese or beans in the middle....