I Hope This Old Train Breaks Down...

To help understand why things are the way they are down here, I think we need to talk briefly about the recent history of El Salvador. Some ...

The school gave us new international hires a talk on money today, amongst other things. Some of the info I had previously gathered about the...

Geoff and I spent the weekend by ourselves, because the rest of the new international teachers were busy settling into their apartments. In ...

The country of El Salvador is divided into 14 departamentos , or states. Within each state are many cities, or ciudads . Geoff and I reside ...

Everyone here rocks the Hamiltons, or $10. In fact, that is the largest denomination dispursed by the ATM. :) -------------------------- In ...

Upon arrival in El Salvador, the customs officers issue you a 90-day tourist visa at the border. After that, your first order of business sh...

Last day before flying out! Perhaps predictably, these last few days have been very busy. Most of it has been purely logistical. Getting fol...