Back in Central America
I´m back in Central America. I left Los Angeles late last nigh (Dave is doing much, much better)... Almost didn´t make the flight due to them exceeding their legal weight limit (people returning to El Salvador sure bring back a lot of stuff!). I´m currently staying at the Hotel La Posada Del Angel. I´ll be here for the evening and then off -I think- to Guatemala.
Day at a glace: I arrived around around 6:50am and hired a taxi to take me into the city- the inexpensive shuttle would have taken about two hours to arrive. I lost the directions to the hotel and the taxi driver had no idea of the place, so I gave him directions to a random hotel. Fortunately, the random hotel, Hotel Florida, had Internet access. After a bit of time explaining to Hotel Florida that I wasn´t interested in a room, I paid 1.50 for Internet access,located the address of the hotel, and was on my way - the person at the hotel turned out to be very sweet. Once I found the address, he offered to call a taxi for me, and told me to take a seat, relax and the enjoy the lobby while I waited for my ride.
Initial impressions of San Salvador:
- People are lovely and very helpful. Several minutes ago, a person from the hotel came by and asked if I´d like for him to call my friend so that she´d know I was awake - I´m staying in a friends room and earlier this morning, house keeping walked in while I was sleeping (I didn´t mind). She wasn´t aware that I´d already been in touch with my friend and went over to the front desk to tell them I might want to contact Eliza.
- During a couple hour walk around, it´s apparent that the city doesn´t have a vast back packing group- at least not in this area of the city. Some ways this is nice, but mostly something that is an unfortunate.
- Things are expensive. I walked into both a hardware and grocery store to price random items. And, everything was as expensive as the US, if not more. As an example, a yogurt was about .65 - .85 cents and a Central American brand beer was around $.85 - $1.20. At the Hardware store fans were around $30 and seeds about $1.50. Taxis aren´t any better. The 10 minute ride from Hotel Florida to Hotel La Posada Angel was $6.00.
All and all everything is great. I´ll be meeting up with my friend in a couple hours. She, her coworkers and I will be going out for dinner, and then probably dancing.
Day at a glace: I arrived around around 6:50am and hired a taxi to take me into the city- the inexpensive shuttle would have taken about two hours to arrive. I lost the directions to the hotel and the taxi driver had no idea of the place, so I gave him directions to a random hotel. Fortunately, the random hotel, Hotel Florida, had Internet access. After a bit of time explaining to Hotel Florida that I wasn´t interested in a room, I paid 1.50 for Internet access,located the address of the hotel, and was on my way - the person at the hotel turned out to be very sweet. Once I found the address, he offered to call a taxi for me, and told me to take a seat, relax and the enjoy the lobby while I waited for my ride.
Initial impressions of San Salvador:
- People are lovely and very helpful. Several minutes ago, a person from the hotel came by and asked if I´d like for him to call my friend so that she´d know I was awake - I´m staying in a friends room and earlier this morning, house keeping walked in while I was sleeping (I didn´t mind). She wasn´t aware that I´d already been in touch with my friend and went over to the front desk to tell them I might want to contact Eliza.
- During a couple hour walk around, it´s apparent that the city doesn´t have a vast back packing group- at least not in this area of the city. Some ways this is nice, but mostly something that is an unfortunate.
- Things are expensive. I walked into both a hardware and grocery store to price random items. And, everything was as expensive as the US, if not more. As an example, a yogurt was about .65 - .85 cents and a Central American brand beer was around $.85 - $1.20. At the Hardware store fans were around $30 and seeds about $1.50. Taxis aren´t any better. The 10 minute ride from Hotel Florida to Hotel La Posada Angel was $6.00.
All and all everything is great. I´ll be meeting up with my friend in a couple hours. She, her coworkers and I will be going out for dinner, and then probably dancing.
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