What's Up El Salvador

Last week my daughter’s school held the annual pre-school intramurals. I must admit, I did not know what an intramural is, we did not have them at any school I attended, but I figured it out. I was already in the family gathering mood, since the week prior to the intramurals, the school hosted a [...]

Another Installment in the series about the costs of everyday living in El Salvador. Although I prefer to think of myself as a globe-trotting, coffee-sourcing, beer-brewing international expat living abroad in the tropics; truth is that despite all that sexy sauce I am also a dad and husband. Today is some pretty random stuff cause [...]

Although I prefer to think of myself as a globe-trotting, coffee-sourcing, beer-brewing international expat living abroad in the tropics; truth is that despite all that sexy sauce I am also a dad and husband. And in that role I constantly find that I have to bleed cash (otherwise known as buy things) on all kinds of stuff. This is a series on the costs of various items in El Salvador.

From what we have observed: Warning:  Not a study. All numbers are based on asking people what they make, what their families make, and reading newspapers/reports in a language I barely understand. Kindness appreciated. Tweet    I cannot say what all employment in El Salvador is like, but from what I’ve seen, money is out there, [...]

In the latest issue of Escape From America Magazine is an article we wrote for the magazine. It is titled: 8 Things We Love About Our Expat Life in El Salvador and 3 Things We Don’t Like.   Here is an excerpt:   Read the article to see what we don’t like about living in [...]