What's Up El Salvador

Depending on where you land, “Living in El Salvador” can mean almost anything. You could be living in hot, humid, low-lands, on a tropical beach or living in crisp cool mountains. You could be in a tiny cement block square with no running water, or shopping at an air conditioned mall while eating a Cinnabon. [...]

  Five weeks into the journey and all of us are a little worn. We are alternating between hiding at our computers, forcing ourselves out to meet people on a more genuine level, and making fun of each others mistakes (not always a good idea). Our girl overall has taken the new stress like a [...]

Some people are only semi-adventurous. I think they too have a right to have fun without friends shouting that they are not punk rock, anymore. This video shows some examples of kinder and gentler extreme sports. For those travelers who aren’t complete Stick-in-the-muds, but who are not ready to zip-line through the jungle, or bungie [...]

Today was the first frightened and tearful night with my tiny expat. At five years old she has been here for longer trips with us before, but she knows this is different. Her first efforts to play with other kids were not perfect, but from the outside looked pretty good. One child spoke some English, [...]