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. [...]

In El Salvador, a Solvencia is a Criminal History check more or less. We need it for our immigration process, and just like in the USA many people need it for a variety of purposes, such as licenses, employment, etc. As you might expect, the lines outside the police station where you must request your [...]

I Hate Parking Tickets. They Piss Me Off. I used to get several parking tickets per year that totally soured my attitude. I even got in trouble at work for being extremely late in paying them. (no joke). I worked for a city with a crack parking team. When I say crack team, I mean [...]

Seriously. Manhole covers are stolen everyday, that’s NOT the real problem. Living in El Salvador you find yourself barely noticing missing manhole covers, rebar sticking up out of the street, potholes the size of cows and actual cows in the streets.

My Spanish is not good yet, so interpreting and then locating the items on my daughter’s school supplies list has been a lesson for me. In El Salvador, supplies are provided by the student. When I say supplies are provided by the student I mean all supplies, not just books, pencils and uniforms. The list [...]

Today we wanted to go to the Mercado, but didn’t want to drive all the way to Santa Tecla. We had heard about the Mercado Municipal in the San Antonio Abad area, but missed it and drove around in circles. Fortunately, we had lunch with a new friend, and he gave us a tip about [...]

Living in El Salvador is sometimes just like living anywhere else. Last night we went to the movies. No big deal, but since I get mostly questions about everyday things, I wanted to talk about it. Here are some prices at movie theaters. Adult ticket at La Gran Via’s theater for 3D (extra charge for [...]

  It should not surprise you that the very same kid friendly attractions tour Central America as the rest of the world. One thing I have not seen advertized here yet is Disney on Ice, but give it a week or two! Our 5-year-old is as obsessed with Dinosaurs as our two adult sons were, [...]

This 4th of July, the family decided to visit Guatemala City. We wanted to see a few friends there, and to get out and stretch our expat adventure wings. Living in El Salvador means we are close to so many cool countries. This is a synopsis of the trip, and it may help you out [...]

  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 [...]