What's Up El Salvador

Over the past few months I have been watching the progress along Ave Jerusalem, and occasionally commenting. First, the city repaved the road, and then they installed a bike lane. An attractive center divider went up, as did small decorative obstacles which prevent cars from driving in the emergency or bike lane (though they also [...]

You know how some places have laws about construction times? San Salvador does not New restaurant going in at Plaza Futura. They work litterally all night. They quiet down during the day so as not to disturb the office workers Neighbor across the Senda. They work litterally all day and all night. In fact more [...]

I recently posted about a particularly egregious safety hazard on a heavily used street. The gaping hole on 87a Ave Norte. I happened to be driving by, and started yapping about it, mostly to be able to verify my predictions of what would happen, and also to illustrate a difference. A few days later, I [...]

This post is about a little non-denominational English speaking church in San Salvador; Union Church. It is not about my religion, but about a dynamic I noticed there that I thought was worth talking about. The church is located in a nice area of San Salvador called Mascota in Colonia Escalon by the American School [...]

Prior to moving to San Salvador, El Salvador I made a point to learn as much Spanish as possible. I had a limited Spanish foundation (California public schools baby!), and couple years ago, when I started considering traveling to Central America I enlisted the help of a friend in San Jose who is also a [...]

In a previous post about living in El Salvador I talked about how I was initially confused by La Cisterna, and had not though in terms of the water shutting off on a daily basis, on top of occasional problems such as the one described to the left en El Diario de Hoy I have [...]