First post of May... 16 days into the month

Wow, slow month in posts.  One reason is that I've been out of town for a couple of the weekends and super busy with work during the weekdays.  We just got back yesterday from El Salvador, where one of my cousins was getting married.  A few quick observations so that I don't put off blogging for a long time and not get around to it:

  • It would have been a lot more convenient and safe if we spoke Spanish.
  • Gas was actually more expensive in San Salvador than in Seattle
  • The people who we spoke to from El Salvador were all really nice and friendly and welcoming (except the one crazy guy on our trip to the country - he was quite scary)
  • Lots of trash around.  Some looks like just litter, other looks like trash bags broke open and no one cleaned it up.
  • Security and razor wire would apparently be great businesses to be in.
  • The jungle/bush/wilderness we drove by/through was really cool and beautiful.  It reminded me of stuff you see in the movies, and made me wonder how people can actually walk through there
  • Amazing humidity and heat walking off the plane onto the jetway - at 6AM!  It hit you like a wave, and you could smell the humidity.
  • Being bumped to first class for the San Salvador to LAX flight was much nicer than the rest of our flights on the trip :)
  • LAX is quite possibly one of the crappiest airports I've flown through.  How is it that major airport and hub has such lousy facilities???

More to come later (pictures).

Published Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:14 PM by greg

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