Archive for September, 2008

Sep
07
Filed Under (El Salvador, Honduras, Travel) by Iain on 25-04-2007

Before I left and during my trip I would watch CNN or BBC News and the most important news story other than the US elections seemed to be the rising costs of gasoline (or petrol for my UK readers).

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Sep
07
Filed Under (El Salvador, Travel) by Iain on 25-04-2007

I have been a supporter of the Foster Parents Plan (now known as ‘The Plan’) for many years. I had always been impressed by their advertisements and the fact that I would get a letter every few months from the kid that I was sponsoring.

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Sep
07
Filed Under (El Salvador, Travel) by Iain on 25-04-2007

As some of you know I have been traveling the Central America for several years but always during the Canadian winters. This means of course, that it is the dry season in Central America and rain is basically non-existant from Oct to March.

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Sep
07
Filed Under (El Salvador, Travel) by Iain on 25-04-2007

Well OK, maybe not exactly gourmet cooking but it was fun. I introduced some of the local kids to the joys of roasting marshmallows over a small fire.

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