by Chris | Sep 30, 2019 | Coffee, El Salvador
When I recently wrote the blog article “Local Coffee in El Salvador”, I started wondering more about the Cacahuatique mountain region of eastern El Salvador. That’s where the most expensive coffee (green coffee) of El Salvador comes from. The high...
by Chris | Sep 26, 2019 | El Salvador, Living Abroad
My car broke down. While returning from the beach with my girlfriend and her mother, apparently the engine coolant (antifreeze) system broke and released all of the cooling fluid onto the road. I didn’t know this. Naturally, my engine overheated and this led to...
by Chris | Sep 26, 2019 | Central America News, Mexico
This story keeps coming back to mind so I’ve decided to write about it. This was all over the news in 2014, just prior to the time that I decided to trek through Central America, starting in Mexico. When did it happen? Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico which is about 40...
by Chris | Sep 23, 2019 | El Salvador, Foods, Living Abroad
The national liquor of El Salvador is called Tic Tac, or “Tic Tack”, depending on where you read about it. Supposedly it’s not the official “national” liquor of El Salvador. It seems they don’t really have an “official”...
by Chris | Sep 23, 2019 | El Salvador, Foods, Living Abroad
There are four main beers from El Salvador. I updated this number from three because I found Tourino recently, which is also from El Salvador. Beer is a competitive business in El Salvador, like anywhere. Additionally, there micro-breweries popping up all over the...