by Chris | Sep 20, 2019 | El Salvador, Foods, Living Abroad
Before I backpacked through Central America, I naively thought that all food in Central America is somewhat similar to Mexican food. It’s not. While Mexico is a leader in influencing latin culture, especially in Central America, each country has it’s own...
by Chris | Sep 20, 2019 | El Salvador, Foods, Living Abroad
Living in El Salvador, I’ve come very well acquainted with Pupusas. Before I visited El Salvador, I didn’t know anything about pupusas. In the United States, Mexican food has been infused into our culture. Tacos and burritos are available in every town....
by Chris | Sep 19, 2019 | El Salvador, Foods, Living Abroad
Horchata is a beverage available in Central America and also in some South American countries. Horchata differs depending on which country you buy it in because each country has their own preferred method for preparing horchata. Different ingredients can be used to...
by Chris | Sep 17, 2019 | Coffee, El Salvador, Living Abroad
I’m not an expert on the various types of coffee of the world. That said, I’m fairly knowledgable of coffee through-out Central America. Traveling the continent and living in El Salvador has exposed me to a lot of different brands of local coffee that I...
by Chris | Sep 9, 2019 | Central America News, Disappearances
In 2009, Santiago Meza López, known as “el Pozolero” was caught dissolving bodies in Lye to make them disappear for cartels in Mexico. He dissolved more than 300 bodies for Teodoro Garcia Simental, the leader of a Mexican drug cartel that wanted him to utilize this...
