by Chris | Feb 15, 2019 | Costa Del Sol, El Salvador, El Salvador, Living Abroad
Costa Del Sol means “Coast of the Sun”. It’s a beach that’s fairly well known. However, it’s less popular than Playa El Tunco because it’s more difficult to get to and the nightlife is more quiet. On this day-trip, we only wanted to...
by Chris | Feb 14, 2019 | El Salvador, Living Abroad, San Salvador, El Salvador
For me, having a gym membership in El Salvador is a necessity. The food in El Salvador is so rich and delicious that it’s very easy to pack on unwanted pounds. Plus, a lot of the delicious sweets here have a lot of sugar. And I’m a huge fan of piña...
by Chris | Feb 3, 2019 | Central America News, El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
Shortly after moving to El Salvador, I was fortunate to be able to attend the celebration of the pivotal election of the new President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. I’m only a resident, so I can’t vote. However, everyone in my girlfriends family voted....
by Chris | Jan 20, 2019 | Christian's Travels, El Salvador, Living Abroad, Planes De Renderos, San Salvador
I previously wrote about visiting Planes De Renderos for my first time. This time, I went with my friend Stephanie and her mom. We at pupusas, hot chocolate from El Salvador and enjoyed the town area for a while. I’m not going to write too much about this...
by Chris | Jan 18, 2019 | Christian's Travels, El Salvador, Food Reviews, Foods, Living Abroad, San Salvador, El Salvador
El Salvador has a lot of good restaurant offerings, especially foods from latin culure. But sometimes finding good foods from more distant cultures is difficult to find. European and asian style foods are a little bit more difficult to find. I love Vietnamese food. I...
by Chris | Dec 1, 2018 | El Salvador, Living Abroad, Woodworking
After moving to El Salvador and living with my girlfriends family (her mother and brother), I quickly noticed that there’s a severe shortage of tools at her house. Her brother is the only guy living at the house and he’s not particularly tool friendly, so...
