Hola Amigos y Familia,
Well here we are in San Salvador. Our first bit of excitement occurred on the runway in SFO, when we began to accelerate for take-off, then abruptly slowed and stopped. The captain informed us that air traffic control had made a "boo-boo" (his term) and cleared us for take-off on a runway that was being used for landing a different plane! This after I had recently read an article about a study showing that these types of collisions are very likely due to over-worked air traffic controllers. Yikes, but no blood no foul.
We arrived in San Salvador yesterday morning at about 6:45, and after going through migracion, discovered that Maggie´s backpack was still in LA. No worries, it should be here manana, and our new friend Natalia (una Salvadorena que viva en france who was also missing her bag) helped us negotiote the lost baggage claim process, reccomended un hospedaje, and had her SUPER nice family give us a ride to the guesthouse which happened to be near their home. We only wished that they would have adopted us, because we love them and they are the sweetest people ever. This seems to be standard for El Salvadorenos, because everyone we´ve met has been very simpatico.
Looking on the bright side, having to wait a couple days for the backpack has given us the opportunidad to explore S.S. which we had not planned on but is very cool. Today we went to un museo de arte folklorico-home of the famous sopresas(teeny-tiny boxes with mini-figurines inside them; one even showed the process of sneaking into the US), and el Metrocentro, the "biggest mall in centroamerica" so Maggie could wear a different shirt besides her one tank-top that seems to attract attention.
More later, we´re off to find some pupusas to eat!
Love, M& H
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Oh no!! Backpac left in LA!! Nightmare - are you sure it is no problema??? How many days before you get it? Any estimates? I guess this might be a good chance to see how it would be REALLY travelling light - like with NO bags at all! This very same thing happened to your pappy in Guatemala. Or, you could just carry on like that had been your plan all along - travelling light and picking up what you need. Interesting and colourful. Let us know the outcome.
Where are you finding the computer?
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