Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, it's overseas I go.

[GendoTheGreat]

In less than a weeks time I'm off on a last minute holiday to the beutiful capital of El Salvador; San Salvador. The purpose of this thread is for people to post and tell me anything they know about San Salvador. Absolutely anything, no matter how trivial it may seem. I've searched the internet but I haven't found anything really useful, some personal experiences would be a great help. You could also email me at chooeychunks@yahoo.com.

[MeddlingMonk]

The best way to impress the locals is to step off the plane wearing a Ronald Reagan mask.

[GendoTheGreat]

Actually the last part of the trip will be by boat, but I'll bear it in mind.

[Darth Eggplant]

here are some sites Gendo which will

give you some insight into El Salvador.

The World Fact Book on El Salvador

or this one:

Lonely Planet guide to El Salvador

or there is this one:

U.S Consular Affairs El Salvador

or you could try this one:

Embassy of El Salvador Washington D.C

now this one looks cool:

El Salvador in Panarama 360 degrees

and finally this site too.

Gayscape Exposes El Salvador

these sites should give you an idea

of climate location, history both past

and present, economy, tourism, population,

political climate, etc.

so brush up a bit before you go.

no likes an accidental tourist.

[Darth Eggplant]

oh oh oh!

very important very scientific.

remember Bart's Australian phone call?

before you go watch the water swirl

down your toilet bowl,

then in Central America

watch the water swirl down the bowl.

I scientifically know they swirl

in different directions,

but you will be able

to see it first hand.

 

also if you can

stay in the airplanes washroom

the entire flight and keep flushing

until you see the water change direction.

have with you in inventory one of those

global positioning devices and report back

when you have the imperical data.

I bet there would be a Nobel prize

in it for you.

[GendoTheGreat]

I appreciate the effort, but most of it seems to be stuff I've already found out. I don't know exactly what you think I'm going to be doing there, but the last link doesn't help much at all. Though I suppose I could go dancing.

[Ztev]

Originally posted by DarthEggplant

oh oh oh!

very important very scientific.

remember Bart's Australian phone call?

before you go watch the water swirl

down your toilet bowl,

then in Central America

watch the water swirl down the bowl.

I scientifically know they swirl

in different directions,

but you will be able

to see it first hand.

 

 

Sorry to spoil the fun, but it doesn't:

 

http://www.badastronomy.com/mad/1996/coriolis.html

 

http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html

[GendoTheGreat]

It looks as though my trip has been delayed for at about a week. I don't mind though, as long as I go within the next six months or so I won't have to get my arm filled with holes again. So if anyone else has info on San Salvador, there are still a few days at least to share it with me. C'mon guys, gimme the skinny. Who's been to El Salvador?

[Darth Eggplant]

I told you I have been through

not all of central america, but

a lot of it. my trip was living

and traveling with the locals.

lots of metal tin, busses with

no shocks, people go to bed

in rural places early like 8pm,

no night life what-so-ever;

AND no monkey business.

officials and police believe in

payola system and bribes and stuff

AND IF YOU GET CAUGHT doing something

well let's just say these might be

your last posts ever.

Central America is fine if you are

going for cultural exchange and or

for a life experience or if you are

going as a 5 star tourist, but if you

are going as chowchilla charlie then

chowchilla bye 'it's sproutella for you'

[JofaGuht]

Places I've been in the world. Starting from closest to home

 

St. Louis, MO, USA

Northport, MI, USA

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

San Fransisco, CA, USA

Portland, OR, USA

Key West, FL, USA

Washington DC, USA

Richmond, Virginia, USA

Outer Banks, NC, USA

Cancun, Mexico

Madrid, Spain

A Caruna, Spain

Santiago, Spain

Sydney, Australia(heaven)

Perth, Australia