Thursday, August 27, 2009

agreed!

i'm glad we could reach an agreement wherein i will joyously blog and you will delightedly read. as you may know, i am working in el salvador for the next year for the foundation for international medical relief of children (fimrc.org). i am working at a child and maternal health clinic in a ruralish area and living in the capital city of san salvador, or as i like to call it, "miami's spinster aunt with too many brooches who breathes smog and keeps fried chicken in her pocketbook." i've never been to miami though, i guess maybe once but it was night. might have been fort lauderdale.

so here are some pictures of some places. you can click to enlarge the picture.

san salvador and one of its volcanoes

look at this adorable toaster/coffee maker in guatemala city! even has a little spot on top for upright toasting. probably performs all three functions poorly. but cutely!

la puerta del diablo where i "hiked"

some tree

the end of places

it looks like a climbed some giant mountain with an eerie, rocky summit. that's true, but i only climbed the last fifteen minutes, we drove up most of the mountain, walked up, walked down, and then got pupusas to replenish our expended nutrients. pupusas are el salvador's most ubiquitous food, little corn flats with cheese or beans or whatever inside. but yeah, thanks for coming to my blog. teaser for next time: pictures from planting a nutritional garden with the micro health insurance group at the clinic.

5 comments:

  1. Ha ha, they love fried chicken in Central America! What is up with that!?
    Okay, before I even got to the end, I was going to tell you: Please eat 10,000 pupusas for me, and also mail me some. I love them way, way too much (but only CON QUESO) - the grilled cheese of Central America. Mmmm...cheeeese.
    ~Caroline

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  2. Things:
    1. It's been far too long since there was a Caitlin Quigley blog in my life.
    2. I was going to send this to Caroline. As if she hadn't already gotten it. Silly me.
    3. Please smuggle me a ToasterMate back to the US. Thanks.

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  3. You are living the dream, an inspiration for us all. Carmen

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  4. I like that tree. That is all.

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  5. I think I went to that same Papusa place, but at night. . . I wish I'd been there in the day. Greg would get that toaster/coffee thing in a heartbeat. I was in Miami once and I've also considered putting food in my handbag, though more likely a papusa than fried chicken. Does that mean I should come visit??

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