This will be a brief post, but I wanted to let everyone know that we've arrived safely in San Salvador. We left Managua, Nicaragua bright and early (actually, it was definitely still dark when we left in the wee hours of the morning) and took a 12-hour bus ride up to El Salvador. It was pretty cool that our bus and the bus of our classmates who were making the opposite journey just happened to stop at the same bus stop at the Nicaragua-Honduras border at the same time, so we got to see them for a brief moment. They seemed to be doing quite well.
We've been here now for a grand total of about 3 hours, and we've already had tons of culture shock. We went from the middle of nowhere to a big city. From a hotel where we occasionally didn't have any water to one where we can take hot showers. From a place where there are tiny little stores in people's houses to one where there are huge supermarkets. There's even wireless internet at our hotel!
So, blog posts may be more timely. (Pictures probably will not be any more frequent, since the computer that we brought (one we're borrowing from MSU) doesn't have a functional USB drive, so we have to borrow Alisha's computer in order to post pics.)
We're planning a volcano hike tomorrow, since Ometepe's hiking didn't work out. And then we start back to work on Monday.
OH! One fun thing I wanted to mention. Among other celebrations for Neil's birthday yesterday, we went to this super fancy mall in Managua last night where they had a movie theater. We watched a movie (He's Just Not Into You, or something) in the VIP room. Very nice... lazy-boy style chairs that recline practically to flat. People who come to wait on you. Very nice... OK. Will post more some time when I have a full tummy.
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