noun    A subdivision or neighborhood, often surrounded by a barrier, to which entry is restricted to residents and their guests Guess I was born in the wrong the wrong century as there are 2 things I find extremely evil in this one, Gated Communities & Sleeper Buses! My philosophy is this

‘nough said on the subject!! […]

Haven’t been able to post much in the last couple weeks as Claro, the only internet provider available here has been having connection problems. Today is the first time I have been able to upload any pics so will have to get busy on the B&B site. We were fortunate that the Tsunami that devastated […]

Skimmer & tubing al installed for the pool filter, should be taking a dip before the week’s out. Actually everything should be pretty well wrapped up by the weekend. Due to some restrictions on advertising here on Word Press, I decided to start a new blog for the Las Brisas B & B on blogger. Shall continue this blog […]

There’s an old saying (from WW1 I think) “Once they’ve seen Parree, you can’t keep ‘em down on the farm”. In reference to the doughboys from the country who served overseas. Same holds true for this ole ‘Townships” farm-boy, who had the good fortune to see a bit of the world + on a whim […]

Really getting a crash course in El Salvadorian ways in the new year & it’s still only January. So far we have learned that they are really serious about the age of imported vehicles & a couple ways to legally get around them. Also have learned, trial by fire, what the protocol for arranging a funeral is. Presently I […]

On the way back from my little Guatemalan excursion we stopped in the city at a notaries where we met the pastor of the church, that was looking at the bus, signed the papers for a tentative sale for government approval (churches are exempt from the import age rule providing the bus is “donated”. Life then […]

A new year, filled with new experiences, in a new country, this is good as life never gets a chance to be boring. I always was a pretty good judge of character, when the superintendent customs officer on duty when I spent my 5 hr entry process into El Salvador told me that the bus must leave […]

How time flies when one travels, lots of water under the bridge, lots of changes + I have changed myself. Just perused my old blogs, can hardly believe my first blog post was April 26, 2008 & that as of 1/2 hr ago there were 47,798 hits on it, guess some must find it interesting. My goals & […]

Hard to believe I have been here for 6 weeks, only seems like a few days ago that I arrived but am getting to know the places to go for the best deals around town & slowly getting things accomplished. Found my caretakers forte, cement work. That’s a thing where he makes sure it’s done perfectly, none […]

Another week has passed & it’s finally starting to sink in that my 2 years of traveling has come to a lull & I am truly an ex-pat living in a completely different country than I spent most of my life in. It’s one thing to travel & sleep in a different bed every night or 2 […]

When the medical team was giving me the instructions from the nursing home’s doctor & staff, I was hit by a surprise when the insulin came out with instructions on when to administer it. Now when I last spoke to the doctor he said that everything was controlled by pills & it wouldn’t be necessary to […]

Like the Duck in the movie we took to the river to!! Never one to be bound by convention or subtlety, it’s not surprising, then that mothers arrival was bound to stand out in both the minds of the medical crew from Angels of flight & that of the local community. First off, it’s not […]