After sitting in a slowly crawling chicken bus for an hour past the broke down Rio Ateos bridge in the noonday sun, and being violently pushed aboard my former "going home bus" the 259, I arrived at the desvio for La Barra de Santiago and hitched a ride into town.
Since then, I've had delicious lemon juice covered fried fish, chuco, icy cold bottles of coca-cola all in my swimsuit. My swimsuit, juntos with "campo appropriate" layers. Shorts. T-shirt. I brought my twin 12 year old host sisters down to the beach today, and went swimming in a denim skirt and tee. Felt like I was going to drown.
The best part of it all is that I get to spend all day, every day with my former host family. Milena and I were up till 11 pm last night gossiping. While we're culturally from two different worlds, she is the best friend a gringa could ask for when it comes to good conversation and a good laugh.
Today is "Christmas Eve" in El Salvador, since we will be doing our celebrating tomorrow. Fireworks, pollo dorado, singing and most likely, lots of impromptu dancing on my part.
While I'm enjoying La Navidad here, I hope you all are enjoying Christmas there. Hasta la Proxima.
My 2nd year PCV haggard self with my girls.
The girls playing my guitar. I gifted it to them for Christmas.
I can't wait to get back to my REAL guitar back home.
She's got a style going
One of the twins preparing the fish for lunch.
The kids rolling around in the sand. One of the worlds most itchy games.
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