https://calderescapes.com The Calder's Global Travels Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:18:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://calderescapes.com/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-ce-site-icon-32x32.png https://calderescapes.com 32 32 https://calderescapes.com/posts/work-trip-to-la/ Thu, 15 Sep 2016 01:44:00 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=20243   September 14th We both arrived separately (booking screw up) and safely at LAX and met up at the hotel in Anaheim. Doug’s meetings are in nearby Santa Ana. Doug worked Thursday morning, we did some shopping and errands in the afternoon)and on Friday he worked until 3 when he picked up Fran and we took […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/la-tortuga-verde-our-fave-place-in-slv/ Sat, 03 Sep 2016 02:58:28 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=20228   September 2nd   So Friday, we packed up and went into town to have the rear brake rotor installed that Doug brought back with him. That took about 30 minutes and cost us $8USD! Not worth even considering doing it ourselves! We stocked up on groceries, got fuel, water and dumped our tanks and […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/heading-to-the-pacific-coast-of-slv/ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:41:54 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=20224   August 23rd On our second day at Lago Ilopango, we were a bit smarter and did our walking and Spanish in the morning when it’s hot not sweltering hot and after lunch went to the pool. Shortly after getting in, we met a young man named Fabricio who was here with his 11 year […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/nuestra-segunda-semana/ https://calderescapes.com/posts/nuestra-segunda-semana/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2016 00:03:08 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=19984   Our Second Week August 17th We left Juayua today and headed for the coast. Our original plan was go to Parque Nacional El Imposible but as it’s now rainy season, we’ve had some recent heavy rain and the skies are not clear all day anymore, we felt it might not be worth the trip […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/nuestra-segunda-semana/feed/ 1 https://calderescapes.com/posts/northwestern-slv/ Thu, 11 Aug 2016 18:50:27 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=19938   August 11th After an early start, we arrive at the GTM exit border about 8:10 am and we accept the assistance of one of the “helpers” – these are guys who work on tips helping you sort through the immigration process. They only charge $1USD and it saves you a bit of running around […]]]>