David
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"One Man's Love Affair with the Mundo Maya - Mayan world"
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51 years old
El Salvador
Last Login:7/19/2008
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| General | Marketing, Promotion, New Ideas, Networking, Travel, Languages, Latin American culture and history. Volunteering.....América Central...
El Salvador...
Proyecto Transmitélo ('Pass it On') Buscamos personas de nivel cultural e interés de superación personal. Les vamos, poco a poco, a ofrecer todo el entrenamiento necesario y el apoyo que los necesitan.
"La ayuda a empresas pequeña a hacer contactos comerciales en países de diferentes idiomas, ello se hace por Internet, por sitios Web bi ó multilingues
Apoyo por estudiantes, micro/macro empresa y individuales, asesoría personal."
Category: Human Services
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"Para llevar a cabo todo ello necesitamos representantes y voluntarios que puedan asesorar a los clients y explicarles todad nuestras actividades y servicios. estoy abierto a eschuchar sus ideas y opiniones ó expicarles cosas tal vez no hayan entiendo, evite malentendidos, por supuesto, ó si desean mayopres aclaraciones en ciertos temas. Esperamos que con la ayuda de Ustedes para el beneficio y el orgullo de todos los involuncrados....."
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message in English for visitors/volunteers planning to travel to El Salvador soon or in the future...
I, the writer of this tome, am a resident of El Salvador in Central America.
Recently we started a bi-lingual English/Spanish group on facebook causes called Transmitelo, which means 'To pass it on' in English, and if any of you are soon planning to travel to El Salvador or Central America and have skills to share with and pass on to less advantaged folks living way out in rural areas of the country, or even just time to lend a helping hand, send us a message on facebook or an e mail a couple weeks before your intended arrival.
Also check out Care2.com http://www.care2.com/ 8.5 million members
I am an active activist as possible, part time due to my age, but not the type of person who wishes to sit behind a computer screen all day and write on "fun walls" on facebook or chat with online strangers in that strange to me IM "chat language" LOL? Get my drift..?
Visit El Salvador, the rest of Central America and South America if you have the time and inclination, the people, the sights, the sounds, the smells and the enchantment of the coastlines and countryside, from steaming jungles and rain forests to the majestic snow capped Andes....
For more information on volunteering long or short term in either Central or South America without having to pay intermediaries large bi weekly or monthly placement fees click onto the web portals:
'Volunteer South America'
http://www.volunteersouthamerica.net/
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'True Travellers Society'
http://www.truetravellers.org/
I am on
http://www.care2.com/ at
Simple URL: http://my.care2.com/donlee23
Join Care2.com today and obtain your own share network..8.5 million members.
If you are just travelling through our region, excellent, native guides ready to escort you to awesome off the beaten path destinations, transport arranged.
*No "room and board" nor "stipends nor salaries" nor "free transport" neither "native guides" au gratis, etc. shall be provided for any visitor or volunteer from abroad, please don't even bother to ask (I shall delete any such inquiries myself) and as for seeking "employment" locally, well if you have marketable skills and a command of the Spanish language click on to http://www.unmejorempleo.com/index.php
and do carry with you proper attire for job interviews. No T shirts, shorts or fanny packs! Good grooming essential.
Those of you on a very low budget will find that that though time consuming and at times crowded and a bit uncomfortable, getting around El Salvador and Central America by bus on your own can be an unforgetable adventure and very inexpensive. Of course, use common sense and take precautions for your personal security. Never travel or walk alone at night, in cities and large towns best take taxi back to lodging place after dark.
Courtesy
Tropicooltours.com
http://www.tropicooltours.com/
| | Music | Anything except Jazz. | | Movies | All types of movies from romantic to horror, have several movie channels on Cable. | | Television | Have Cable for news and entertainment in several languages. | | Books | Have read over 3,000 | | Heroes | Vargas Llósa, Winston churchill, JFK, Robert Kennedy, FDR |
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| Status: | Single | | Zodiac Sign: | Libra |
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About me:
One Man's Love Affair Between El Salvador and Guatemala
Originally I come from the U.S. but I have lived in Latin America since
the mid-1980's. I first visited relatives in El Salvador in the late 1960's and fell in
love with the Salvadorian coastal town, Puerto de La Libertad, because it
reminded me of my birthplace, the coastal resort town of Bar Harbor,
Maine USA. I am also completely enamored with La Antigua, Guatemala, the
restored colonial Capital City of Central America, because it reminds me
of the town where I was raised - Colonial Williamsburg. I should have
known even then, that I was destined to return.
I attended University in Boston and New York but found the academic world
and the turbulence surrounding it on the late 1960's didn't suit my fancy,
so I began an odyssey of working and traveling abroad in the 70's. I
visited both Europe and Latin America, which broadened my perspective and
my linguistic skills as I learned to be conversational in German, Spanish,
Portuguese and Polish.
After a long absence in Latin America, I returned to Guatemala from the
United States in 1986, wher I became a Travel Guide & Interpreter for visitors to "The Land of Eternal Spring".
Eight years later, the Peace Treaty that eliminated the
"Civil Conflict" was signed in neighboring El Salvador. This restored tranquility to the
land making it, once again, an attractive place to live. Motivated by my
family ties and the memory of its scenic beauty, I returned to reside to El Salvador.
I labored for years as Tour Guide, Travel Writer and Trade and Travel Consultant
throughout Central America, some of it in the "Pre-Internet" era. In this year of 2005,
while there seems to be no lack of modern amenities here in the cities and large towns, I still love the
“other side” of Central America. The off the beaten path dappled with colonial villages,
where time has stood still and oxcarts still ply narrow roads. Uncrowded
and exotic hidden coves, beaches, bays and mangroves lay in wait to
overwhelm you with their beauty. Coconut and coffee plantations color the
country side with their abundance. And Mayan ruins are scattered
carelessly by histories hand, including Joya de Ceren in El Salvador,
which is the "Pompeii of the Americas." A typical Mayan Village buried
beneath Volcanic Ash for 1400 years; the only site of kind in the
Americas. The Copan Ruins in neighboring Honduras is considered the 'Jewel
of the Mayan World'. These are a few of my favorite placesÂ…
Towns and villages dedicated to the elaboration of arts and crafts are
spread all over the Central American Isthmus. I know of towns located less
than a couple hours drive from San Salvador's bustling boulevards where
horses and oxcarts often outnumber vehicles! And for adventurers there are
Volcanoes, Volcanoes and more Volcanoes. With the exception of Honduras,
you will be able to spy their cones in every Central American country and
a few are still active!
Many travellers journey to El Salvador hoping to add to their list of sites to
see “their idea” of indigenous people, i.e. “Indians.” Instead they find
that the population is made up of mestizos or mixed-race people. I was
once hired to drive a woman from El Salvador to Guatemala. She wanted me
to drive down San Salvador’s Boulevard de los Heroes which is known for
its hustle and bustle and always filled with Salvadorians so that she
could take in the sites, so to speak. As we drove, I noticed that she was
becoming more and more agitated. When I gave her a questioning look she
shouted in desperation "But where are the Indians?!?" I merely answered
"Be patient and I'll take you to them tomorrow out to indingenous village of Panchimalco.”
Patience was obviously not this woman’s strong suite because she proceeded
to borrow my guidebook, and I later found out that she took off to Costa
Rica that afternoon on her own, taking my trusted guidebook with her.
Which of course, I never saw again...so finally, with a sense of humor; a
lesson in life: "Take it or leave it, but never lend it!"
About the Author
David, a US Citizen and Ex Pat resident in Central America since 1986
is a Trade and Travel Consultant for all things Latin American. For
questions or tour information feel free to contact him. At present David is developing another travel
site specializing in Latin Travel and requires your feedback if you have
"been there and done that" or planning to return again. Of course, If you
are a first time traveler ("newbie") to the region do not hesitate to ask
David the "geek" a question
See http://www.theotherelsalvador.com/ for more information on El Salvador
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A wonderful Latin Lady, mature with older children ok, bi-lingual with a business head on her shoulders so we can make money...I do networking, marketing and sourcing...sé leer español 100% y puede leer y entender varias otras idiomad aparte del inglés e español.
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