Last Monday in El Sal

This morning we headed to the ruins at Joya de Ceren pretty early.  Just outside of San Sal we hit some heavy traffic that we sat in for quite sometime. After about an hour and a half of crawling we got to some police cones and the road narrowed from two lanes to one.  In the closed lane there were some random flowers and a small amount of fruits and vegetables but nothing that really caught my eye at first glance. After a second look I noticed the body that had been hit and was just covered with a blanket as the police looked on and hundreds if not thousands of people passed by.  Definitely one of the saddest things I have seen since being here.  What's even worse is after driving  20 minutes up the road to discover that the ruins were closed for the last day of the holiday and driving 20 minutes back to where the body was in the road it was still there.  It really puts into perspective how differently accidents are handled here and makes me thankful to live in a country where we have folks who take care of accidents in a much more timely fashion.

We went shopping for the last time this morning and hopefully will have enough food to last for the rest of the trip. We were honestly running pretty low over the weekend after not getting to grocery shop on Friday morning.  Tenke and I spent a good chunk of the afternoon at the pool and came upstairs to work on a few things once the sun went down.  I have spent the bigger part of my evening working on translating a children's book for our driver Don Hernan's grandchildren.  It is amazing to me just how much I have forgotten since undergrad. I would have been able to knock a book like this out in no time then and I have worked about three hours on 8 pages.  It is a good thing he doesn't want it tomorrow or this guy wouldn't be sleeping. As much as my spanish has improved on this trip I truly hope I can find a way to put it to good use once I get home. I have spent far too much of my parent's money (thanks Mom and Dad) and my time learning it to not use it for years at a time and keep forgetting more and more. 

I hope everyone is well.  The countdown has officially begun.  I think we are all looking forward to getting to the airport on Friday morning.  Hopefully clinic will be busy for the next few days and the time will pass quickly.  Looking forward to seeing everyone soon.