tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352627662024-02-19T05:16:48.796+00:00Home is where the heart is [3]A place for random and non sense thoughts.
By Pedro VilaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777175770378388841noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35262766.post-35674666131748826452009-10-13T21:42:00.003+01:002011-10-30T12:50:47.099+00:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: arial;">Antonio Blanco Rodriguez -Tony R.I.P. 1965-2009</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="color: silver;">My best friend and brother <span style="color: #ff9900;">Antonio Blanco</span> [Tony] got murdered in El Salvador last Friday 11th September 2009. I'm still in shock. He got shot seven times on the chest by 3 people when he was driving his motorbike </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: silver;">on his way home.<br />El Salvador Police </span></span><span style="color: #999999;">(PNC)</span> <span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: silver;">is investigating. they </span></span><span style="color: silver; font-family: arial;">said that the incident occurred in the village of San Antonio Abad of Los Indios, in the jurisdiction of Maple City-Ciudad Arce, 40 miles west of San Salvador.</span><br />
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<span style="color: silver; font-family: arial;">He wasn’t only my friend, he was my brother.</span><br />
<span style="color: silver; font-family: arial;">I spoke with him the very same morning as he was visiting Spain for a few weeks and also coming to see me in Madrid this very Wednesday </span><span style="color: silver; font-family: arial;">he did send me this photo.</span> <span style="color: silver; font-family: arial;">Probably the last photo of him</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNcYa4RvMrvax_5J2sNxwvuS04vi6ngcXlFR6IdiM4CPpAWJEJ_6pHNxvAaTST5FQQKlY-zrA2sBgAn3ySolm8dkd7n0lcsIbmBbHPwD7X4lbK3pljZJu6BSOegGJ9ODcHTS0tA/s1600-h/antonio+blanco+rodriguez+RIP.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381375544974501698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNcYa4RvMrvax_5J2sNxwvuS04vi6ngcXlFR6IdiM4CPpAWJEJ_6pHNxvAaTST5FQQKlY-zrA2sBgAn3ySolm8dkd7n0lcsIbmBbHPwD7X4lbK3pljZJu6BSOegGJ9ODcHTS0tA/s400/antonio+blanco+rodriguez+RIP.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: silver; font-family: arial;">Antonio Blanco Rodriguez R.I.P. 1965-2009</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: silver; font-family: arial;">Toni was a very special person, unique, one in a million and he also literally saved my life years ago. We lived loads of intense experiences together since our teenage days on the 80s.. So many memories.....</span><br />
<span style="color: silver; font-family: arial;">He was a single parent and leaves a 4 year old beautiful girl called '<span style="color: #3333ff;">Maya Blanco</span>'.</span><br />
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<span style="color: silver; font-family: arial;">But nobody dies if you keep his memory alive. And I will make sure this is gonna happen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Love you mate and will never forget you, because to me you are not gone.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">R.I.P. brother<br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">We have created a group for <span style="color: #3333ff;">Antonio Blanco Rodriguez</span> [Tony] in Facebook [See link below]. This is an open group for everyone to share memories and keep his flame alive.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">If you have photos or you crossed paths with him in the past, please share your story with us all.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #33cc00; font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#/group.php?gid=158272772051"><span style="color: #ffcc00;">Antonio Blanco Facebook group</span></a><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Hemos creado un grupo en Facebook [Link arriba] para que todas aquellas personas que tuvimos la suerte de conocer a <span style="color: #3333ff;">Antonio Blanco Rodriguez</span> [Tony] podamos compartir aniversarios, memorias, anecdotas o fotos y así de ahora en adelante mantener siempre su memoria viva.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Gracias</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Here is a video I recorded with Tony in our skyjet trip in rio Dulce Guatemala on the way to Belize in August 2006. </span><br />
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<a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2970007" style="color: silver; font-family: arial;">Antonio Blanco Rodriguez&Pedro Vila in Izabal Lake [Rio Dulce]</a><object height="360" width="425"></object></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 78%;"><br /><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2970007">Antonio Blanco Rodriguez&Pedro Vila in Izabal Lake [Rio Dulce]</a><br /><object height="360" width="425"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true">
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<span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">link news english:</span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 85%;"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.barcelonareporter.com/index.php?/news/comments/spanish_citizen_antonio_blanco_rodriguez_43_shot_dead_in_el_salvador/" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #3366ff;">http://www.barcelonareporter.com/index.php?/news/comments/spanish_citizen_antonio_blanco_rodriguez_43_shot_dead_in_el_salvador/</span></a><br /></span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">Link Noticia en Español:</span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 85%;"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.lavanguardia.es/sucesos/noticias/20090913/53784663627/asesinan-a-un-ciudadano-espanol-en-el-salvador.html" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #3366ff;">http://www.lavanguardia.es/sucesos/noticias/20090913/53784663627/asesinan-a-un-ciudadano-espanol-en-el-salvador.html</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777175770378388841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35262766.post-1159617468294413552006-09-30T12:54:00.000+01:002009-09-14T12:49:46.392+01:00<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:arial;" >Honduras and Guatemala photos</span></div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20120.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20120.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:arial;" >Anonas , delicious but strange fruit</span><br /></span></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20348.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20348.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20236.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20236.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Honduras Bay Islands</span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20099.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20099.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20072.2.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20072.2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Nadia</span> </span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20047.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20047.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Jeremy</span> </span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20032.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20032.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:arial;" >Triunfo De La Cruz Honduras</span> </span></span></p><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20133.0.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20133.0.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:Arial;" >lol</span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20120.1.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20120.1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20128.0.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20128.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >This is The End...</span></span><br /></div><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20022.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20022.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="left"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" >I had such a great time. </span></p><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" >The trip didn’t disappoint me a bit. It did have all the perfect ingredients for a holiday. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" ></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" >I am also very glad things are still the same with my friend, like they used to be.<br />Nothing has changed.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" >Next year hopefully we will go somewhere else, maybe <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Colombia</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Nicaragua</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Panama</span> perhaps. </span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" >This time I really hope we dont have to wait another 10 years to see each other, brother. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" ></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" ></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" >Ace. </span></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">Now the Doors are open again.</span> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span></div><div align="center"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Apologies for spelling mistakes and the language barrier. I did my best, believe me. And also thanks to my friend from <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Holland</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Yvo</span> [Furry Happy Monster] for spell check assistance.</span></div><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:georgia;" ><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This blog about my trip is dedicated to all the people I' ve meet during this days, who have no Internet access, and probably will never see this site.</span> </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" >Pedro Vila</span></div></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777175770378388841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35262766.post-1159574829339476402006-09-30T01:05:00.000+01:002006-12-04T21:46:44.923+00:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#3333ff;"><strong>Some Photos</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#000066;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;"></span></strong></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20343.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20343.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;color:#999999;">San Salvador City Center </span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20179.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20179.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;color:#999999;"> I would chop my hand already</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20182.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20182.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20186.2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20186.2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20195.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%203%20Summer%202006%20195.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;">Pedro Vila</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777175770378388841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35262766.post-1159574711063228092006-09-30T00:50:00.000+01:002009-09-14T12:52:42.519+01:00<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" >'La Colocha' Ranch-Zapotitan-El Salvador<br /></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20220.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20220.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Antonio Blanco Rodriguez [Tony] ranch 'La Colocha' near Ciudad Arce</span></span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20202.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20202.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20106.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20106.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Volcano</span> </span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20119.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20119.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20022.3.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20022.3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Yummie!<br /></span><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20024.jpg"></a><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:arial;" ></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:arial;" ></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:arial;" ></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:arial;" ></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >My friend needed a quick operation on his elbow, so I decided to wait for him in the nearest 'Mall' in <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">San Salvador city center</span>. It was funny because I never go to this sort of places here in Spain, but there you go. The place was huge, apparently they are the bigger ones in Central America.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);">While I was waiting for my friend in the Mall, while he was operated, I had a few nice <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Cocktails</span>.</span><br /><br /></span><br /></div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20021.jpg" border="0" /> </a><p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >And Im not telling you about the woman in El Salvador!</span> </span></p><p align="justify"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Antonio Blanco Rodriguez [Tony] </span>came about 6 pm. He was great and the operation went OK. We celebrated it with some more booze, and a huge cigar.<br /><br />There was no Jeep anymore, but <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Tony</span> had other vehicles.<br /></span></span></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20017.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20017.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >This</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20216.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20216.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:arial;" > <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >and this</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20232.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20232.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Cheeky Bugger</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20224.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20224.1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >' La Colocha' Ranch near ciudad Arce. Tony's employees.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777175770378388841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35262766.post-1159572728463801782006-09-30T00:30:00.000+01:002009-09-14T12:54:12.012+01:00<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:arial;" >La Colocha Ciudad Arce Tony's Ranch</span></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">My friend Antonio Blanco Rodriguez [Tony] wanted to show me his ranch. Something he has put lots of effort and energy into.<br /><br />Like everything he does really.</span> </span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20031.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20031.jpg" border="0" /></a><p align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >It’s called <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">'La Colocha'</span> which means curly hair, like his girlfriend <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Ana</span> has. It was located in a place called '<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Zapotitan</span>' in 'La Libertad' Department.<br /><br />It was right in the middle of the jungle.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:arial;">So we took the Mini and drove to my friend's ranch.<br />When the Mini couldn’t go further, we rang my mate’s employee <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Manuel</span> and he picked up us with a Toyota 'pick up' and then he gave us a lift to the ranch.</span><br /></span><br /><br /></p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20036.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20036.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20086.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20086.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >On the way to the ranch. Locals</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20069.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20069.0.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Tony's Dogs</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20068.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20068.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><p align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >My friend’s dogs are 'Golden Retrievers'. He has two. He bought them in <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Colombia</span>. They got mad with the goose or ducks whatever it was. The dogs did have fun while we tried to stop them, I guess the ducks didn't.</span> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777175770378388841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35262766.post-1159570605490087372006-09-29T23:45:00.000+01:002009-09-14T12:55:01.328+01:00<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Zapotitán El Salvador</span><br /></span></span><br /></div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20085.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20085.jpg" border="0" /> </a><p align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >I forgot my mosquito repellent [Remember, over here Repellent it does makes the difference!], so when the sun was gone they almost annihilated me!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Antonio Blanco Rodriguez [Tony] </span>is working on his ranch, he planted Palm trees and all sorts of other tropical plants. One day it will be finished.<br /><br />We went to the river near the ranch. There was some fishermen with nets trying to catch some fish. I was told the task could take a few minutes or perhaps all day. They wouldn’t stop until they got some fish. It was their food for the day. </span></p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20079.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20079.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20075.jpg" border="0" /> </a><p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >River fisherman</span> </p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20090.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20090.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20101.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20101.jpg" border="0" /> </a><p align="justify"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >We saw this woman doing the laundry in the river. Lots of people do that. Some people cant afford washing machines in <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">El Salvador.</span> </span><br /><br /></p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20098.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20098.jpg" border="0" /></a><p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >The water in 'Congo' river looked so clean!.</span> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777175770378388841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35262766.post-1159569898292907112006-09-29T23:33:00.000+01:002009-09-14T12:55:21.218+01:00<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>Sonsonate-Salinitas, El Salvador</strong></span><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20269.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20269.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20305.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20305.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Mayan Sculpture</span></span></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20335.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20335.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Salinitas Beach-El Salvador<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20334.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20334.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20293.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20293.0.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Wanna swap jobs?</span> </div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777175770378388841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35262766.post-1159565454430313312006-09-29T22:17:00.000+01:002009-09-14T13:00:24.883+01:00<div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Honduras an exciting trip with my best friend Antonio Blanco Rodriguez</span><br /></span></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20111.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%202%20Summer%202006%20111.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">My friend Antonio Blanco Rodriguez lives in El Salvador. I went to visit him in 2006. We traveled all over central America. We also visited Guatemala and Honduras</span>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-family: arial;">Here are some of the photos I took</span><br /></p><div align="left"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20277.jpg"><img style="" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20277.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="left"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" > Kids repair the wholes on the road for some change</span> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:arial;" ></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:arial;" ></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:arial;" ></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:arial;" ></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Avin' a Break</span></strong> </span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><br /></div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20297.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20297.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >The poor fucker above was on sale. They do soups with Lizards over here. Apparently they are very good for you!</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:georgia;" ><br /></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20232.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20232.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20199.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20199.0.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Mountains on the way to La Ceiba</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20219.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20219.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:georgia;" >On the way to la Ceiba we thought it was time of a break. My brother suggested some proper shower, good food&drinks and take a well deserved rest. I Didn't argue with him.</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20220.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20220.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">Antonio Blanco Rodriguez [Tony]</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);">We booked a couple of nights in 'Quinta Real Hotel’ in <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">La Ceiba</span>.</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20222.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20222.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Tony on full display of Mediterranean sex-appeal.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:georgia;" >Honduras Bay Islands were waiting for us!</span></span> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777175770378388841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35262766.post-1159562826765082972006-09-29T21:19:00.000+01:002009-09-14T13:02:01.763+01:00<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" >The Garifunas a little history<br /><br /></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:Arial;" ></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:Arial;" ></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:Arial;" ></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:Arial;" ></span></strong></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >The last night I was in <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">'Triunfo de La Cruz'</span> I chatted over few nice Coronas with this old <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Garifuna</span> fella. He was a sort of Social Assistant worker.<br />He was employed by the government. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >He was encharged of an education project for the Garifunas.<br /><br /></span> </span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ></span></div><div align="left"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20100.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20100.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:arial;" >Triunfo Beach</span> </span></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><div style="font-family: arial;" align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >I was interested in the Garifuna culture so I kept asking him questions. </span></div><div style="font-family: arial;" align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >He was telling me how concerned he was about the imminent loss of identity of the <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Garifuna</span> community. The same old story. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);">The youngsters leave and go to the big cities abroad, in this case the USA, so they lose their own language and tradition. The local <span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">Garifuna </span>youngsters don’t work anymore because they receive little amounts of giros from their relatives in the US. They dont have their traditional crafts or the delicious Yuca bread anymore.<br />The Garifuna were traditionally catholic but our old man was commenting about the increase of new churches in town, Jehová witnesses, baptists etc.... they were brought in from North America too.</span><br /></span><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20107.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20107.1.jpg" border="0" /></a>My friend Antonio Blanco Rodriguez lives in El Salvador</span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20109.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20109.0.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><p align="justify">Tony playing with the kids</p></span></div><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><p align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;">There are plans already to build a big resort in the area. That will probably be the end of the Fisherman </span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:100%;" >Garifuna Culture</span><span style="font-size:100%;">?</span><br /><br />I really hope not...</span><br /></span></span><br /></p><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20094.4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20094.4.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Girls and Jeremy-Garifuna Kids</span><br /></span><br /></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gar%C3%83%C2%ADfuna"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GarÃfuna</span></a> </div></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777175770378388841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35262766.post-1159561171005089262006-09-29T20:56:00.000+01:002009-09-14T13:36:57.438+01:00<div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" >Triunfo de la Cruz. Honduras part 2</span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:Arial;" ></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:arial;" ><br /></span></strong></div><strong></strong><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >We stayed at 'Hotel Colon', some bungalows placed few yards from the sea, owned by an old Garifuna fella called 'Margarito'. [Or at least we call him like this] :-D<br /><br />The bungalows were decent and clean. And it was extremely cheap, everything was cheap. You could even hear the waves at night. It was very relaxing.<br /><br />Bahia local lager was excellent so was Port Royal!<br /><br />There weren’t many people at the Margaritos bar on the beach. Just a Dutch girl who worked for a Theatre company and was relaxing few days, and a German hippie couple. Those were the only foreign people we could find in the whole area.The German guy was very angry at Iberia [Spanish airlines] because they had lost all their luggage. I spoke a bit with him and shared a couple of spliffs, he recommended me to go and visit some <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Honduras Islands, Roatan, Utila and Guanaja</span>. We did that a couple of days later.<br /><br />I spoke with a black guy who told me there was a live theatre comedy they were rehearsing that night in the social community center. Tony&me, the Dutch girl and the German couple we were all invited.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Antonio Blanco Rodriguez</span> Tony finally enjoyed his <em>Seadoo</em> ride in <span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">Honduras</span> too.<br /><br />We went to the theatre rehearsal in the late afternoon. It was in the Garifuna language, so we didn’t understand a bloody thing. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >But it was fun, they were doing African chants and dancing all the time. It looked to me like a love story between two guys and a young girl. There were about 30 or 40 kids and young teens around. They seemed to have a very good time laughing non stop. Soon I realized we were the only whiteys around.<br /><br />I meet also Jeremy. I felt sorry about him as he had a kind of disease on his skin feet . But he didn’t seemed bothered. He wanted me to take pictures of him, so he could see them on the camera afterwards and have a good laugh.<br /><br />Jeremy's friends were there too.<br /><br />We stayed a couple of nights there, but there wasn’t much else to do than relax and relax, so we decided it was time to move.<br /><br />The places the German guy told me about sounded very good.<br /><br />I was looking for ' the beach' and I knew things could get even better.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" ></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >My <span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">Garifuna</span> friend turned up with his brother and his grandad. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >He was the coal supplier in town. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" ></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >I gave him my Pretzl head lamp I use normally when I climbed mountains. He was so pleased with it. He told me how useful it would be for him on dark nights when he had to supply the coal. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" ></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >Although it had 3 small batteries and I was unsure if he would ever be able to affort to buy some. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >Bit later, the kid asked me for a soda, so did his brother Genar which seemed 1 or 2 years older than him. At this time of the night, shouldn't be kids on bed? I thought, it was over midnight.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" ></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >I think it was time for a crab hunt contest.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;" ></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20156.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20156.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:85%;" > Erzun's Grandad</span></span><br /></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >I offered the sodas [Refresco] and some crisps who brought the bigger crab. Them wee little fuckers normally come to the beach at night. It was full moon and just when they left to hunt the little creatures, it started to rain heavily again.<br />It was the rainy season [May to November], so you expect the odd heavy but brief rain.<br />There was thunder and lightning too.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >I felt guilty about the kids, but 5 minutes later they turned up with the crabs! The lightning helped them.<br /></span><br /></div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20180.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20180.0.jpg" border="0" /> </a><p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >I think we have two winners, innit?</span> </span></p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><p align="justify"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Genar</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);">and</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Erzun</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >wanted me to take a photo of them in the watercraft, but there was not enough light, so they asked me when we were leaving, and I told them early in the morning.<br /><br />And guess what, next morning about 6 am....There were the kids!</span></span></p></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" ><br /></span><br /><br /><p></p><p align="justify"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20186.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20186.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/1600/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20185.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1683/2916/320/El%20Salvador%204%20Summer%202006%20185.1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >We had to go. It was a fantastic time where I enjoyed a lot the place and also had the opportunity to meet and hear, for the first time, a new and very interesting culture for me. </span></p><p align="justify"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >It was a very poor place, there is no money in <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">'Triunfo de La Cruz'</span> at all, but I felt so safe all the time and people were honest and extremly friendly. </span></p><p align="justify"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >I really hope they manage to survive in this strange times we have to live. </span></p><p align="justify"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:arial;" >Goodbye Erzun, goodbye Genar..... goodbye Garifunas....</span></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777175770378388841noreply@blogger.com0