El Salvador and such

I just realized it's been forever and a day since I've written here.

So, to let everyone know what I've been up too....if anyone even cares...

First off. I finally did end up in El Savador!! It was awesome.
One week of sun, warmth, extremely healthy eating and various activities.
The resort was in Salinitas. But, hardly spent much time there, except to eat, the occasional sun bathing and sleeping. We (my best friend) and me went to San Salvador for one night and stayed in a fancy 5-star hotel there...sooo nice! During the day we were taken around the capital and such. I got a couple great tops and some kickass crafts. But, also got to take in some absolutely beauty of the country side (90-120 min drive to the town we stayed in) and the city.

One day was spent on a very long day-trip to Guatemala, mainly to see the city of Antigua (not to be confused with the island). It is a fascinatingly beautiful city! The only not so great part about Antigua is that, they are used to tourists as it has been a tourist spot quite some many of years now. And, the market people have no problem trying to push everything on you to get you to spend your money. Whereas in El Salvador tourism is still pretty new and they are in that "be super nice and helpful" to everyone phase, which is a lot more appealing.

Another day was spent at another beach where we met some absolutely adorable El Salvadorian kids who were a delight.

Finally another day was spent in plans to go surfing. We (some friends I made at the resort and me) went to a surf town for the day. Unfortunately the waves were crashing about 5 feet from shore and there were serious rocks under where they crashed and the water was about waist deep. In other words, very dangerous to bother surfing on, with a pretty intense undertow. The boys tried to surf these waves and were getting worked...surf board to the head, being rammed into the rocks, etc. I didn't bother even attempting to ride this nonsense. I personally didn't need to break myself on the last day of my vacation. It was more fun trying to figure out if I was supposed to cook my own meal that I bought at a hostel (long story, you'll have to inquire to hear the funny details...which reminds me I need to get the photo from Nick).

All in all, what an awesome trip! I would definitely go back to do another week there and go on the other trips i couldn't get to this time. I want to go to Honduras, see the Mayan ruins, do the coffee tour and play on the canopies!! Hopefully that can happen the next round. We'll see.

You can bet I took tons of photos...which are slowly but surely making their way up on http://amberfette.deviantart.com/ Everything there is for sale (but not from their site, as I think the artist..me in this case...deserves the full profits, not 1/10th of them) through me directly.

I have also been fairly regularly writing for http://www.shebytches.com this week I actually wrote a longer rant, which is good for me to get something out in longer form. Usually I have so many ideas of things I want to write about, but can get it out in 2-3 sentences which isn't good. Yet, when I'm writing on my own in my written journal, I can seem to rant and rave for pages; but it is not stuff I'm ready to put online yet. One day I will let myself free some of that stuff online, but now just isn't quite the time for me to feel that vulnerable. Soon, I hope to be able to do that though, because that is where my best writing is. This writing does include people from my life, so I hope they can handle it too. My mom will likely get some fame...luckily she doesn't read my stuff!!! (Or at least as far as I know.) LoL.

Well, I'm off to continue plotting my next adventure!

~Amber