Wednesday, November 3st, 2011
Continuing from yesterday’s story about crossing the borderline into El Salvador, I found the BMW dealer information on Mr. Saburo’s blog. (He’s a world touring motorcycle rider!) I’m going to check it out and see if they can fix the rim of my bike in the morning. Special thanks to Mr. Saburo!
http://m26julio.yamatoblog.net/
Yes! I found the shop! It was in an upper-class residential area.
I was directed to a service department.
It was in a different location though, since this place was just a show room.
It took a while, but I was finally able to find the service department.
I was directed to the KTM store! Lol
Later, I found out that it was actually the service department for all models.
There were a lot of people who spoke English. I was surprised, but very appreciative at the same time.
When I first mentioned about the damaged rim, they told me that it would take two to three days to fix it.
However, after mentioning that I had to leave the town the very next morning, he gave me encouraging words.
“All right! I’ll do it! Come pick up your bike tomorrow morning!”
With Mr. Nelson. He was in charge of fixing my bike! Much thanks to Mr. Nelson!
Well, the purpose of my journey was to interview children all over the world, but then I realized that I didn’t have any networks in El Salvador. (Hahaha XD)
I asked Mr. Nelson to call a taxi to go downtown. He didn’t recommend that though because of safety issues.
So instead, I headed to the new mall town.
The front is InterContinental Hotel. It was such a beautiful and lively area!
It is the largest shopping mall in El Salvador.
The front is the Japanese donut shop, “Mr. Donut”!
I approached many parents who had children around ten years old. However, I had a hard time to find people who spoke English.
In the end, I decided to go downtown anyway. It was a ten minute drive by taxi.
A cathedral is often found in the center of an old city area.
This one had a very pretty and intricate design.
Let’s go inside!
This beautiful Fresco painting soothes the soul.
Surprisingly, the town, only a kilometer away from the cathedral, was filled with markets.
I felt like I was going to get lost amongst the people.
These women are making tortillas.
What?!?
It might be the name of the owner of this car! Haha XD
A good looking young man is operating a treadle sewing machine.
Hello! Look at me!
Wanted to interview her!
A little girl with a cute smile was selling apples.
Despite approaching more than ten people, I couldn’t find anyone who spoke English!
Sigh…
What am I going to do?
The situation made me wonder. Why were there so many English speakers in the service department this morning?
It reminded me of when I visited Russia. Although Russia is known to have less English speakers than El Salvador, there were many bike riders who spoke English.
Why?
After some thought about English speakers, education, and high society, I decided to go to the embassies.
By chance, I found out that there was a national museum around the area. By taxi, I decided to head to the museum.
The fee of a taxi is up to negotiation. I was guessing that it would be around ten dollars, because the distance from the downtown to Zona Rosa was relatively far. I then found out that it was only six dollars! Yay! However, we ran out of gasoline and had to go to the gas station. On top of that, the engine stopped in the middle of the highway. It took longer than I expected to reach my destination.
The taxi driver fixing the overheated engine.
I think I know why it was only six dollars. Hahaha XD
Finally, I arrived to the National Museum of Anthropology.
They have an extensive collection of statues that were discovered from ancient remains.
These pictures seem to be explaining a story about human sacrifice. Human sacrifices were practiced in Mayan civilization.
Ohhh!
I have friend who looks like this.
This one too!
This one is…
Yep, I have a friend who looks like this one, too!
How about you? Do you know anyone who looks like these?
This museum has many statues of Jesus Christ in a various sizes.
I saw the strong influence of the Spanish in El Salvador.
The population of the city of San Salvador is 1.5 million. It has a long history of intense earthquake activity near the foot of the San Salvador volcano.
Looking at the reconstructed city, I thought of Japan.
Finally!
I did it!
I was able to interview!
That’s just what I expected in this high society area!
I found people who spoke English. They were escorting Boy and Girl Scout members and were just coming out of the museum. They sympathized with the purpose of my journey!
They talked about their dreams with performance!
Please watch the video, everyone! ^_^
Looking back to my journey so far, I feel that the children’s dreams are different in the various life styles.
Someday, I want to talk about this in more detail.
Continuing from yesterday’s story about crossing the borderline into El Salvador, I found the BMW dealer information on Mr. Saburo’s blog. (He’s a world touring motorcycle rider!) I’m going to check it out and see if they can fix the rim of my bike in the morning. Special thanks to Mr. Saburo!
http://m26julio.yamatoblog.net/
Yes! I found the shop! It was in an upper-class residential area.
I was directed to a service department.
It was in a different location though, since this place was just a show room.
It took a while, but I was finally able to find the service department.
I was directed to the KTM store! Lol
Later, I found out that it was actually the service department for all models.
There were a lot of people who spoke English. I was surprised, but very appreciative at the same time.
When I first mentioned about the damaged rim, they told me that it would take two to three days to fix it.
However, after mentioning that I had to leave the town the very next morning, he gave me encouraging words.
“All right! I’ll do it! Come pick up your bike tomorrow morning!”
With Mr. Nelson. He was in charge of fixing my bike! Much thanks to Mr. Nelson!
Well, the purpose of my journey was to interview children all over the world, but then I realized that I didn’t have any networks in El Salvador. (Hahaha XD)
I asked Mr. Nelson to call a taxi to go downtown. He didn’t recommend that though because of safety issues.
So instead, I headed to the new mall town.
The front is InterContinental Hotel. It was such a beautiful and lively area!
It is the largest shopping mall in El Salvador.
The front is the Japanese donut shop, “Mr. Donut”!
I approached many parents who had children around ten years old. However, I had a hard time to find people who spoke English.
In the end, I decided to go downtown anyway. It was a ten minute drive by taxi.
A cathedral is often found in the center of an old city area.
This one had a very pretty and intricate design.
Let’s go inside!
This beautiful Fresco painting soothes the soul.
Surprisingly, the town, only a kilometer away from the cathedral, was filled with markets.
I felt like I was going to get lost amongst the people.
These women are making tortillas.
What?!?
It might be the name of the owner of this car! Haha XD
A good looking young man is operating a treadle sewing machine.
Hello! Look at me!
Wanted to interview her!
A little girl with a cute smile was selling apples.
Despite approaching more than ten people, I couldn’t find anyone who spoke English!
Sigh…
What am I going to do?
The situation made me wonder. Why were there so many English speakers in the service department this morning?
It reminded me of when I visited Russia. Although Russia is known to have less English speakers than El Salvador, there were many bike riders who spoke English.
Why?
After some thought about English speakers, education, and high society, I decided to go to the embassies.
By chance, I found out that there was a national museum around the area. By taxi, I decided to head to the museum.
The fee of a taxi is up to negotiation. I was guessing that it would be around ten dollars, because the distance from the downtown to Zona Rosa was relatively far. I then found out that it was only six dollars! Yay! However, we ran out of gasoline and had to go to the gas station. On top of that, the engine stopped in the middle of the highway. It took longer than I expected to reach my destination.
The taxi driver fixing the overheated engine.
I think I know why it was only six dollars. Hahaha XD
Finally, I arrived to the National Museum of Anthropology.
They have an extensive collection of statues that were discovered from ancient remains.
These pictures seem to be explaining a story about human sacrifice. Human sacrifices were practiced in Mayan civilization.
Ohhh!
I have friend who looks like this.
This one too!
This one is…
Yep, I have a friend who looks like this one, too!
How about you? Do you know anyone who looks like these?
This museum has many statues of Jesus Christ in a various sizes.
I saw the strong influence of the Spanish in El Salvador.
The population of the city of San Salvador is 1.5 million. It has a long history of intense earthquake activity near the foot of the San Salvador volcano.
Looking at the reconstructed city, I thought of Japan.
Finally!
I did it!
I was able to interview!
That’s just what I expected in this high society area!
I found people who spoke English. They were escorting Boy and Girl Scout members and were just coming out of the museum. They sympathized with the purpose of my journey!
They talked about their dreams with performance!
Please watch the video, everyone! ^_^
Looking back to my journey so far, I feel that the children’s dreams are different in the various life styles.
Someday, I want to talk about this in more detail.
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