Interesting article…
I found this article on BBC today. It makes me sick. It explains culture shock and gives me culture shock all at the same time.
Thirty times higher than in Europe?
When I drove to El Salvador, my friend Erin (see the wedding pictures) chastised me for honking, which is normal in Honduras. She said, “They shoot people for that here!”
Also, let me again make a distinction for those who haven’t heard me say this. Nicaragua has a reputation for violence. They have a powerful sense of solidarity when it comes to political matters, but in terms of day-to-day violence, I did not feel at all uncomfortable. In comparison, I felt very insecure in Honduras, where I had some close calls.
2 Comments to Interesting article…
Sigh…I’d seen this article posted on another blog. It’s depressing, and even more depressing that many salvadorenos I know are afraid of going to Guatemala or Colombia. Also amusing that I have more security restrictions in Colombia than El Sal. Seriously, take the murder rate plus the “got run over by a car/truck/bus/moto” rate plus drunk driving plus regular car accidents plus crazy natural disasters and drownings…yuck, El Salvador.
AmandaDecember 23, 2008
Maybe by the time the Holidays are over the US can catch up a little in the murder competition. The Missoula police gunned down a guy by the Orange Street bridge the other day. Probably under some mistletoe.
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