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Saturday, November 10, 2007
Tourism in El Salvador
So after a short research, I decided to start my Master's degree in Tourism. I've always been interested in tourism, although, at the beginning when I graduated from High School, it was merely the fact that I wanted to travel around the world; haha. I wanted to know places with cultural background and wanted to be culturally sensitive. Unfortunately, in 2000 there was not complete option for study tourism in El Salvador. I told my parents that I wanted to go to live and study in Guatemala. They told me I was crazy… so I stayed and enter the Business Administration and Economics School.
I am still interested, I've traveled to many places doing AIESEC work and I've realized the real impact that the tourism industry has in the development of societies. I think I have these two facts in favor: The economics background helps me to understand better and the fact that I've traveled, helps me understand what tourists are looking for when they travel.
On the other hand, it's extremely disappointing and challenging at the same time to realize that in El Salvador the tourism industry is just starting, plus the bad image that my country has makes the situation worse.
I just saw in the Discovery Travel and Leaving a show about the Holy Week celebration in Antigua Guatemala, and I can't help compare that with the same celebration in Sonsonate, Izalco or even San Salvador. Few days ago, in the Discovery channel, there was a program about the gangs… la salvatrucha… ay Dios mío, que tristeza… I bet they feel proud about it…
For example, we want to bring foreigners through AIESEC's Global Internship Program to El Salvador, but they think they won't be safe in here…
This is the challenge I have, let's see what will be my contribution, let's see this same things in few years
I am still interested, I've traveled to many places doing AIESEC work and I've realized the real impact that the tourism industry has in the development of societies. I think I have these two facts in favor: The economics background helps me to understand better and the fact that I've traveled, helps me understand what tourists are looking for when they travel.
On the other hand, it's extremely disappointing and challenging at the same time to realize that in El Salvador the tourism industry is just starting, plus the bad image that my country has makes the situation worse.
I just saw in the Discovery Travel and Leaving a show about the Holy Week celebration in Antigua Guatemala, and I can't help compare that with the same celebration in Sonsonate, Izalco or even San Salvador. Few days ago, in the Discovery channel, there was a program about the gangs… la salvatrucha… ay Dios mío, que tristeza… I bet they feel proud about it…
For example, we want to bring foreigners through AIESEC's Global Internship Program to El Salvador, but they think they won't be safe in here…
This is the challenge I have, let's see what will be my contribution, let's see this same things in few years
Labels: AIESEC, Countries, El Salvador, gangs, Guatemala, Travel, Trips
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Guatemala once again
So I went to Guatemala... again, but I am happy because I had many reasons to go there. First, Andres’ birthday on Saturday and Sunday, he gave this great party and I was happy to share with him. Also it was Ceci’s graduation and all thought I couldn’t see here in the end, I could say congratulations to her. I also met with Nito, the MCP, and I feel so good that I was so wrong about him, I mean is not that I didn’t trust him, it’s just I didn’t know him and I didn’t know how good he was so I was skeptical, but I realize that they have many good things and Nito is one of them :D.
Another very important reason to go there was to see Marianel!!! Oh God, she was a new member when I was LCP in Cordoba, Argentina. Now she is living her AIESEC experience as a trainee in DHL Guatemala (a traineeship that I wanted for myself but couldn’t get because of my responsibility as MCP)
It was a great weeked, but I'm happy to be back in ESAL.
Another very important reason to go there was to see Marianel!!! Oh God, she was a new member when I was LCP in Cordoba, Argentina. Now she is living her AIESEC experience as a trainee in DHL Guatemala (a traineeship that I wanted for myself but couldn’t get because of my responsibility as MCP)
It was a great weeked, but I'm happy to be back in ESAL.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Black Eyed Peas
The concert that I was waiting for so long, so long, happened here in El Salvador on November 5th and in Guatemala the 6th
I wanted to go to the place that cost $30 but all my friends wanted to go to $15. I ended up going with them because I didn't want to be alone. Thank God we had a great view from there!!! Excellent view... but...
The concert started, the crowd was on, everything was great, but Fergie wasn't there... I didn't care at first, but then Taboo sais that she was sick and that she couldn't sing. But apparently nobody understood because they kept screaming Fergie, Fergie, Fergie. And they couldn’t sing.
About 40 minutes after the concert started, she finally showed up wearing shorts, a cap and sunglasses, she said she ate something and it made her sick. Then she tried singing Big girls don’t kry a capella, but the whole stadium started singing for her.
Unfortunately after that, the whole group didn’t come back!!!
Damn!!!
We went for some dirks with my friends after the concert and I came back home at 2 am. I woke up at 5 am and at 6 am I was taking the bus to Guatemala.
My friend Andres picked me up, we went for lunch, we rested the whole afternoon and then… we went to the Black Eyed Peas Concert
IT WAS GREAT, AMAZING, can’t even describe it!!!!
fotos: http://www.laprensagrafica.com/multimedia/galerias/2007/10/20071007-gal-concierto/galeria.html
YEAH!!!
I wanted to go to the place that cost $30 but all my friends wanted to go to $15. I ended up going with them because I didn't want to be alone. Thank God we had a great view from there!!! Excellent view... but...
The concert started, the crowd was on, everything was great, but Fergie wasn't there... I didn't care at first, but then Taboo sais that she was sick and that she couldn't sing. But apparently nobody understood because they kept screaming Fergie, Fergie, Fergie. And they couldn’t sing.
About 40 minutes after the concert started, she finally showed up wearing shorts, a cap and sunglasses, she said she ate something and it made her sick. Then she tried singing Big girls don’t kry a capella, but the whole stadium started singing for her.
Unfortunately after that, the whole group didn’t come back!!!
Damn!!!
We went for some dirks with my friends after the concert and I came back home at 2 am. I woke up at 5 am and at 6 am I was taking the bus to Guatemala.
My friend Andres picked me up, we went for lunch, we rested the whole afternoon and then… we went to the Black Eyed Peas Concert
IT WAS GREAT, AMAZING, can’t even describe it!!!!
fotos: http://www.laprensagrafica.com/multimedia/galerias/2007/10/20071007-gal-concierto/galeria.html
YEAH!!!
