Cool People

The best part of cruising was meeting a wide variety of people who all lead incrediably interesting lives. We have learned so much from all these new friendships. The following is a sample of our El Salvadorian friends.
with out a doubt, the Salvadorians are the most hospitable, friendly and lively Central Americans.

The Dardano family

"Me Casa su Casa" my house is your house is the moto of this wonderful, vibrant family. We are certainly happy that Chantal "hooked" up with Charlie. We spent a lot of time with this family and shared a lot of laughs and fun together.
We feel really blessed to have met them.

Giovani Fabietti

Giovani's assistance was pivitol in getting our crates into El Salvador. He is the only Salvadorian with a sailboat.
He spent countless hours negotiating and exploring options for us. He is currently working hard on starting up new anchorage opportunites in El Salvador
We are forever gratefull for his help and friendship.

Gervin and Debora

This couple who live rather humbly in Tamerindo were happy to have us anchor in front of thier house. Debora cooked meals for Michel and Gervin worked very hard along side Michel getting Jovietal ready to go.
He organized these locals to dive for oysters for us for a farewell dinner.

Gervin and Edmond

These two amigo's were great friends. Gervin is from Tamerindo in El Salvador
he was great help in getting things done on our boat. Edmond " A Canadian lawyer living in El Salvador was great help as a friend and translator.

Jan Costa del Sol

Jan is a great friend to cruisers and the local people who live on a small island in the Estuary, near Herradur. She offers trips to town to help cruisers provision and hosts a chicken barbecue every Wednesday. Her students like to practice their English on the cruisers. The students hope to secure good paying jobs because they can speak English.
She currently teaches these children and a few adults from the Navy English classes on her property.
This is a picture of her school and students. The other picture her giving locals a ride back home from a day of shopping. When she offered one of the students of her school a ride the whole family joined. It was pretty hilarious getting all the stuff in the truck.
We all jammed in and laughed all the way home to the estuary which was about a 45
minute drive. Jan arrived in Costa del Sol over 12 years ago in Quantum Leap a 72 foot Oceanis sloop. She fell in love with the place and decided to call El Salvador Home.

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