November 30, 2012 10:04am I've been away too long, both from El Salvador and you ... and still find them both as enchanting. I spent Easter on Lindos Beach with my Peace Corps girlfriend, Judith Cooper Haden, now winning medals for her photography and books all over Mexico and Central America!, and her young friend Tita Rivera, back in 1968 and we drove a little white rented Renault from San Salvador all the way up to the Cerro in the north with the incredible abandoned resort overlooking (what was) the spouting and sparkling volcano. I hope it is doing its thing again, modestly, because that main room with the huge fireplace and suspended brass hood, in the middle was surreal!