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Today I’m over at The New Diplomat’s Wife , where Ania is featuring El Salvador in this edition of her Notes from the Field series. I’ve been reading Ania’s blog since before we embarked on our FS journey and had been meaning to ask about a Salvadoran edition of Notes from the Field once we were more established in El Salvador and I got familiar with things. Time got away from me though and the next thing I knew, we were packing up for Afghanistan . Better late than never, I suppose!

Read “Notes from the Field: El Salvador !”

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Black durgon (triggerfish).

Not long after we became official PADI open water divers , we signed up for the advanced open water course , basically one level up from being an open water diver, with the biggest benefit being the ability to dive up to like 100+ feet (the limit for open water divers is 60 feet). Continue reading →

I ran the Gatorade Beach Run organized by Run El Salvador on Saturday at La Costa del Sol. The race started at 4:00 p.m. It was HOT.

I finished in 31:34 — not my fastest 5k by any means but pretty good considering it was on a Salvadoran beach in the middle of the afternoon. Also the fact that I was out until 3:00 a.m. the night before that morning. I placed 23rd out of all women who ran the 5k (228) , and 93rd out of everyone (465 men and women). Most importantly, I got one of these bad boys:

That’s right — the race medal was a surfboard-shaped bottle opener . Continue reading →

In between dives.

It’s done: Kail and I are certified open water divers ! We completed our third and fourth open water dives yesterday at Lake Ilopango, the final steps to completing our diving certification. Continue reading →

Kail and I completed our first two open water dives over the weekend at Lago Ilopango. We are now just two dives away from being certified open water divers !

Diving in a lake is definitely different than “diving” in a pool. Or rather, the experience of breathing underwater, equalizing (to prevent pressure from building up in your ears), maintaining proper weighting/buoyancy, clearing your mask and doing everything else is very different and slightly more terrifying at 60+ feet underwater. Continue reading →

I'm Natasha -- writer, runner, mother, and wife to a Foreign Service Officer with USAID. We're currently living in Amman, Jordan .

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