I got on a northbound bus through the border crossing from Nicaragua through Honduras into El Salvador but the bus driver forgot to drop me off in San Miguel. Instead I got let out in a random city about two hours from San Salvador, the capital city, on completely the wrong side of the country. Luckily it turns out San Salvador is a really cool city and is also in the middle of the most important festival El Salvador has. The first week of August here is the week of San Salvador del Mundo, the country's patron saint.
What's more, pretty much every single person I met since getting into the county has been insanely nice. I asked a groundskeeper where the bus stop was and he hunted down someone to hold his machete (everybody has a machete here so that's actually not weird) while he escorted me to the bus stop and made sure I got on the right bus. People on the bus offered me their seats so I didn't have to stand with my heavy backpack. An illiterate hamburger stand employee even offered to take me to the big fair for the festival. I've never encountered a more kindhearted people. It's such a refreshing change to not have people constantly trying to rip you off for being a foreigner.
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What do you say to people when you ask to take a picture of them? Puedo tocar tu foto?
It was good to hear from you, I hope I see you before I go to Japan.
It varies a little regionally, but it's always either puedo tomar or puedo sacar una foto de tu (or usted if you don't know the person). Puedo tocar tu foto means can I touch your photograph. I agree, we must chill before you go.
foto de ti
También puedes decir: "¿puedo tomarte una foto?" cuando es informal. Si es formal y no conoces a la personas le dices: "¿puedo tomarle una foto?".
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