El Chavo

The first picture you see here is el Chavo. He is a character in a Spanish sitcom that I watched when I was little. As I was leaving Mexico and crossing the border back into the United States, el Chavo reminded me of how very different I am from the other 5 people I was with.

The line for the border took a not-so-exciting 4 hours to cross. As we were waiting in line we saw several people selling random stuff, from mexican candy to pirated movies and puppets. The puppets caught my attention because I saw the cutest hand puppet of el Chavo and I started laughing at it. It brought back memories of me sitting in front of the telivision with my family laughing as Don Ramon got angry and mimicking the chilindrina when she cried. I asked my 5 wonderful friends in the van if they had ever heard of it and they, of course, said no.

The second picture you see is a picture of Kenny, the cutest, funniest, most adorable kid I met in Mexico. Every time I look at Kenny's picture I can't help but smile and it brings back a lot of good memories.

The group I was with all loved Kenny and we love looking at his picture. To me, his picture also represents the friendships we made in Mexico and the good laughs we had.

I guess I put these two pictures up because they sum up my experience in Mexico. I was able to share with the Mexican people I met because I speak Spanish and my Salvadorian culture is somewhat similar to theirs. I was also able to share with my group because I speak English and I was able to help them build relationships with people from a different culture.

Despite the difference of culture, language, and lifestyle, we are all human and all humans love to laugh.