Ways in Which PC life differs from US Embassy life

Today a couple of US embassy officials came to give a charla about safety in El Salvador. According to them El Sal is the 10th most dangerous country in the world. Now this might be due to the size of the country and the population...but i DOUBT it. The lady that have the charla was preety bad ass. She had a gun holstered and she reminded me of the detective shows where there's this tough female detective kicking ass. Anyways......I think this blog is important because the PC is a governmental organization which sounds pretty cool and important (and it SO is), but we PCV's (Peace Corps Volunteers) dont live the same life as embassy employees. Here are a few examples:

1. Embassy employees are not allowed to walk/run outside. PCV's MUST walk/run outside.
2. Embassy employees are prohibited from taking public transportation. PCV's have to take public transportation EVERYDAY!
3. PCV's are not allowed to operate vehicles, take pictures next to a runnig vehicle, or sit in the driver's seat of a park, broken down vehicle. BUT WE ARE ALLOWED TO RIDE A HORSE/DONKEY/COW! Embassy employees drive governmental vehicles.
4. Embassy employees must live in the safest areas in the capital. PCV's can NOT live in the capital. As a matter of fact, the closest PCV is atleast an hour from the capital.
5. Some embassy employees can carry guns. PCV's can not! But we can carry knives/machetes...which will more than likely be stolen from us and used against us.
6. Embassy officials can't enter their residences from the attached garage because someone could easily attack them. PCV's might not have electricity necessary to have an automatic door opener so we dont have to worry about that. Is this real life?

These are just a few differences between us. But we all work to uphold the integrity of our beautiful country and we're all diplomats :)

Salu,
Mya