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Written by Keith Rhoades
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Thursday, 31 March 2005 |
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I was awoken at 5 am to the roosters crowing in the back yard...you realize this place has half a roof, no screen, the dining area is outside, no electricity and an outhouse!!! and I’m lovin it!! After I woke up and took a freezing cold shower children started coming tot he door to see "el gringo"...it is very rare in this little village of Tonacatepeque for people to see Gringos...so the children are fascinated. <Luckily this time I brought candy and I was very popular with the children. I even had an 87-year-old man come to see the gringo! It is odd...today everywhere we go everyone stares at me in the little villages...it unnerves me a little..but if I smile and say hola everyone is just very curious! After breakfast Diego and I took the bus to downtown San Salvador and met his friend Arellano who drove us to the national park of cerro verde...beautiful volcano. Then saw Izalco volcano and the village of Izalco very interesting. After we went to Juaya where there is the largest coffee plantation in El Salvador...We then drove through the cloud forest to Santa Ana..the 2nd biggest city in El Salvador. Finally we made to ruins de San Andres...my first Mayan site..where I climbed the pyramids and it was very interesting. We then went to Antonio’s and his wife made us some dinner and we hung out and talked. Now we are getting ready to go out dancing on Friday night....it should be interesting. Anyway, it is a wonderful trip so far and everyone is so nice and wonderful. Tomorrow is my last day in El Salvador so I need to do my shopping for souvenirs and I have a fiesta to go to!! The internet connection here at Diego’s is very slow and is difficult to use so this is a little shorter.
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