It's been a tiring few days, the humidity has suddenly gotten much higher where we are, and coupled with a bit of gastric civil war, I ended up sleeping for 19 hours last night (4pm-11am).
Suchitoto is a small town in El Salvador. The lake it sits by is man made, and its creation displaced thousands of farmers. Their displacement was one of the contributing factors towards the recent civil war there. Our local guide remembers barricading the windows with tables sleeping in the bathroom to avoid the bullets from the streets. Bullet holes can be seen all over town, though now many of them have been painted over with flowers. For a bit more history on it, please see
wikipedia. We had a really interesting explanation on our tour of the town and it was a bit startling to hear how recent the troubles were.
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| Bullet holes painted over with flowers |
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| FMLN rally. Their presidential candidate for the elections in Feb was visiting |
So, the town tour included a beautiful waterfall down some basaltic columns. Never seen anything quite so essentially waterfally!
Then on into the town to meet one of the oldest cigar girls, and have a go at rolling one ourselves!
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| No, I didn't actually smoke it. I kind of felt I should, this being a trip of exploration, but I didn't |
A quick look around the church. Many of the statues, particularly the newer ones, are 'dress up' style, so their clothing can be changed. This looks weird and tacky to me, but each to their own!
Next was a trip to an indigo dying place. Indigo used to be the biggest export back in the day, till Bauyer discovered a way of making blue dye industrially.
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| It looks greenish to start with, then the oxygen in the air fixes it and it goes blue |
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| Indigo plant |
This post is long enough now - I'll leave the 'bird' photos for the next post.
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