Posada en El Cielo

All my fans deserve a lengthy update....basically things are winding down and I can't help to feel a sense of nostalgia. :(...

01-August-09 to 03-August-09
The first week of August is a national holiday for the department of San Salvador. Most of the population has this week off for “Las Fiestas Patronales.” Most of us at CIS had plans to leave the country for this week. The girls decided to head to Guate while I had made plans to visit La Palma, in Chalatenango. During August 01 to 03 I was up in the mountains (2400 mts of elevation)of El Salvador away from the blistering heat I often go through in San Salvador.

Getting to the mountains of La Palma was quite a trek, we took a bus that takes you up close to the border of Honduras which took about two hours to get to San Ignacio. During this bus ride we went through many cities, one that stuck out was Apopa. It was in Apopa where I witnessed about 40 vendors traversing on the bus to sell random things. Eduardo and I made a game from that point; we counted how many vendors got on the bus at each stop. Finally when we did arrive at San Ignacio we waited another hour to take another bus to take us up a very steep mountain. The view going up was spectacular, as the bus struggle to go up I would see palm trees and then pine trees. I felt the cold breeze, and saw the white puffy clouds. I felt like I was in heaven. This was perhaps the first time I had seen clouds so close I could almost extend my hand out the window and touch them. We spent the night at “El Posada del Cielo” it was beautiful; we were surrounded by pine trees, and clouds. When I got there I saw people wearing scarfs, and toques. Meanwhile I show up wearing a tank top, jeans, and flip flops like I'm experiencing a Canadian summer. At night while everyone was sipping on hot chocolate by the fire place I was chillin' on the terrace with a cold Pilsner.
Unfortunately half my pictures were deleted because someone was trying to use my camera but my camera has English settings...

On August 3rd, I went to La Libertad and spent the day at the beach....FUNN... More updates tomorrow....

La Palma, Chalatenango