War Museum, Torola & San Fernando

After a full work-week in Morazán, Pily and I took a day just to play. Play for us meant a trip to a museum, visiting interesting towns and feeling the power of a 100-foot-high waterfall.

We stayed at Hotel Lenca in Perquín, a tiny town in northeastern Salvador near the Honduran border. The air is cool, a nice change from San Salvador.

Outside the War Museum in Perquín. "Let's take care of the environment"

John in a crater from a 500-lb bomb

Torola -- the end of the road

San Fernando. You can camp on the grass outside the church.

Qué vista!

Hiking down to the falls

El Chorreón, a 40m drop. Thrilling!

Recent Posts of mine on the Kiva Fellows Blog

Some recent posts of mine about my fellowship with Kiva in El Salvador:

• Prehistoric Drawings and Four Intertwined Client Visits
• Walking the Streets

Morning Walk in San Salvador

Started out on the eastern edge of San Salvador, Barrio Escalon

I didn't realize that Blvd Masferrer became a frickin highway. There was no way to cross and people use the shoulder to pass...

I survived and then my shoulder ran out...

And I survive pedestrian bridges all the time. Some day one will probably eletrocute me. These wires are less than 6 feet above the platform.

Entered the Mall "Las Cascadas"

I felt right at home!

This pedestrain bridge in Santa Tecla was closed. There was a plastic ribbon barely off the ground indicating that fact. There is no railing on this side. Big Deal! I thought and crossed, but on the other side there is no platform!

Ciudad Merliot

The razor wire is about 5 feet off the ground. Watch out!