These photos are: Randy playing the guitar by the pool; me trying on my delantara in La Herradura and the ladies of La Herradura in their delantaras. Delantares are elaborately embroidered aprons with lace and ribbons. The Salvadorenas use them as an apron/fanny pack/cash register. Almost all rural Salvadorenas wear them. They cost about $10 each.
We also went to Ilobasco, the pottery town. Most of the pottery is trashy touristy pieces with sunflowers and lizards painted on them. However, there is one shop on the main street that sells black pottery and terracotta pottery that is well designed and tasteful.
After a long bumpy trip on a rock (not cobblestone; rock) road we found San Sabastien. The country's famous weaving town. Beautifully woven cotton blankets can be purchased for $10... if you can find the place.
En route we stopped in San Vicente, a town slightly larger than Zapotecaluca, where we had a lovely chicken lunch for $1.50. El Salvador uses the American dollar as its currency. At the market in Zapotec (as they call it) you can get a bunch of radishes for "a quada".
Another interesting mini trip was to the "stilt restaurants". Down the estuary, close to the mouth and behind the bar, there are a few restaurants built on stilts in the shallow waters. The sit about 12 feet above a mid tide made of bamboo, wood and a palapa roof. The women wave and shout trying to lure you from the competition. They serve, ceviche (not as good as mid-Mexico), whole fish and $1.50 beers.
Tomorrow at 3:30 pm we are going to go back out through the surf out to the sea to head for Golfito, Costa Rica. Rojelio, our trusty pilot will guide us safely through the breakers and the bar. His words of encouragement are typically "no problema, no problema".
Other random things to note for cruisers (God I hate that word): Rojelio's brother will clean the bottom of your boat, your propeller and check thru hulls for about $50 for a 50 ft boat; the restaurant will sell you "garafones" of water (about 5 gallons) for $2.50 less your cruiser's discount; get your Zarpe the day before you leave if you can from the navy down the estuary past Mar Y Sol where the huge blue white and blue flag flies; the water at the marina is slightly salty - DO NOT put it in your tanks; Alex (Reflections on VHF 16) is a diesel keener and can fix almost anything.... and he's Canadian; you can provision at Zapotec; Alex also knows everything about this area; Jan (also Canadian) live on the island and teaches English to the island children for FREE. She has a lovely chicken barbeque if there are enough boats..... please go, the funds go to her school and the kids; Jan welcomes volunteer English teachers; you can haul out your boat here (see Alex on Reflections).
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