Saturday, May 17, 2008

Semana Santa

During the first week of May El Salvador slows down to celebrate Semana Santa or "holy week". Chris was back in the states for work so I took advantage of a few travel opportunities to visit some of the tourist attractions in country.

The two photos below are from the Catedral and Theater in Santa Elena, the second largest town in El Salvador and about 1 hour north of San Sal.



The next day I traveled up to the Northern mountains of Chaletanago with the Bakers and De la Torres. We hiked and enjoyed the crisp air among the pinetrees.







The following day we traveled westward to visit Mayan ruins and a beautiful natural waterfall park.


Chris returned home the last day of Semana Santa. We explored the town center of El Salvador where they were busy working on the holy carpets made out of rice and flowers.