Parque El Boqueron

Frank wanted me to add this picture. The volcano errupted in 1917 and left this crater with a smaller crater at the bottom. I don't know how many died or the extent of the damage.
I will have to get that information if I go up again.





At the end of the day, when we stopped at the fruit and veg. market, we bought this odd looking fruit. I thought it was a strawberry at first, but it has a hard shell, and spiny things growing all over it. Cut it in half and eat the white flesh part. It doesn't have much favor.

I am starting with a picture of the city of San Salvador. The mountain on the left is where the Parque El Boqueron is. After going to the Park we traveled across town to have lunch. It is a big city and the Temple is to the left out of sight. We are close to and can see very well the volcano mountain from the temple grounds.

We arrived at the Parque El Boqueron after going up a narrow, paved road to the Park. This picture was taken when we first got there as we stood on a small wooden overlook.

In the museum was a display of a native village. There was a chest with clothes in it that you could put on and dress as a native.

Diane on the stairs. Notice the green foliage and beautiful flowers. It was a short hike but lots of steps up, up to the top.

White flower is an orchid

Frank on the trail of stairs.

Looking down from the top. There are big rocks painted white in the small crator. They formed the words DIOS ES AMOR.

Frank at the edge of the volcano crator. A couple had binoculars and said they could see houses at the bottom, even a man gathering wood. You can hike down to the bottom, about 1-2 hrs down and 2-3 hrs to hike back up.

As we were coming down the mountain, this truck was in front of us, loaded with people. We had to drove across town to the best restaurant for pupusas. Its name-Planes de Renderos.

As we were waiting for our food we saw the missionaries walking down the street. We invited them over for lunch. The one on the left has been in El Salvador 5 days, the other one is from Guatamala. They are having pupusas.

This is our bean and cheese pupusa that we had. We also had a chicken and cheese pupusa. They were really good. They had pickled cabbage and a red salsa that you could put on top of the pupusas.

This fruit stand was across from the restaurant. A typical fruit stand found on the streets of San Salvador

After we had lunch, we stopped at this overlook of the city of San Salvador. The clouds were rolling in, but you could see clear across the city. From left: Kitley's, Peterson's, Alex our driver, Wall's, Thompson's, Gibbons, Jorge Orellana-our guide. The end of a great day.