Day full of knowledge in El Salvador

                       After having to sleep in the highest point of El Salvador Ministerio de Turismo de El Salvador or the department of tourism took us to La Palma where we went to a museum to seen the history of the Salvadoran currency, from the coffee bean  to the US dollar.  After the museum they had a a huge dinner set up for us that included fireworks.  Once we were done with the awesome dinner they took us to a military base where we were going to camp for the night.  The next day we were woken up by the base's military band, they played while we ate breakfast and pack our things to get ready for a long day.

             The first place the department of tourism took us was to a small town that is one of the largest exporters of balsamo.  As soon as we got off the buses we were greeted by the children of the town and another band playing for us.   Next they had a demandstrtion on how the get the balsamo oil.  Balsamo is the main ingredient in conditioner and is also used for medicines, I will post the whole proses in a later posting(Click here to read about balsamo).  After the demonstration we went to a balsamo farm and showed us how they extract the oils from the trees and some of us had a chance to try it for our selfs.

     

             We had learned a ton about balsamo and we were on the rode again.  The next stop was a small town where we had the honer to be a part and witness a great festival that the locals they have had since when the Spaniards had colonized El Salvador.  To read about this festival click here.

Sleeping on the highest point of El Salvador

              Once we got to El Salvador we were greeted by very friendly people from Ministerio de Turismo de El Salvador or the department of trouisum of the country.   The first place they took us was the city of La Paz where they gave of shirt, had a chance to shop for suverners, go to a musume, and we ate typical food.  After beening in this town for a few hours they took us to the bottlem of the a montant(La Peña Rajada) where we had to hike about an hour hour and hafe to the top where we were going to set up camp for the night.  The top of La Peña Rajadt is the highest point in El Salvador.  They had a little cabin on the top where they gave us Pupusa a typical food and where we all played games as a group.  A few friends and I also played around with some long exposures.