Breakfast this morning with quite a view of Lake Suchitlan.
Listening to the parakeets and watching the squirrels in the trees
A short guided tour of Suchitoto, walking along the cobbled streets, Santa Lucia church, colourful houses and flowers.
An avocado tree, each avocado can earn $1 and it’s usual to get around 500 fruits per tree.
There are lots of mango trees too but much of the fruit is left for the birds because there are so many
We then drove to Joya de Ceren along the Route of the Flowers. Joya de Ceren is a small archaelogical site with a well-preserved Mayan village which was buried under volcanic ash in the 6th century AD and was only discovered in 1976.
No human skeletons were found only the bones of a duck and a mouse. Not many artefacts were found with the exception of some remarkable pottery
On the site of the ruins we spotted the Torogoz, which is the national bird of El Salvador.
Relaxing at a coffee stop
We stopped for lunch overlooking Coatepeque Lake, a 115 meter deep volcanic caldera.
Back on the road to Cerro Verde, where we could view a number of active and inactive volcanoes. Unfortunately it was a little misty but steam could be seen coming from some places.
Arrived at our hotel in Ataco in time for some dinner and a couple of glasses of wine
So wonderful to see my neck of the woods. I attend the slimming world group in Mondays at 8 am and the girls were telling me if your travel adventures. Glad you’re having a fab time .
Lovely to hear from you. I was telling the group about you but I didn’t know where you came from. We have enjoyed everything so far and lots more interesting things to see in Guatamala .