The owner of Hotel Bahia del Sol asked us to help him with a print 
ad so Jean pulled me to the top of the mast and I took a few pictures then, a friend of ours created this ad for the hotel. We all hope this ad will help attract more cruisers to the area. I'm still volunteering to help bring the boats across the bar with the pilot boat. We go out and the pilot decides when we head in and I talk the boat through the maneuvers. It's great fun and so far 23 boats have come across the bar this season. We brought one boat in that had a nine-foot draft with no problems. The local fifty-foot sport fishers go in and out the bar all the time without a pilot but, sail boats have to wait for high tide to ensure that there is plenty of water and they need help locating the channel. We expect 3 to 5 more cruisers to arrive next week.
ad so Jean pulled me to the top of the mast and I took a few pictures then, a friend of ours created this ad for the hotel. We all hope this ad will help attract more cruisers to the area. I'm still volunteering to help bring the boats across the bar with the pilot boat. We go out and the pilot decides when we head in and I talk the boat through the maneuvers. It's great fun and so far 23 boats have come across the bar this season. We brought one boat in that had a nine-foot draft with no problems. The local fifty-foot sport fishers go in and out the bar all the time without a pilot but, sail boats have to wait for high tide to ensure that there is plenty of water and they need help locating the channel. We expect 3 to 5 more cruisers to arrive next week.
Eleven of us rented a panga for a day and took a tour of the mangrove estuary. We each paid $6 for the all-day trip. We first visited a small island in the middle of the mangroves that had mango trees all over. We all picked all we could hold. We then took a long site seeing trip in and out of the mangroves. At lunch time we stopped at a shore side palapa restaurant. As you can see from the picture it was very rustic and very Salvadorian. We all ordered the fish lunch. Five dollars for a medium fish and six dollars for a large one.
Everything was freshly caught and cleaned then fried in a large pan over an open fire. The fish was served with ice-cold beers, deep-fried shrimps and cooked rice. We had a great view of the estuary and watched the weekend panga traffic cruise by. We saw a funeral procession consisting of 3 panga loads of people and one casket. We were told that they were giving the recently passed his final tour of the estuary.
Everything was freshly caught and cleaned then fried in a large pan over an open fire. The fish was served with ice-cold beers, deep-fried shrimps and cooked rice. We had a great view of the estuary and watched the weekend panga traffic cruise by. We saw a funeral procession consisting of 3 panga loads of people and one casket. We were told that they were giving the recently passed his final tour of the estuary.
After lunch we continued on to the Rio Lempa, the longest river in El Salvador. We beached at the mouth of the river and all took a cool, freshwater swim then scavenged the beach for any washed-up treasures.
So, for the all-day trip, local guide, panga, and lunch it cost us $26 per couple.We hadn't planned on staying in El Salvador this long but, it is so pleasant and beautiful we have a hard time pulling ourselves away, however, Ecuador is calling and we can't wait too long to leave due to the weather. Probably and week or two more here then off for a 10 or 12 day sail south of the Equator.
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