Low Key

So, the Hot Springs were not, in fact, hot springs. They were pools. It was a water park. It had 4 pools, one had a big loopy slide, one was a kiddie pool that never got deeper than my knees, one a normal lap pool - minus the lanes for swimming - and then there was the pool built so the natural running river fed into and then out of it. That was a fun pool because the river flowed down a natural waterfall that we could climb and then sit under the falling water. Nothing heated though. Very casual water. It was interesting to note that the shallow sections of the pools were packed with people, while the deep sections rarely had people in them. Very few people know how to swim in El Salvador. According to the girls, no money or time to spend on swimming classes.

Today was Day of the Dead. Like Mexico, it is celebrated here; but unlike Mexico, it is not celebrated to the same extent. Everyone goes to the cemeteries en masse, with purchased flowers to decorate the graves of loved ones. No sugared candy skulls, or coffins, or parades, or fancy pants stuff like that.