shopping

Shopping in El Salvador is an all day experience. First you have to take the "chicken bus" to town. These buses are usually adorned with either religious or Hollywood icons and almost always have stereos cranked up to the maximum level, often to distortion. If you are really unlucky, you may catch a bus with a boom box as well as the usual large box speakers hung from rusty wires.
I am told that there is one phrase that English people don't have to learn - that is: "can you turn up the volume?"
Here we hope to share some of of shopping images:
This is our trip to La Herradura. We get there by dingy up the estuary it is a rough and tumble town most tourists never visit. I was told that there are a whole bunch of El Salvadorian gangsters who were kicked out of the US for being bad dudes living there. It's a little intimidating walking around this village, as we recieve a lot of stares and comments. Most are willing to help and want to sell something. Long gone are my Superstore one stop shops. We actually have to hunt for stuff around here. Today we are off for produce. Banana's avacados, tomatoes, cukes, cabbage, onions, garlic, potatoes, papaya, peppers limes and smelly cheese is usually what you can find in the Saturday central market. The local stores have little to sell beyond beer, candy and cell phone minute cards.