Happy Easter!

Greetings from El Salvador – where the run-up to Easter (Semana Santa) has been quite the event!

Easter (and Holy Week in general) is the biggest holiday in Central / South America. The beach and waterways have been packed – turning ‘our’ sleepy anchorage into quite the hotspot. Yesterday, there were litterally hundreds of pangas (local fishing / general purpose boats), sport fishers, dugout canoes, and jet skis buzzing by all day and a good chunk of the night. While it has made for more noise and bumpier seas, it is always fun to be around folks having a great time on vacation.

This morning, after discovering the candy that the Easter Bunny left us, we went on land for a great breakfast of pupusas – the national dish of El Salvador. Pupusas are rice-flour flatbreads stuffed with cheese, refried beans and pulled pork cooked on a sheet of metal on top of an open fire. They are absolutely fantastic – and at least one of us gets them everyday. Today was special – one of the few times we all went together. All in all, a good way to start the day.