Saturday, February 16, 2013

Roundabouts

 During the Christmas break we went around and took pictures of several of the roundabouts in town.  This first one in of Salvador de Mundo.  It is a really big and really busy roundabout. 
Salvador del Mundo with the San Salvador volcano in the background.

 This is the Olympic Roundabout.
 This is the clock of flowers roundabout but the clock doesn't work, there are no flowers this time of year, and the Coke sign obscured the view.  But as this is a very very busy intersection, we had to take it while we could. 
The FMLN Roundabout that we pass as we leave town every Wednesday to go to Santa Ana.  This is the party currently in power here.
 This one is my favorite - the Torogoz Roundabout on Abad.
 These next three are of art that is under a large interchange where Comalapa comes into town and puts you on either Los Heroes, which goes north, or Los Prosseres, which goes west toward the temple.



This one is the Boy Scout roundabout, with a bust of Lord Baden-Powell.  It is between our apartment and the institute, so we see it a lot.  Last year they painted it and cleaned it up a lot.

Summertime

Summertime in El Salvador and the cane is high.
Including the tassels, over 12 feet high!
And when the sugar cane blossoms, it is just beautiful.
Looking out across the fields of cane at the foot of the north side of the volcano.  (we live on the other side)
 Many trees also blossom this time of the year.
This time of year the road to Santa Ana is lined with trees in bloom - yellow, pink, and purple.




In this picture you can see the white blossoms but also the hill that was green with corn but it has now been harvested and this is what is left.  It is the dry season here now and there is a lot of brown countryside.