Estuary times

Paradise Fishing Lodge, El Salvador

As promised, our friend Lou (and his driver) collected us from our hotel in San Salvador on Wednesday afternoon. We made a stop at a Super Selectos grocery store to pick up a few provisions for the boat, then picked up a load of Papusas for lunch and were whisked off to Casa L&L (Lou and Lynn's house on the Estero Jaltepeque) where we stayed for two nights.

 

 

 

 

 

We hitched a ride to the Paradise Fishing Lodge marina on Thursday and spent a couple of hours evaluating the state of the boat, starting up the refrigerator and getting a few things opened up and such. It was a pretty sorry sight, with the disintegrated sail-covers and stripped down woodwork, but overall things were not as bad as I feared - the problems I had encountered during my short visit last spring, particularly with the sink drain and non-functioning head seem to have fixed themselves over the summer - a nice surprise.

 

We could not spend much time on the boat as we had to leave to meet another expat couple who have bought a place on the estuary - as cruisers, we never turn down an invitation to anything. We had a small impromptu afternoon party at their place, which is still under construction but does offer a pretty nice pool.

 

Today, Friday, we have moved onto the boat and are rediscovering the joys of a hot, humid climate with no air conditioning. The actual temperatures are in the low 30s but with the humidy, it feels more like 40. I have started on some of the preliminary work on the boat, taking the staysail off and getting the dinghy pumped up. Tomorrow, I should have a better idea of just how much trouble we are in.

Susanne has managed to get a few cupboards cleaned out, but just sort of ran out of steam around noon. We have rented a car, which was delivered to us here at the marina, and used it to go out for a late lunch at Mar y Sol restaurant - that will be our main meal for today!

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