EL Salvador's national fiesta!

Monday August 1st. Woke up at 6:35 am, jogged for 35 minutes because I was running late for work if I followed my daily routine.

Rushed to work, I was almost 20 minutes late. Suddenly... cars stop. All traffic gets halted. No one passes... I try to look outside my window and 100 meters ahead of me a giant woman is waiting for something... in front of her what seems to be a resemblance of a huge flower field is moving... in a Coca Cola truck... and then I remembered... August 1st. The "commerce parade" and it truly is... a woman with her 2 children is running in the sidewalk past all the cars pulling some pieces of metal and tin... I decided to park in the spot,walked down the car 5 minutes later and walk to work. Its only 200 mts from where I am...

100 mts in front and 10 minutes after, the woman and the 2 children have built a small stand and she is starting to cook french fries, hotdogs and pupusas (now this really is entrepreneurship) I walk by several school bands and their respective cheerleaders... people in costumes... party has started. From August 1st to6th... El Salvador is an entire party... to honor the one we owe our name to "El Salvador" (traduced as "The Saviour" meaning Jesus Christ)

It also means another 5 days off from work! But I will let the pictures talk best...