1 Juayua Church, home of the "Black Christ," a famous statue
2 On the road to Santa Leticia, we stopped an an overview
3 Our favorite place to stay: Santa Leticia, outside of Apaneca
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5 front porch of our cabin
6 Santa Leticia is a quiet, beautiful place
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8 Flower at Santa Leticia
9 walking up to the archeological site, we saw this group of boys playing futbol
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11 Olmec culture is judged to have lasted from 1500 BC through to 400 BC based on radiocarbon dating.[7] Investigations at Santa Leticia securely dated Santa Leticia Monuments 1 and 3 to between 500 BC and AD 100 using a combination of radiocarbon dating and ceramic evidence
12 this one was damaged before we got there. Three potbelly monuments were found resting on a large terrace in Santa Leticia in El Salvador, a site near Chalchuapa consisting of various mounds and platforms. These monuments were large and especially obese.
13 Francisco, Olmec gordo, Bill
14 Apaneca
15 Plaza in Apaneca: Keith, Egidio, Francisco
16 Apaneca Canopy Tour
17 Edigio, Keith, Francisco and Bill get ready for our zip line experience
18 Francisco talks to the zip line crew
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21 Francisco takes off
22 the zipline tour also had this wobbly bridge to cross. Francisco is holding on
23 Bill in Juayua Plaza
24 Juayua church interior with Black Christ at the altar
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26 The Black Christ. This statue is a sister statue to that of the revered Basilica of Esquipulas in Guatemala and was carved by Quirio Cantano in the late 16th Century.
27 old building being restored in Ahuachapan
28 Asuncion Church, Ahuachapan
29 Asuncion Church in Ahuachapan
30 Angel in Ahuachapan Church
31 Visiting with the Priest at the San Francisco Church in Ataco
32 Church in Ataco
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36 view from belfry
37 Ataco, a small, beautiful town
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41 Church of Conception in Ataco, under construction
