We arrived by about Sunday afternoon. David Heegeman (our team leader and an ER physician) and myself spent a couple of hours delayed in customs. You see, each member of the team carried two bags – one their personal belongings and the other a bag we had packed at the church a week before. This second bag contained medicines, surgical supplies, toys, shoes, and donated clothing. The customs were not happy with 10 bags of medicines, even though they had all been inventoried and detailed, all were within their expiration period and none were controlled substances. Anyway, after going through some paperwork, we were allowed to leave with out medicines.
Our base for the trip was to be Castillo del Rey or King's Castle (http://www.kingscastle.org/MinistryCenters/InternationalTrainingCenter/tabid/619/Default.aspx). It is located on the west coast of Lago Coatepeque. This is a volcanic caldera lake about 28 km2 across with a maximum depth of 1400 feet. It is a coatepeque municipality of the Santa Ana department of El Salvador.
We caught a bus from San Salvador (the capital, and where the airport was) and rode about a couple of hours to the west to campus of Castillo del Rey (King’s Castle) on the edge of the Lago Coatepeque. Here are some pictures of this beautiful lake.
A panoramic view:
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