Guate-San Salvador/from the bus
San Salvador, najmniejszy kraj Ameryki Srodkowej, mial byc bardzo niebezpieczny, badz niebezpieczny. Jak tylko dojechalem, chypcikiem, czmychnalem do najblizszego hotelu, tak hotelu. Salwatorskie telenowele sa debesciackie (!), obejrzalem prawie caly odcinek siedzac w barze i czekajac na papusy, powloczuste spojrzenia, piekne rezydencje, szybkie samochody... bym sie do takiej moze przeniosl na jakis weekend...
Kolo Plaza Barrios stoi zas dosc niezwykly, brutalistyczny, kosciol z genialnymi witrazami- Iglesia de Rosario. Bryla poczatkowo dziwi, ale gdy tylko wejdzie sie do srodka zachwyca spokojem, zrownowazeniem i gra swiatla, niepozorne cudenko. Rubén Martínez przekryl caly kosciol poteznym lukiem, ktory sprawia, ze kosciol jest przestrzenny i zwarty.
Ze ze stolicy udaje sie nad Pacyfik. Do Mekki, a jakze by inaczej, surferow, La Libertad i El Tunco. Postaram sie dolaczyc do grona wspanialych:)
PAPUSAS
Salvador, like every Central American country has its own type of tortillas, here they call it papusas. There are thicker than tacos and always filled with cheese, frijol or meat. You eat it with pickled cabbage, onion and carrot and some hot salsa.
El Salvadord is not a beautiful city, but it has this thing that makes city likable. It has clean and tidy streets, things that I started apprecaiting just here in Central America. You may think that in a latin country streets are full of people after sunset when it is bearable to walk and stand that teenagers are hanging out and neighbours are sitting on the street chatting and drinking beer. No, not here! The city empties after six, there are no cars on the streets, people are just scared...
City has three main squares. I love one, but only for its name: Hula Hula. It used to be neat and vibrant square, now you cannoy call it like that. It is filled up with aluminium stands, kiosks where thay sell cloths and dvds, play loud music, it reminds rather market, cheap market. Unfortunately. Behind Plaza Barrios stands incredible and just beautiful church-Iglesia de Rosario designed by Rubén Martínez. This brutalist temple has calm, quiet and mystic interior created by colourful stained-glass windows. WOW.
In Salvador I met some local folks I get acquainted, thanks to that I was not a tourist for three days and I have heared a few stories about the country, why they are so many Palestinians there, how do they leave and what happened during a very recent civil war...
From San Salvador I am going to La Libertad & Costa Balsamica to try surfing in so-called the best place in Central America, maybe I will become a surfer!
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