The Lagoon

In my last post I talked about the street name being “on the way to the lagoon” – well this is the lagoon! And behind it is the Volcan Santiago... it is just a 10 minute walk from the house....  Up until about 5 years ago the lagoon was used by Masayans for swimming and washing clothes.....but today it is rarely used because the water is so polluted... Someone told me that they estimate there is a layer 3-4m thick of plastic in the water! 

Apparently a large serpent lives in the lagoon – according to local folklore, the day that it is killed or dies, all of the water will disappear.  Another famous story describes how the Spanish conquistadores descended into this volcano in their search for gold!