Went diving in Lake Ilopongo today, a huge flooded caldera just east of San Salvador. This is apparently the very worst time of year to dive Ilopongo, with the rainy season (and I'm here to tell you: it's the rainy season) bringing all the runoff into the lake, making visibility very low. But it's also the worst time of the year to dive the reefs, as the currents are treacherous.

We did two dives: one to see... some rocks. And another to Caldera del Diablo, where there are some hot water vents that are the only sign that this volcano isn't quite dead yet. This was kind of interesting, but the effect was mostly that you kept swimming through warm patches that made you think the person ahead of you had just peed. And maybe he had. Also, there were rocks. But I'm generally pretty happy just to get in the water.

The shores of Ilopongo, which like the beach at Cara Sucio, looks a lot nicer when the photo is scaled down so it's hard to see the trash.

Your intrepid correspondent, getting psyched for some rocks.