Interesting El Salvador Cancel

Here's an interesting cancel from El Salvador I've never seen before.
It says
??? Agua del Lago de Coatepeque - El Vichy Salvadoreño.
??? Water of Lake Coatepeque - the Vichy of El Salvador.
Any knowledge, gossip, ideas?
Thanks in advance.

Lovely cancel indeed.
"Living dangerously" the Mayans used to live or use on the island in the
middle of the volcanic crater

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coatepeque_Caldera


it looks like perhaps a tourist style cachet cancel for such a remote place

Probably a reference to draw attention and perhaps compete with the thermal baths / spa / mineral waters (containing various salts and sulfur compounds) of Vichy, France, famous for it's baths and healing waters since 1767.

Wikipedia article on Vichy, a town in Auvergne, France:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy
. . . scroll down to History / Thermal Baths.

That is COOL! (or hot depending on your point of view)

Excellent example of the commonplace becoming unique! Thanks for posting it.

Dave

The cancel says: "TOME AGUA DEL LAGO DE COATEPEQUE EL VICHY SALVADOREÑO" translated says: "DRINK (or TAKE) WATER OF LAKE COATEPEQUE THE SALVADORAN VICHY"

I can find no information of bottled mineral water from the lake or nearby springs for drinking so "TOME" in this case, probably refers to taking a mineral water bath. Since "VICHY" is not a Spanish word it most likely refers to the town of Vichy, France which is famous for its mineral water baths.

Marty