Beach!

This weekend our friend Steve, who is teaching English in San Salvador for three months for CIS, came to visit us.  He rented a car and drove to Berlin on Friday and we enjoyed a delicious dinner together at Alegria on Friday night.

He spent the night at Casa Mia and in the morning we left for the beach.  We decided to visit El Cuco just over the boundary from the department of Usulutan into the department of San Miguel....about an hour and a half drive down the volcano to the ocean. We looked for a place to stay and found a good place on the second try.  This busy hotel had direct access to the beach, two functioning swimming pools, and a restaurant.  The mirrored headboard and lights that changed color from blue to green to pink to red and to orange in our room, as well as the baby scorpion in Kimberly's room just added a little local color.  The hammocks right outside the door were definitely a plus!

The beach is shared by tourists and fisherman who pull their boat up onto the sand amid the sunbathers.

The beach is also shared by acres of fish drying in the sun on racks of sticks.

We spent about 24 hours eating, playing in the surf, drinking, eating again, sleeping, walking on the beach, and playing in the surf some more. 

Then it was time to drive back up the volcano to the cooler air of Berlin and our last week of teaching.  Thanks to Steve for our mini-vacation to the beach.