Last year Beth and I fell in love with Sunzal, a beach and little surfing community in El Salvador. I think we went four times between January and June. But when we came back from summer break in 2008, for some reason we never got around to going again before Christmas. We finally made it back this past long weekend and immediately fell in love with the place all over again.
Friday morning we caravanned with a group of teachers (12 at the time, though 3 more met us at the beach later) to the beach. One of the reasons we like going so much is that it's the easiest drive to make of any of our usual destinations. The road out of the city is much better, and the highways in El Salvador are leaps and bounds better than Guatemala's, not to mention it's quite scenic.
Of course, there really isn't much to report of our time at the beach. We did a whole lot of swimming, reading, eating ceviche (like a shrimp salad) and pupusas (stuffed tortillas), drinking fruit smoothies, and just hanging out with our friends. We spent our mornings over at a nearby small hotel/restauarant overlooking the ocean, our afternoons boogie boarding, watching the surfers (in absolute amazement -- it looks so hard and intimidating!), and the evenings playing pool and playing music.
Friday morning we caravanned with a group of teachers (12 at the time, though 3 more met us at the beach later) to the beach. One of the reasons we like going so much is that it's the easiest drive to make of any of our usual destinations. The road out of the city is much better, and the highways in El Salvador are leaps and bounds better than Guatemala's, not to mention it's quite scenic.
Of course, there really isn't much to report of our time at the beach. We did a whole lot of swimming, reading, eating ceviche (like a shrimp salad) and pupusas (stuffed tortillas), drinking fruit smoothies, and just hanging out with our friends. We spent our mornings over at a nearby small hotel/restauarant overlooking the ocean, our afternoons boogie boarding, watching the surfers (in absolute amazement -- it looks so hard and intimidating!), and the evenings playing pool and playing music.
Breakfast at Miramar -- the greatest view in Sunzal
Gimme a B-E-A-C-H!
Playing pool on the beach
Don't worry - I cleared the table, then sunk the 8-ball in the wrong pocket -- and scratched!
Beth, Jean Ah, and Wendy
James and Mike
Wishing sunset wasn't overWe had several musicians with us: Mike, Andy, (guitarists) David (guitarist/keyboardist) and Reid (banjo-ist). And we struck gold by inviting a nice surfer fellow to join us. Stephen was a Talent. He could pick up the guitar or banjo and pull sound out of it that you didn't think was previously possible. He also knew tons of Beatles' songs, and Beth was in her element, singing along to every song he played. She said it reminded her of being at home around her Dad and her dad's musical friends.
Mike on the guitar and Reid strumming the banjo
Stephen! Surfer and Guitarist Virtuoso -- we all wondered what he was doing on a beach and not in a band My favorite song he played and sung:
Something in the Way She Moves by James Taylor
The bad news? It looks as if many of us got food poisoning/bacterial infection on some level. James and I had rumbly tummies for a few days, but some of our friends were much sicker, and one friend ended up going to the doctor and finding out she had e-Coli bacterial poisoning.
Warning: Pupusas may be hazardous to your health! But don't let that stop you. :)
.....but wasn't it all worth it in the end, to spend three days at the beach? 
1 comment:
Looks like so much fun! Beaches every where else seem so much more appealing to me. On a different post, I am interested to hear how the beer is...
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