Las Cheras Del Norte Go To The Beach

So this past weekend, Las Cheras planned a trip to the beach. Our departure was quite tardy as some of us took awhile to get ready. Thankfully Meryl and Vicky (two amazing girls working in Tacuba in eco/agro projects) had "chucho" (a pick up truck that had already had some rough years on him). They came to pick Rhita and myself up and with Alice and Vivian's excellent map skills we made it to the beach.

We decided to go to El Zonte. I was absolutely mesmerized by the black sand and the warm water. The place that we stayed at was beautiful, it was called Casa De Frida. We invited the spanish school students, and all the volunteers (approx 15 of us). We practically took over the place. There was only one room for four of us to share and the rest slept on hammocks outside.

The weekend was full of insightful conversations, laughs, and amazing waves. Although it rained for most of the weekend it didn't put a damper on things. Even with the rain we still went in the water and exofoliated ourselfs with the sand. (lol) There were no fatalities only some injuries evoked by some rocks, (stubbed toe, scrapes, chipped nail polish). Most of the accidents ended when the Cheras noticed that the surfer boys were swimming in a none rocky area. (We decided to follow them) The bus ride back to San Salvador was amazing. I was sandwiched between Heather and Alice on the way back (Grrrrrrr :) ) and the bus was blasting music so we had good beats going on the way back. There was this beautiful little girl that as standing on the bus because her mom was sitting down and holding their chicken. (Ritha freaked when she saw the chicken) the bus was packed and Heather offered the little girl her seat.

When we got to San Salvador Heather, Ritha, Vivian, Alice, and myself were exhausted and finding the other bus to get us home was a struggle but we managed.

So no picture because I forgot my camera but as soon as Vivian, Alice, or someone else posts their pictures I will link them to this post.