Floods, wind, dogs, euchre and swings

What a weekend!

Tom, Blake, Maria and I left the city at 8 am to head to the beach. We decided against the Pacaya climb due to the weather we have had this week-- extremely rainy.

We drove out of the city with no trouble. It went from city to tropical out of nowhere. The warm humid air, the palm trees, etc.

When we approached the coastal city we were to stay in, we were shocked to find the fields all flooded! The puddles on the dirt road were massive and we debated whether we would make it through them. The first one, which ended up being the worst one by far, was a close call. But the SUV made it through!

the houses along the side of the road where all flooded as well. When we finally got to our hostel we were disappointed to find it so overcast and windy. Luckily the place is BEAUTIFUL! And we hung around, had a late breakfast and the boys went down to assess the surfing situation. They vetoed going out that morning. We chatted with the other guests: 2 girls from Switzerland, 2 girls who are half french half guatemalan and the owners who are 2 men from Switzerland. (random, right?)

I went for a walk on the beach and picked up some shells later on.

Around 4, the Thomas, Christophe (who owns the place) and one of the Swiss girls tried surfing..but the waves were just soo bad--- so they came in.

Later the whole village was on the beach because a sea turtle had washed up on shore. They are not sure how it died... but it probably got caught in fishermen's nets. They said that people sometimes capture them, cut them open to remove their eggs and then leave them to die. This was not the case with this particular turtle...but how cruel is that?

The cook's kids came in the evening and we played: Bancopoly...guatemala monopoly... it was fun, the kids thought we were really funny to play with them.

We then had dinner: shrimp salad, spaghetti and a brownie with homemade peach ice-cream!!!

Maria, blake, tom and I played euchre and then headed to bed at the respectable hour of 1030!

This morning, the weather was not much more promising for surfing but they gave it a shot. I soaked up some sun and hang out around the 'cabana'.

All in all a wonderful weekend. More sun would have been better, but hey, a beach get away is a beach get away!

here are some pictures!