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Four rather uncomfortable buses and a pickup truck later, we found where all the Western tourists have been hiding in El Salvador: El Cuco beach! We spent two nights at La Tortuga Verde (the green turtle), a small resort right on the stunning Pacific Ocean beach.
We didn´t do a great deal during our time there apart from eat, sleep and relax but it was lovely. There was a small swimming pool which was great to cool down in. We didn´t swim in the sea as there were big waves but we managed a small walk along the beach before we got too hot. The food there was good so we stocked up on fruit, veg and salad and on the second night we had a big shared dinner of a massive fish that had been found (not properly caught because it was found dying in the sea!).
The place is owned by a New Yorker who has been there for some time. He was friendly but a bit strange and although he spoke Spanish, spoke it with the worst accent I´ve ever heard, like he couldn´t be bothered to try! He spends a fair amount of money buying turtle eggs that local people go along the beach collecting, then lets them incubate at the resort so that more turtles make it into the sea rather than being eaten as eggs. Unfortunately for us there were no turtles hatching as it´s the beginning of the season. He also rescues pelicans and there were four in various states of disrepair: at least three had broken wings. They sat in an open enclosure all day where they were sprayed by a hose by staff every so often. On our second day, the most well one went for an outing to the beach by himself (see photo) where he swam in the sea and was later carried back to the resort by someone as he had probably drifted a long way down the beach.
Most of the other western tourists were there to surf but we decided not to have a go as it was too much like hard work! So we spent a lot of time reading in hammocks, floating in the pool and looking out into the ocean from the restaurant area. Simon also watched the semi-final football matches.
Katy
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