Champerico

Last Friday we took a day trip to the pacific coast of Guatemala! Champerico is a coastal town that is NOT touristy at all - that is unless you are a Guatemalan tourist.

We woke up early to take a chicken bus to the coast... it was about a 2.5 hour endeavor to get from Xela to Champerico and we needed to switch buses once in Retalhuleu.

When we arrived on the coast the temperature was easily 20-30 degrees warmer than in Xela. It was warm, it was sunny and it was humid.  Perfect beach day!

So we found a restaurant that we used as our home base and then grabbed a few liters of beer and walked down to the beach. It. Was. Epic.

Black sand beaches with warm water... it was heaven!

Here  are some pics:

And to make the weather and seafood and beer even better? On our way home in the chicken bus we heard "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in Spanish.

I love this country.  Can't wait to retire here!

Until next time,
- B