A sunny day at the beach in Puerto Escondido!

When we woke up this morning and saw that the sun was shining, we were all very happy, especially since this was the first sunny day after six straight days of rain here at Puerto Escondido! I started the day by having breakfast with Rory (left) on the hotel's veranda. Continental breakfast included juice, coffee, toast, a banana and a hard-boiled egg. Sam (below) ate breakfast with a girl from Ohio and boy from Minnesota.
After breakfast, we headed down to the beach, which is only half a block away. The road that our hotel is on is only half a block away from the beach!

Once at the beach, I resigned myself to "babysit" the towels, flip flops, cameras, etc. Actually, it was a wonderful excuse to sit around all day and relax. That was pretty easy considering the view from my very own lounge chair under a breezy palapa. Check out the view for yourself:

That evening, all the leaders had dinner together at Sabor al Mar, another restaurant along the beach. In the photo below, we are seated from left to right: me, Sharron (Ohio), Shane & Carla (Minnesota), Stephanie (Nebraska) and Cliff, our leader, from Iowa.I ordered camerones al ajo again, but they weren't as good as they were at the other restaurant last night. However, the view at Sabor al Mar was AMAZING!!! Check out the video below. I took it from my seat at the table! Honest.

On the way back, we walked up the steps of the same overlook from last night and I took another picture of all the leaders. From left to right are: Shane, Carla, Sharron, Stefanie and Cliff.

When we got back to the hotel, I remembered that I hadn't taken a picture of the hotel to give you all an idea of how it looked, so Stefanie and Carla kindly posed for a photo.

After the trip here, I wasn't looking forward to the return bus ride, so I hit the hay for some needed sleep.