La Tortuga Verde

Hello again!

So we decided to pay for a internet dongle for the day. mainly due to the need to plan and book flights etc, but my head feels ready to explode with the logistics of it so decided to take a break and get a new post done.

We are staying a few miles down the road from a place called La Cuco, still in El Salvador. When we were in El Tunco  I overheard some people talking about this really cheap chilled out hostel with fresh fish and amazing surf, so I jumped online to find it, produced my findings to Mr Stuff and BAM!!, here we are!

The hostel is called La Tortuga Verde (the green turtle) and we are enjoying our stay, although we may not fit in to the uber chilled out pace as much as we should.

It is a beautiful spot right on a beach that has a fairly good beach surf break, we have a private room with bathroom and fan for $25/night. Our room is serviced and we get fresh towels every 2 days, and its a very short drive away from Las Flores point break which (even from my learning point of view) is pretty awesome surf. I'll let Stuff do a Cuco Surf post as he's the expert. There is a small swimming pool, many beach side hammocks and tables, very helpful staff and a really laid back atmosphere. Whats not to like????

Firstly although the food is good here it is more expensive than we have been paying in El Tunco and it is fairly remote so there are limited options to eat off site. We have now found a couple of local run restaurant down the beach that are cheaper and so far very good, so this may have been mitigated, its also nice to have a little variation.

Secondly there is no wifi, you can rent tigo sticks for $5/day, unfortunately I am unable to make this work on my tablet and have been left bookless for a few days, its a hard life I know, luckily I have the updated angry birds Starwars, phew!!!

The owner Tom, is something of a character/nutbar/local legend boasting his own TV show among other achievements, recently, equally as chilled out and an obvious kindred spirit (nutbar), Harry has joined the Tortuga team. We have wondered if Tom cloned himself and as a result hatched Harry out of a turtle egg in the hatchery next door.

We have been getting a free lift to Las Flores every morning to surf with Tom and Harry and Tom's partner Cindy (very accommodating). Las Flores is STUNNING, its an amazing little cove at the edge of the jungle, with dark sand and a sand covered point break (photo below) there is very posh expensive accommodation by way of surf camps etc at the beach and one very budget place called Rancho Mama Cata, that we my check out as its right by the point. 

 

The boys (Tom and Harry) have very big plans for the hostel although I fear they discus these more than actually doing them. Tom runs a turtle hatchery next to it by buying turtle eggs of off local collectors. Its awesome that they want to make a difference, only (and this is my inner scientist speaking), it bugs me a bit that they don't collect any data and I'd like to now more about the hatchery and the turtles, still by buying and hatching eggs that would have been eaten, I'm sure good is being done. 

There really is little to complain about, but we are British, and I would highly recommend staying here, cheap accommodation in this area is very hard to come by and I'm pretty sure it would not be with the quality and service you get here, with the huge added bonus of potential turtle encounters and hatchings!!!

By Things with Stuffs contribution

Photos of Las Flores beach and Stuff on La Cuco Beach