Surfing in Guatemala

 This week the TTS21 girls traveled to the small town of El Paredon on the western coast of Guatemala. There they stayed in small thatch roof huts right on the volcanic sand beach. During the week at El Paredon, the girls took a week's worth of surfing lessons from the staff, which included several top Guatemalan surfers. They started out learning how to stand up and balance on  a surf board and, by the end of the week, they were paddling and catching waves making it look easy. The girls also spent plenty of time swimming in the ocean waves and basking in the sun. During the week they were able to witness the surfing of Henry who is ranked the fourth best  surfer in all of Guatemala. All the young surfers at El Paredon have started a program called the Guatemalan Surf Project, which is a project that allows local children of El Paredon to rent a surf board for Q1 (the equivalent of 13 cents). The surfers at El Paredon teach the kids how to surf so they have an activity to do when they get out of school during the day. 

 All of the TTS21 crew was sad to leave the beach and say fairwell to their surfing friends but also very excited to embark on the next portion of the journey to Nicaragua

 

Annalise, Senior, WY