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The Fabulous Green Sand Beach.

All the locals we have run into agree that the Green Sand Beach is a must see. It is an hour and a half drive south of where we are staying but we coupled the experience with attending a grand opening of a coffee farm near there. We chose a cloud covered day as there was no shade along the 4 mile round trip route.

What a fabulous gem of a place this is!
And the two mile walk to the beach begins. Not too often you get to hike directly along the rocky shores just to find a beach at the end.
For a small fee folks (all 4 of them here) can catch a ride in a beat up pick up truck instead of getting some exercise. Boy did those folks get bounced around.

Below are some fabulous pictures of the scenery along our hour long hike to the Green Sand Beach:

These wind farms have helped take up the slack in the grid around here. The lava flows of a few years back took out the geothermal plant that was providing power to the island.
Check out the atv paths created by the locals. It makes for a different hike each time too.
Being a wee bit color blind myself I am trusting y’all can see the sand is indeed green!
Our approach to the beach.
Still a ways out we began to notice a few folks seemingly scaling the cliffside walls to get down.
We might managed to get a bit of snorkeling in here. Not the best beach for that but it was safe from the rip currents and crashing waves.
Scaling the cliffside to get down was really much easier than it looked. A cool path indeed.
A nice selfie on the other side of the beach.
Contemplating what a wonderful spot this is.

After an uneventful but beautiful hike back to our car we drove to the coffee shop for some goodies. We found a few friends along the way:

This cute looking bull somehow got locked out of his field. We had taken a wrong turn down a long dirt road and wondered if he was curious or aggravated at us for disturbing him?
Once we reached the coffee farm we were greeted by some of the bull’s friends.
As it was Miranda’s Coffee Farm’s grand opening they had their relatives from El Salvador hand making pupusas. They are a wonderful meat filled pocket of goodness.
Lunch and a bag of coffee to go. The coffee really was probably the best we have ever had!