We leave Canoa about 9am in the rain..........it has poured overnight. We cross the bridge to Bahia de Caraques....at San Clemente and San Jacinto we are routed off the main road into the Beach Side towns. The Beaches are Ecuadorian packed on week ends and Holidays....today it is all but deserted. We stop for Cafe and a coke.....instant cafe is on tap.
Prior to reaching the beach at Bahia we are in water and mud 18 inches deep at times....due to construction on the roads destroyed a year ago by the earthquake....we are a muddy mess but it is all part of the adventure.
At Portoviejo our path led us along a canal amid rice, cacao, coffee, fruit and banana farms and into the town of Santa Ana. Here we stop for a bowl of Sopa at an outdoor cafe and snap a couple pics of local transportation..
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We are in a little trouble at Olmedo as the Gps cannot find the newly paved road...we eventually are back on track and back on gravel and pot hole roads........at Colimes we again are temporarily loss but seeing the large steel bridge in the distance gives us renewed hope and we zig-zag through traffic to cross and back on route.
We pass through Vinces which was the world centre for the finest Chocolate growers ...... the Swiss and French establishing this town.. The town is known as little Paris due in part to its French Architecture and possibly its mini Eiffel Tower. The river here is used to race power boats and jet skis. From here we make our way to Hosteria Senor de Los Caballos in Antonia Sotomayer but not before 1 more stop by the Policia......the greeting is friendly and hand shakes are in order...we are warned that banditos are in the area ...... he put his hand on his gun and I said banditos and he replied si...as he was having a hard time getting through to us with my limited Spanish....Ken he just blabbered away in English...lol
Prior to reaching the beach at Bahia we are in water and mud 18 inches deep at times....due to construction on the roads destroyed a year ago by the earthquake....we are a muddy mess but it is all part of the adventure.
At Portoviejo our path led us along a canal amid rice, cacao, coffee, fruit and banana farms and into the town of Santa Ana. Here we stop for a bowl of Sopa at an outdoor cafe and snap a couple pics of local transportation..
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We pass through Vinces which was the world centre for the finest Chocolate growers ...... the Swiss and French establishing this town.. The town is known as little Paris due in part to its French Architecture and possibly its mini Eiffel Tower. The river here is used to race power boats and jet skis. From here we make our way to Hosteria Senor de Los Caballos in Antonia Sotomayer but not before 1 more stop by the Policia......the greeting is friendly and hand shakes are in order...we are warned that banditos are in the area ...... he put his hand on his gun and I said banditos and he replied si...as he was having a hard time getting through to us with my limited Spanish....Ken he just blabbered away in English...lol
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