Canoa is basically a small fishing village with a beach town/hippy vibe for surfers. A number of hostels and eateries which are for the most part beach side stands and bars......nothing fancy except for a couple hotels in the town ......a few upscale hotels are on the outside of the village.
Last evening, my new friend Tom who hails from Colorado and I took a bus into town....cost for 2k ride $0.50 each......we had dinner at The Bambu Hotel then walked the beach back to our residence....as the tide was in....the walking in the sand was a work of labor.....
Tom arrived a day after me and is here to take Spanish Lessons as well. Tom is also a widower, having lost his spouse a year ago....he is 62. I have met 3 other Americans staying here....Don, who has been at the Sundown for 5 years, Susie, who has her home rented up the beach, and is here....she has been in Canoa for 16 years....then their is Jeff, here for the winter from Texas to surf....he is likely about 30 ....says he takes a few months off each year to surf....last year it was Mexico.
Alexandra, introduced me to her mom, cousin and brother last evening, as I was waiting for Tom to go into Canoa....very welcoming family.......
Fell asleep on my balcony laying in the hammock to a gentle breeze off the ocean.........
O...forgot to mention, earlier about 2:30 pm I experience my first earth Quake....it was a tremor that last about 5 seconds.....initially thought it was my imagination but later Alexandra asked if I noticed the quake.......in the big one April 2016 her place only suffered a few cracks..all prepared and she says an Engineer inspected with no structural damage....many other buildings nearby were not so fortunate.
Now a few pics of the damaged parts to my moto.........which were replaced in Portoviejo....
As many of you following my blog were interested in learning from my experience from last year's Ontario Horizon Meeting....wherein I mentioned that I was flying to Huanuco, buying a moto from Around the Block Tours as opposed to shipping at great cost my own to SA......I can say that I have been treated well by Toby and his crew who fixed my earlier problem in the oil leak at the top head........I am concerned now if the O ring they say was missing from a tube which ran from the lower unit to the top was either not suppose to be there or if it is restricting oil to the cam which may have overheated causing the bearings to fail. I am not mechanically inclined......definitely worried for the balance of my trip which is still 3 months...do not want to be stranded in the middle of nowhere.....I was just lucky to have had the failure where I did......have written Toby but I know he is on Tour for The Dakar and don't expect a reply until he returns....in the meantime using the bike for short runs to town.
Last evening, my new friend Tom who hails from Colorado and I took a bus into town....cost for 2k ride $0.50 each......we had dinner at The Bambu Hotel then walked the beach back to our residence....as the tide was in....the walking in the sand was a work of labor.....
Tom arrived a day after me and is here to take Spanish Lessons as well. Tom is also a widower, having lost his spouse a year ago....he is 62. I have met 3 other Americans staying here....Don, who has been at the Sundown for 5 years, Susie, who has her home rented up the beach, and is here....she has been in Canoa for 16 years....then their is Jeff, here for the winter from Texas to surf....he is likely about 30 ....says he takes a few months off each year to surf....last year it was Mexico.
Alexandra, introduced me to her mom, cousin and brother last evening, as I was waiting for Tom to go into Canoa....very welcoming family.......
Fell asleep on my balcony laying in the hammock to a gentle breeze off the ocean.........
O...forgot to mention, earlier about 2:30 pm I experience my first earth Quake....it was a tremor that last about 5 seconds.....initially thought it was my imagination but later Alexandra asked if I noticed the quake.......in the big one April 2016 her place only suffered a few cracks..all prepared and she says an Engineer inspected with no structural damage....many other buildings nearby were not so fortunate.
Now a few pics of the damaged parts to my moto.........which were replaced in Portoviejo....
As many of you following my blog were interested in learning from my experience from last year's Ontario Horizon Meeting....wherein I mentioned that I was flying to Huanuco, buying a moto from Around the Block Tours as opposed to shipping at great cost my own to SA......I can say that I have been treated well by Toby and his crew who fixed my earlier problem in the oil leak at the top head........I am concerned now if the O ring they say was missing from a tube which ran from the lower unit to the top was either not suppose to be there or if it is restricting oil to the cam which may have overheated causing the bearings to fail. I am not mechanically inclined......definitely worried for the balance of my trip which is still 3 months...do not want to be stranded in the middle of nowhere.....I was just lucky to have had the failure where I did......have written Toby but I know he is on Tour for The Dakar and don't expect a reply until he returns....in the meantime using the bike for short runs to town.
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