Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador
This is rainy season in Bahia. Some days, the clouds move in and we get some rain, then the next day could be bright and sunny. Generally it is a lot warmer and drier than the west coast of Canada during the winter.
Overall nothing to complain about.
Suddenly it was "Carnaval" time in Bahia. For 5 days, starting last Friday and ending on Tuesday, our sleepy little town was transformed into party central. All of the otherwise abandoned-looking condos were completely booked, the normally vacant beaches were packed with people and there was loud music and merriment until the early hours of every morning. We had no idea the town could be transformed this way.
There were also a few fireworks thrown in for good luck.
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| This only works at high tide |
Now the excitement is over and everything is back to normal, which means we have to get back to our tough job of deciding where we are going from here. Right now we have narrowed down our choices to either sailing to the Perlas islands in Panama, then on to Panama City, or heading directly to Costa Rica. The distance is about the same either way. The deciding factor will be the winds and currents. At the time of writing this, it appears we are entering a period of very light winds for the forseable future, except possibly in the gulf of Panama, where it promises to be coming from exactly the wrong direction.
Regardless of which way we end up going, we are planning on leaving next Tuesday. Also regardless of which way we go, we hope to make our way back to El Salvador in a couple of months, where we feel more confident of leaving the boat for a while.
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| Sine Timore, as seen from the bar at Puerto Amistad Marina |
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