Different day, different beach

Dear Chris Kwon,

We enjoyed a lovely morning in the Pacific Ocean. There are as many butterflies in Canoa as there are hammocks (both very popular). The butterflies fly over the waves. It´s like nothing I have ever seen before. I wish I could show you pictures. Soon, children. Soon. We returned to our cabins and jumped into the pool. I showered and Annie realized her wallet was missing. Her debit card stoppedworking right before we left, so it wasn´t that important. Unfortunately, she lost her camera. Now, Erica and I are the only ones left with cameras.

We were all out of money, so we had to leave the gorgeous populated beach of Canoa. We hopped on a bus to San Vincente, then took a water taxi across the bay to Bahía de Caráquez. The whole trip was fast. The scenery changed quickly. Canoa is a small beach town with old wooden shacks that house everything. The beach is gorgeous. Bahía de Caráquez is more like west seattle. There are some big buildings, a HUGE boardwalk around the whole town, and the beach is somewhat lacking. We has ceviche for lunch and ice cream for dessert. The ice cream was to die for.

Annie had no way of getting money today. Tomorrow, she should get some money from a bank- without ID? Oh Ecuador. Alex and I were able to withdraw money from here in Bahía. Erica was not, so she is currently on the phone with her bank. We have all had issues and it´s been such an amazing experience. I met two people today originally from the states. Both separately devoted their lives to travel- living on the road for over 10 years. I don´t think I could do it, but it´s wonderful to meet such incredible people.

Tomorrow, we are planning on getting to Puerto Lopez, which is the starting point to the poor man´s galapagos= Isla de la Plata. It will probably involve transferring in Manta. I hope I have my camera at the end of the trip!

Quick recap of the contents of this trip now:
4 girls
2 cameras left
2 functioning debit cards
2 phones left
limited money
a will to make it out with some possessions left

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