Canoa

It has been a hard day relaxing in Canoa! We arrived last night after 4 hours travel from Manta and settled in to the hotel Bambu for the night. It{s the same place I stayed at last time I was here and comes highly recommended by both Ecuadorians and foreigners. We have an awesome room on the top floor of a bungalow and there are lots of hammocks for lounging and a great restaurant. So we have done very little all day as it has been our first rest day (there are no more full rest days planned for nearly two weeks so we had to make the most of it - although there will be a few relaxed days and free hours). The day still flew by with meals, siestas, walks along the beach, cocktails and shopping (mum has managed to buy a necklace nearly every day). It was kinda sad leaving Manta and everyone and everything I knew there and I had many goodbyes in the 2 days I was back there. I will miss the AIESECers and the kids at the foundation and the family I was with and everyone else I met along the way.