By the end of January, my health was back to normal and so was our life here. Usually we get up every morning and each do a 1/2 hour of Pilates exercises, at least Monday to Friday. After coffee and breakfast we take care of any minor chores. About once a week we take the bus to the market in San Vicente or the supermarket in Bahia. Depending on how much we have bought, we’ll either take the bus back or get a taxi. Very often now, at the supermarket we’ll meet someone we know with a car who’ll give us a ride home. We really appreciate that.
Every day we go for a long walk on the beach at low tide. We often walk about 3 km north to Canoa or another kilometre further to the cliffs at the end of the beach. The beach here stretches from Canoa in the north to the Chone River between San Vicente and Bahia de Caracquez in the south, a distance a little under 20 km, I think.
Occasionally we’ll stop at one of the ceviche huts in Canoa for lunch, usually Cevicheria Saboreame #2 or once in a while at the Charly Bar. Both have excellent food. A big bowl of Ceviche de Camerones (shrimp ceviche) with plantain chips costs $5.50 US and a 600 ml beer costs $1.75. That’s an unbeatable lunch. We often order only one for both of us.
After our walk home we’ll usually spend 1/2 hour or more in the pool just relaxing and watching the ocean. A few times a week we’ll take a beer and glass of wine down to the palapa by the pool for happy hour with some of the other people who live here. There is a mixture of owners and long term renters here, with most, if not all, being retired Canadians or Americans.
On Tuesday nights we’ll usually go to happy hour at the Bambu in Canoa, where powerful mojitos or other drinks are 2 for $5 and the fresh popcorn is free. Then we’ll have dinner somewhere and go to Trivia Night at the Surf Shak. The first picture is us getting a ride home from Trivia Night with one of our neighbours.
The next 2 pictures are Valentines Day at the Bambu where we had the special Valentines Dinner of corvino (really good fish) with mushroom rice and tempura vegetables for $9.50 each. Excellent.
The final 3 pictures are at a small brew pub back in the bush past the little hamlet of Rio Canoa, about 8 or 10 miles off the highway along a narrow dirt road. We stopped twice on the way there to make sure we’d make it through a couple of washouts. Locally, only the highway and a couple of streets in Canoa are paved. Otherwise the roads are just dirt, not gravel. They get very muddy after a rain. However the beer and company were good so it was another pleasant afternoon.
Every day we go for a long walk on the beach at low tide. We often walk about 3 km north to Canoa or another kilometre further to the cliffs at the end of the beach. The beach here stretches from Canoa in the north to the Chone River between San Vicente and Bahia de Caracquez in the south, a distance a little under 20 km, I think.
Occasionally we’ll stop at one of the ceviche huts in Canoa for lunch, usually Cevicheria Saboreame #2 or once in a while at the Charly Bar. Both have excellent food. A big bowl of Ceviche de Camerones (shrimp ceviche) with plantain chips costs $5.50 US and a 600 ml beer costs $1.75. That’s an unbeatable lunch. We often order only one for both of us.
After our walk home we’ll usually spend 1/2 hour or more in the pool just relaxing and watching the ocean. A few times a week we’ll take a beer and glass of wine down to the palapa by the pool for happy hour with some of the other people who live here. There is a mixture of owners and long term renters here, with most, if not all, being retired Canadians or Americans.
On Tuesday nights we’ll usually go to happy hour at the Bambu in Canoa, where powerful mojitos or other drinks are 2 for $5 and the fresh popcorn is free. Then we’ll have dinner somewhere and go to Trivia Night at the Surf Shak. The first picture is us getting a ride home from Trivia Night with one of our neighbours.
The next 2 pictures are Valentines Day at the Bambu where we had the special Valentines Dinner of corvino (really good fish) with mushroom rice and tempura vegetables for $9.50 each. Excellent.
The final 3 pictures are at a small brew pub back in the bush past the little hamlet of Rio Canoa, about 8 or 10 miles off the highway along a narrow dirt road. We stopped twice on the way there to make sure we’d make it through a couple of washouts. Locally, only the highway and a couple of streets in Canoa are paved. Otherwise the roads are just dirt, not gravel. They get very muddy after a rain. However the beer and company were good so it was another pleasant afternoon.
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