Blogs from Canoa, West, Ecuador, South America - page 7

We´re advised to go to the Doctor in St Vincente, 20km from Canoa. He knows his shit. We get a taxi to bring us there. The surgery seems like the usual doctors surgery, the nurse is wearing white, theres a few very sick old people around! We get through the formalities in Spanish. Go into the Examination roon. The Doc doesnt speak English. My spanish is really not at the level to decribe exact symptons, but with a few hand gestures and a few sore this n that, we muddle are way through it. Actually as does most, i do a lot of nodding! Describing, being sick, toilet stuff and amount of time etc. Really doesnt take a brain surgeon to work out we have food/water/ass poisioning! He does a few checks, prods a few places ... read more

Hola Jetzt ist meine Zeit in Std Domingo auch schon zu Ende. Dies ist einerseits Schade, da ich jetzt nach drei Monaten mich bei der Arbeit ausgekannt hatte und auch mit den Leuten mehr zu tun hatte. Andererseits freu ich mich auch echt schon zu reisen. Die letzten Wochen waren vom Kakao bestimmt und so hab ich mal den Prozess in Bild festgehalten, damit alles Schokoladen- und Kakaosuechtigen wissen was sie konsumieren. Die ersten Fotos sind beim Kakaoeinkaufen im Campo entstanden Eigentlich ganz einfach. Die Kakaoschoten muessen gepflueckt werden, mit der Machete geoeffnet und die Bohnen herausgenommen werden. Dann verkaufen ihn die Bauern an die Planta. Doert wird er vier Tage in den Holzkisten gegaehrt. Danach wird er draussen getrocknet und spaeter noch im Trockner, bis er ca. 7% Wasser enthaelt. Nus muss er geroestet ... read more

Apologies to anyone who thought that my prolongued silence meant that I had actually fallen off the face of the Earth, but a set of rather unfortunate circumstances meant that this is the first time I've been able to get near the Internet since over a week ago...... read more

Voici une photo de notre Palais. On veut rester ici environ une semaine pour essayer de surfer un peu. ... read more

Getting There So me and Miry decided to take the Easter Holiday down by the Coast at a place called Canoa and considering we only had three days there the 10-11 hour trip is a bit much for a couple of days in the Sun but it was worth it in the end. The Bus left around 10:30 on Thursday night and I had an eight hour sleepless journey to Puerto Viejo. I thought I would be used to the manic driving through pitch black roads that constantly wind all the way from the Mountains to the valleys and only straighten up towards the Coastal plains but no! did my experiences in Asia count for nothing. So we arrived at Porto Viejo at about 8 in the morning trying to decipher from the locals who was ... read more