We are valuing our rest days highly, particularly when they are at the beach! As you can see from the photos below, we have a delightful position, with our room on the ground floor, a nice pool outside which we have used repeatedly and a long beach along which we can walk with ease, but dodging the horse riders and fishermen.
There are many hotels and bungalows along this section, maybe 50 in all, but almost all have few if any guests. Covid restrictions and the social unrest has reduced the numbers here, but also there is no airport near by, and a gravel road out the back of all the hotels does not excite international visitors generally. Still it is a beautiful spot.
We decided to walk to the town which took about an hour, and was delightful. However being Sunday, not much was open, and we were chased by touts everywhere. One was particularly loud after we did not respond to his question about which country we came from. Also, no one has espresso coffee (I am guessing due to the cost of a machine) but thems the breaks. We caught a tuk tuk home for about two dollars, driven very slowly by a young lady. Tuk tuk racing is unlikey to have the same impact here as in Phuket!
We swam again and I swam in the sea, with a little surf. There was a young man on a board here, from Lima and he had been in Sydney which he loved. For Peruvians, getting a visa to visit Australia is quite a challenge unless you have assets and a job in Peru. The waves were small but powerful and I caught a few in body surfing mode and ended up right on the beach which was just great.
My sore tooth is still sore, but anti-biotics seem to be helping a little and I am hopeful it will be repaired by tomorrow as we head across the border into Ecuado and to Cuenca, home of the sombrero and maker of the best Panama Hats from natural materials. I will also get my bike serviced as we have now passed 20,000 kilometres of riding with about four thousand to go.
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