Surfing in Canoa

Alrighty! We´ve headed west to the coast and landed in Canoa a world class surf destination. The waves couldn´t be better! Canoa was loud and bumpin for the weekend, but things have calmed down nicely. We´ve found a perfect place to chill out for five or six days and we have rented long boards which now accompany us everywhere. We´ve surfed four days straight now. So nice to lose the wet suit.

Here´s some snaps from this morning.

Life is mostly surfing and reading, though there have been a few interesting nights. The Argentinian owner of Che´s Pizza attracted our attention with his rasta atmosphere, his Jamaican styled shanty, and his Spanish music evangelizing marijuana and calling for the revolution. We lay in his hammocks for hours feasting on pizzas from his rustic army stove.

Last night we went for a walk at dusk and ran into Lady, a Columbian traveler we had met at Che´s Pizza. We accompanied her to a Mexican friend´s birthday where we were a party of only six in the abandoned bar. Still, we filled the dance floor - Pavlo taking Columbian Salsa lessons from Lady, while I tossed Lady´s three year old daughter into repetative flips and spins.

View from our hostel

I´ve now headed solo by bus into the nearest town for a bank and Internet fascility. Pavlo is on the beach with Lady styling his hair. Pavlo owes me huge. I´m writing this post (and a few others) from a black and white monitor. I hope the photos look alright...