The two, Dream a Little Dream girls from Argentina invited me to hike into a private beach a few miles up to coast from Canoa. We were also joined by Morgan from Wisconsin.
We took a bus a few miles out and then hiked a mountain trail for a couple hours.
Just got off the bus and looking for the trail:
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Nothing was marked, it just seemed like the right way to go:
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It was dead:
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Top of the ridge, ocean in sight:
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Lunch time:
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Wisconsin girl:
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Time to hike out:
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We arrived at the beach just before noon and departed just after 4pm. On the hike out we saw a family of Howler monkeys, great little surprise to end the days adventure! It was a great day, thanks girls!

Got a bit to much sun so I decided to stay in Canoa today to hydrate and do some laundry. I'll move on in the morning.

I like Ecuador!