Parte Dos, con más animales muertos

So there we were, having a perfectly lovely time in Canoa, when we decided to leave for Olón, where we had planned to do a hostel work exchange for awhile. Olón is about a six hour bus ride from Canoa, and is known for having great surfing and for being near the cesspit of young backpackers that is Montañita. Oh look! Here’s us at a three floored, Alcatraz themed dance club:

Thanks to Simon for the picture! Music was too loud for me to think clearly enough to operate my camera.

The beach there was pretty nice, and we walked on it a bunch.

Margy, making a splash as per usual.

The thing was, though, we weren’t happy with our work situation. You know how sometimes things aren’t quite the way you were expecting? And it’s not anyone’s fault (especially not your own), but you just have to stop throwing good money after bad? As it were?

So we came back to Canoa!

So much happened while we were gone! For one thing, they made this sign.

On the way, we stopped in for a night at a sweet little fishing village called Puerto Lopez. It was more or less like this:

Requisite sunset picture

Beach establishments, ready to meet your happy hour needs

Hard to have a fishing village without fishing boats

We’ve been working at a different hostel for the past 10 days, and it’s been MUCH better. Charles has been surfing every day, looking all professional:

So tubular

We almost made a bad decision at this place:

What could possibly go wrong?

But we couldn’t agree on whether to go temporary or permanent, so we passed. For now.

And finally, for all my fellow creepy weirdos out there, más animales muertos! The faint of heart can feel free to close their browser windows now.

Skeletor

Sir Horace Curl Tail

This one looked like he might have died from a small bowel obstruction. Or else something related to the rope tied around his tail.

I had to fight the vultures away to get a picture of this dolphin. You can see their talon prints in the sand. 

Mr. Whiskers

Eso es toda por ahora! Until next time.