On the Saturday the whole family went to a local river and went swimming. With everyone stripped off there was a lot of bronze skin on show, in comparision I was glowing white!!! But on the other hand my aglo-saxon blood was excellent to help handle the freezing cold water. I was brought up on bathing in the North Sea-nothing is cold after that!!! The current was really strong, nearly got swept away a couple of times.
The 7 hour drive was long but good. We drove past loads of banana plantations, banana trees as far the eye can see! Even passed a plantation for Del Monte!!! Think of me next time you eat a banana :) We also passed a sugar plantation, raw sugar canes. You could smell it before we arrived there. Finally went through a village on flood plain-the houses built on stilts. Was soo exciting! Can`t believe it was real, felt like I`d somehow slipped into a film.
Here the Anglican church are soo busy NOT being Catholic that they have wiped out all traditions including Easter! Talk about throwing the baby out with the bathwater!!! We didn`t do any Easter services which was dissappointing. When we arrived in Machala Friday night tough we landed in the middle of a proccession. Hundreds of people silently walking in the dark holding candles-very moving!
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