Bahia de Caraquez...Un Paraiso!



GORGEOUS BAHIA DE CARAQUEZ

 

So I'm going to back track a little bit.  I was suppose to tell you about Bahia de Caraquez some time ago but I got a bit distracted with just living and settling into our Ecuador life-style. 

 

If you look down the beach area, we were going to live in the shorter condo building with the blue hues.  Our cousins found us a 4 bedroom 3 bath furnished apartment on the beach for $500 per month! We loved the apartment - the view was spectacular!

4 Bedroom 3 Bath Condo

 

Condo View

 

 

Bahia has a warm, friendly atmosphere.  This is one of the few cities that is truly lost in time. The people are really friendly, the town is so cute and gives you an "at home" feeling.  There are nice markets and little tienditas (stores) where you can purchase groceries and household things.  However, if you want to do any major shopping for groceries and bigger purchases you would most likely drive or hire a taxi to take you to Manta (45 minutes) away. 

We had been in Ecuador for 3 days at this point...started out in Guayaquil, no deal, got to Manta, no deal, then arrived in Bahia - BINGO! This city was just as my cousins described! The pictures and YouTube videos did it no justice! It was the Goldi-locks syndrome, not too big, not too small...just right! There is even a huge bridge that connects Bahia to the other nearby coastal beach towns such as Canoa.  We wasted no time and found a Kingdom Hall and arranged to go out in the preaching work the next day.  Field service was AMAZING!! The brothers were warm, kind and very loving. Hector and I placed 10 magazines and 5 return visits on our first day out!



Preaching

 

 



Talked at Every door!

View from Territory

 

Two young Aux. Pioneers (14 and 11 years old)

 

So what happened???? It was hot as blazes! Granted, we lived in Florida for over 20 years and we can take the heat! But this heat was different...it was a heat that cooked you from the insides.  I could not cool off no matter what.  Even after taking a cold shower, I still was hot! And poor Hector looked like a cooked Lobster.

View From the Territory

These convenient rides were only .25 or .50cents

After preaching, we rode this back to our cousins house!

So cute and fun!

Across the street from the condo - Cerviché 

 

 

Sadly to say we made our decision that this would not be the place where we would settle down.  We had to really think about what was best for us and the kids; and even though we absolutely LOVED Bahia, the weather was a deciding factor in our decision.  Our cousins reassured us that it wouldn't last long (maybe 3 months at the most) but that was even too long for us. 

 

  But....you may like it......

If you are thinking about moving to Ecuador and you don't mind the coastal weather (sometimes extremely hot) I must recommend Bahia de Caraquez, which is about an hour from Manta.  This was the most beautiful little city I have ever seen on the coast!

 

 

 

 

 

 Contact info: conciserrano@gmail.com

 



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