$1 will get you your very own coconut on the beach in Canoa. With his machete, the coconut man cuts the bottom off, so that it will sit flat on your table or lap. Then he hacks at the top until the first sign of the coconut meat, cuts a small slit and inserts a straw. You take the coconut back to your shade tent ($5 per day) and enjoy the milk inside. Then you find the same cocunut man on down the beach, not another, as they know their coconuts not by markings or craft but the color of the straw. He then hacks that coconut into quarters and slices the meat out for you, bags it up and you're back to the tent for a snack. 
Canoa is a great beach town, we have really enjoyed it here and are off tomorrow for Cuenca.
Yum! Sounds like a great trip so far. I hope the entire year is a marvelous adventure. (Carol M)
ReplyDeleteI like coconuts, you break them open, they smell like ladies lying in the sun. And if I had my way, I'd give a coconut to everyone.
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