Probably no more photographs
- the mysterious case of the lost camera!
23.07.2011
Well, once again there has been a change of plan and I decided not to go to the Caribbean coast. It would have been lovely but I really did not fancy another two days of travelling. Time was running out. Therefore I left Puerto Lopez (weather was not great and beach pretty shitty) and have made my way to a place called Canoa. It is in the North West of Ecuador and on the Pacific coast. Today has been pretty warm (about 30 degrees) and the beach is certainly very pretty. I am not sure if there is much coral but I intend to have a proper search for it tomorrow!
The bad news is that I seem to have lost my camera (the one that I bought). I think it happened sometime over the past three days (during the marathon bus journey). The memory card has also gone. Therefore I have lost hundreds and hundreds of photographs!
The good news is that almost all of the photographs were backed up on my friend, Ricks, USB memory card. He has already downloaded many of them onto Facebook. I also have those that I have uploaded to the blog. Therefore I will, over the next few days, buy another memory stick and transfer all the photographs over. Unfortunately there will not be any of the Amazon as we had not got around to transferring them onto his facebook account. The Amazon was great although in all honesty I did not see much wildlife. However it was certainly something I will remember for the rest of my life (I got some great shots as well but, alas, they are all lost now!)
I am not going to buy another camera now (it was insured and I have a police report) although might buy a cheap disposable one here just to get some shots of the beach.
I intend to stay here for about a week and then make my way to Quito for a couple of days before finally getting to Bogota for the flight home!
I will probably not blog again now until a day or two before I leave. I want to rest now, catch some rays and swim!
Posted by GaryHowells 15:56 Archived in Ecuador
Hi Gazza,
In your blog you sound absolutely tired. Losing the camera and all the photos you took is also so annoying but doesn't take your experiences away from you...
I hope you can now just rest and enjoy the last week of your experience in a nice quiet relaxed place. Swimming in the beach and just reading your book is the way to go to.....
Anyway, enjoy the rest of your time, take care and God Bless!!!
J.xx
24.07.2011 by Babju