Took the hotel shuttle to the airport and off we go on our next adventure. We have reservations for a week at the Casablanca Golf and Country Club in the Esmeraldas.  We knew the Country Club was a long way from the airport and we hoped there would be a taxi available. As we were about to leave the plane Ryan noticed a person wearing a T-shirt imprinted with Casablanca Golf and Country Club and asked him if he worked there. He said his father helped develop the resort and informed us that a shuttle was picking him up. Our lucky day! It took about an hour to get to the resort and we arrived there just before dark. Once we were settled in, we looked for some place to eat and found a restaurant on the beach.

In the early afternoon, we took a walk along the beach to find a restaurant that was recommended to us. Casa de Amigos and its hosts Gaby and Rudy became our new best friends. We wined and dined with them for the next 5 days. They gave us their Honda dirt bike for a whole day and we explored all along the coast. It was at their restaurant that we played with an animal (have no idea what it was) that we thought was their pet, only to find out the next day, that they had never seen it before. Idiots!