| Bahia Ecuador certainly does maintain the simple life. | | | | those little boats, searching for the very thing which |
| When many American's come to this sleepy little | | | | has maintained their lives, all of their lives. |
| town in South America, they immediate want to | | | | Each morning, the waves are high and the currents |
| make changes. The fact is, Bahia doesn't need | | | | are strong as the little boats make their way out to |
| change, it's the rest of the world which should sit up | | | | sea. The boats are tossed around and slammed |
| and take note. | | | | against the ocean waters but the fishermen's only |
| Come with us as we reveal this wonderful town and | | | | thoughts are to have a good catch on this day and |
| stress free culture to you. Remember that Bahia is | | | | to make their families proud. |
| on Ecuador time, not U. S. time. That my friends | | | | They will sell their catch to the market when they |
| means, "Slow down, you move too fast". | | | | return, but of course, they will keep a few for their |
| Snapshot: | | | | families dinner on this day. The crowned jewel for |
| As the morning sky begins to wake up and the haze | | | | these fishermen are called Corvina. These will fetch |
| begins to lift, the sound of tiny motors can be heard | | | | the highest price and they are masters at finding |
| in the distance. Then the wave's crash against the | | | | them beneath the sea. |
| malecon-wall and it's difficult to hear the direction of | | | | No GPS or tracking devices are used here; only |
| the little fishing boats. Twelve of them, more or less, | | | | knowledge of the sea, the area and the experience |
| take to the sea each morning while twelve others | | | | of years gone by can guide these warriors to victory. |
| head for home and my focus is squarely on them as | | | | It's their natural instincts which they received from |
| I gaze out my window. | | | | their fathers that lead them on this daily journey. |
| The sea breeze has begun to wake me as I think | | | | All the fishing here is done with line and a hook. No |
| about the lives of those fishermen. It's normally a | | | | pole or no reel, that American's just cannot live |
| two man (Panga) boat with a little seventy-five | | | | without, only sixty pound test line and their bare |
| horse Yamaha motor breaking the morning silence | | | | hands. There are many things of this lifestyle which I |
| and heading for the sea. Many days they travel | | | | do not understand, but maybe that is the charm of |
| twenty to fifty miles from the safety of land, in | | | | the place. |