Nature

10.11.11

Yesterday, Victoria and I went horse riding. As always it was a real Ecuadorian adventure. One of many that we seem to find ourselves on! Always has some part in it that we embarrass ourselves but I think we have both become so used to that it barely bothers us. So we went horse riding, both of us with little experience and set off through a little town with every Ecuadorian person staring at us as we held on for dear life. We set off for the beach and rode for about 2 hours along the sea line. It was so beautiful. It wasn’t a particularly sunny afternoon but it was warm. The waves of the sea were big and powerful, the pelican birds were flying and diving in and out of the sea for fish, the horse owners dogs were running alongside with us, playing in the sand. It was just us and nature. No noises of cars, traffic, no “to do” lists to be completed, no chores, no children to work with, just horse riding along the Ecuadorian sandy beach looking out across the Pacific Ocean.