Hola todos!
    We wanted to share some photos of the landscape for your enjoyment.  To be sure, there are plenty of unpainted, unfinished concrete buildings and spraypainted walls, but we decided to show the more appealing aspects of Manglaralto.

This is our view to the north, towards the surfing town of Montañita.

This view looks south.  During the full moon high tide, the water was crashing on the rocks to the left.  Quite a tidal change!

The fishermen all have boats like this that they keep on the beach, above the high tide mark.  To get the boat to the water, they use wooden rollers and  slowly slide the 400 pound boat to the crashing waves.  It reminds us of how the Egyptians moved the huge blocks to build the pyramids.  Could you imagine every day having to do all this work just so you could start working?