Pacific Sailing!!

All is well, got back to Ecuador and Julie met me in the Capital of Quito where we spent the night leaving the next morning for the 8 hour bus ride to Bahia. Back onboard Sunflower we got everything ready to leave but once again we were stuck in the river with not enough water to get out so we had to wait until Sunday. We had a good time though as there were a few other cruisers around and we also got away up the coast for the night to Canoa to relax and eat some good seafood. Sunday came and the swell was up but we managed to get out the braking sand bar without an issue, just waited for the sets of waves to roll through and then go flat out with the engine and after half a mile were free in the deeper water and very relieved!! We motorsailed bashing into it for 12 hours until we got to Isla De La Plata about 50nm south arriving just after midnight and were greeted by 4 turtles and a load of fish swimming around us in the light. There are some moorings there so we picked one up but after banging on it due to no wind and tide we ended up putting the engine on astern and getting a few hours sleep. First thing I was up and in the water cleaning the prop and bottom and fixing a leaking watermaker. About half a dozen tourist boats turned up but know one was bothered about us which was nice and we got out of there just before lunch.
Once clear of the island we saw we could make course for Marquesas although hard on the wind but at least we were sailing once again. By early evening wind was up in the 20's and then a bit more but the seas weren't so big so we made good progress with 2 reefs and a little bit of headsail. Problem is the Humbalt current, it's bloody freezing. At night all rugged up in jeans and jumpers and today the water temp is 14.9degrees!! The current is on our port side so not bothering us too much and after a couple of days more it will hopefully be pushing us from behind as we pass the Galapagos. Today the wind has backed SSE so a lot nicer angle and only about 15kts so we have full sail and making 6kts boat speed which is real nice. Caught a fat little stripy tuna at lunch and will have him for dinner which we are pretty stoked about.
All is well aboard Sunflower with only 3400 odd nautical miles to go