In Columbia by boat

We have made it to Tumaco Columbia and are in an internet cafe downtown. We are the only boat anchored, so will celebrate Thanksgiving all by ourselves. People are great here. We had to wait a day before we could go to land to check in and we are still not checked in but are given freedom to go to town and see things. The port captain is very nice and the people at Servimar, the agency seem very nice too. They have had only three sailboats this year, us and Sarana and Nakia. We spent two nights in Jama Ecuador,in from of El Metal and then were asked to leave by the Armada, then we spent two more nights at Punta Same, Ecuador, before setting sail for Columbia. It was an overnight trip, tough, as our autohelm wasnt able to handle the conditions and we had to hand steer for a day and night, hove to for 4 hours and then motorsailed into Tumaco. Dont know how long we are going to be here, we have to wait for better weather and sea conditions, but we think we like it here--very tranquil anchorage. They told us there are many USA folks here--FBI, so we are not alone!As we sail north, we dont know if we will be able to stay in touch much because of lack of knowledge of the towns in northern Pacific Columbia and if they have internets.
We are welcome to see an island north of here that is a marine park and then we have to sail two overnights to get to the beautiful bays that are in northern Pacific coast of Columbia. After that we head to Panama. Please give all our friends in Bahia a big hug for us!! And our friends in Colorado and Washington and elsewhere. We wish you all a happy Thanksgiving.