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Puerto Lopez Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Puerto Lopez, Ecuador
Isla de la Plata, the poor man's Galápagos
... beach of Los Frailes, coral reef, tropical dry forest and pre-Colombian ruins. Leaving the Pacific lowlands I head for Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, to spend the weekend. Instead of continuing further south and cross the border with Peru, I decide ...
Humpback whale watching ends our 9-month trip
... Catatumbo lightning, Venezuela 10. Lake Apoya, Nicaragua Top ten wildlife encounters 1. Humpback whale watching, Puerto Lopez, Ecuador 2. Giant Armadillo, mouse opossum, hummingbirds, snakes, Tambopata, Peru 3. Small armadillo and foxes, ...
Meeting the whales!
It was another "fun" bus ride from Canoa to Portoviejo and from there to Puerto Lopez. However, we shouldn't scare people off from taking buses along the coast. If you plan ahead your trip and bus service things can work pretty well – occasionally! ...
Puerto Lopez
Off to the Coast ...
... nbsp; There were also some dolphins riding the waves near the boat. They are so graceful it was wonderful to watch. Puerto Lopez itself is a relatively small town. Around half of the roads are unmade or being made and the main form of ...
Premier contact avec le Pacifique!
Hier je suis arrive dans le petit port de peche de Puerto Lopez. C est la premiere fois de mon voyage que je croise le Pacifique c est cool. Je me suis leve tres tot ce matin pour aller faire une petite baignade puis j ai passe la journee sur l ile de la ...
Life's a Beach
... for my meals, and the prices are unbeatable! This morning, I accompanied Mariela and Mateo to the fish market that takes place on Puerto Lopez's beach each morning. This is a part of the job I was unaware of prior to coming to Puerto Lopez, but I find it ...
Eine kleine Freundin und Garnelenspiesse am Strand
... ist. Für zwei Dollar haben wir einen riesigen Beutel voll frischer Garnelen gekauft. Und dazu noch einen grossen Fisch. Auch in Puerto Lopez waren die Leute superfreundlich und hilfsbereit und bald wusste der ganze Ort, dass sich am Strand zwei "Gäste" ...
Boy at the beach
... returned to being seasonally overcast, so we decided to move on. But the “best” option was a five hour bus from Puerto Lopez to Guayaquil, then a six hour bus to Banős. 11 hours on a bloody bus!!! Full Facebook album: ...
killer puffers and snorkeling
uySome of the best times I have while traveling involve the variety of characters I meet along the way. Puerto Lopez, a small fishing village along the coast of Ecuador, had its own cast of unusual people. The first night I was there, I was ...
Beautiful beach
... take me out for a drink and then I started to wish Jon was there. Well there were other travlers in the tukk tukk and we all met later with jon (who apologiesed ) on the beach for some drinks. Short and sweet our time in Lopez and Quito it is tomorrow! ...
Whale watching in Ecuador
... cestovali do tropicky horkého pobřeží Pacifiku. Jako místo své třídenní „dovolené" u moře jsme si vybrali Puerto Lopez, rybářské městečko s krásnými plážemi nabízejícím skvělé ...
Whale Watching in Puerto Lopez
I had a couple days to burn before my Galapagos trip so I decided to head to the Pacific coast to try and catch the tail end of the humpback whale's mating season. I wasn't sure if I would be wasting my time because the mating season is said to be from ...
Bellas Bellenas (beautiful whales)
... ,000 people!). I arrived closer to 10pm and missed the last buses heading toward the coast...I needed to take 2 to get to Puerto Lopez (PL). I thought I had more time, since the message I read from Chris said he was arriving the next night, so ...
Whales and not much else
... at least it took us straight to where we wanted to be to see the whales. A small fishing town on the West coast of Ecuador, Puerto Lopez doesn't really have anything to offer other than being the ideal spot to set off from to visit Isla de la Plata and to ...
Quest for the Coast
... Oliver. The beach is nice, and seems to be frequented by locals and tourists (primarily from Ecuador) and has a nice view of the surrounding landscapes. Puerto Lopez is tucked in Parque Nacional Machalilla, which is where the turtles will be nesting! The ...
Got anything smaller?
Spent a lazy day in Puerto Lopez. Can´t remember what I did actually. So lazy. This town is a bit of a hole. Once you get off the foreshore things are pretty dodgy. There´s a half finished street and plenty of rubble strewn ...
Thar she blows!
... Lopez There can be few sights more spectacular than a jumping humpback whale. I decided this in the little fishing village of Puerto Lopez. We arrived after a night on the bus from Quito and headed out the same morning. About an hour out Nancy and ...
On the move to Puerto Lopez
... (and Flo his friend although he stayed in Quito to go Mountain climbing). So, after our four hour trip, finally got to Puerto Lopez. Although warmer was overcast, but still a great coastal town. It always seems to amaze me that the welcoming party is ...
Back home in Montańita und Wale in Puerto Lopez
... zu machen. Am Montag habe ich eine Whale-Watching-Tour gemacht. Die Buckelwale sind von Juli bis Oktober vor der Kueste von Puerto Lopez, einer kleinen Stadt, um sich zu paaren. Zu der Zeit kann man eben diese Touren machen und ein bisschen neben den ...
Even the wales know how to dance...
... , dancing whales and blue-footed boobies! After we arrived back yesteday in Las Tunas, we decided to do a whale watching trip in Puerto Lopez, a bigger village with more tourism but not as extreme as Montanita. During this time of the year, a lot of ...
Vamos A La Playa! (Let´s Go to the Beach!)
... pacific coast. It´s probably the best-known and most popular whale-watching destination in Ecuador, and, understandably, most of Puerto Lopez's activities center around the ocean. Humpback whales swimming north from Antarctica can be seen gathering ...
"Next time you come to make the jungle babies?"
... was definitely enough and the next day we got the hell on outta thurr, and headed right back up the Ruta del Sol to Puerto Lopez. Close to the Parque National Machalilla, Puerto Lopez is a sleepy fishing town whose main purpose is to serve as a base for ...
Manta Rays!
... Kate and Pete who we have accidentally run into again! They have the room next door to ours! Small world. Puerto Lopez is a quite small fishing town, pretty charming in a dirty kind of way. Our hotel room overlooks the ...
Fishing and hat hunting
... . We stumbled upon a lock in karaoke bar! When I tell you that everyone was sooo bad that I even actually sang with confidence, you will get the idea of how shockingly horrendous the locals were. My first karaoke ever and it was in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador ...
Ceviche, adventures and a puppy
After a relaxing stay in Canoa, we headed south to Puerto Lopez on Steph's recommendation, and were so glad we did! Much larger and busier than Canoa, Puerto Lopez was a fishing town through and through. We got set up in Hostal Sol Inn, complete with bug ...
Puert Lopez Ecuador
Puerto Lopez is a small pueblo north of Gayaqul closer to the equator. This village is cerca the Galapagos Islands. Here we went to various islands and saw wonders of natue. Here the climate is always at about 80 degrees. The beaches are beautiful and ...
Searching for Tortugas
... it, and the water was littered with rocks marooned in its surf. We hiked back to the road and hitchhiked back to Puerto Lopez. That same morning I helped, along with the others from Equilibrio Azul as well as Clara Luna (a volunteer organization it town) ...