Hotel Lun Fun Manta

... bruises and often when we are done with lessons the power is out so no shower. We have 2 hour sessions (last week 5-7PM, this week 8-10AM). This is enough to keep me exhausted! However I finally get it...the buzz around sufing - it is such an amazing feeling to stand on that board and float through the water...this will most definitely not be left behind in Montanita- we will hit up as many surf spots in South America as possible!! <br><br>The surf ...

... Magic.<br><br>FEW WORDS ON MONTANITA- Grey skies, warm people, the happiest kids, hundreds of millions of wild dogs, good seafood, not great for meat, cocktail alley, chilled<br><br>That´s all I´ve really got to say for now. Pool competition awaits tonight and hopefully all the wasted hours of my youth will come to fruition on the coast of Ecuador. Next time we write we will probably be somewhere else and possibly jaded by a long bus ride<br><br>Adios (sorry, couldn´t resist)<br><br>Phil

... It was a Sunday and we've found it quite difficult travelling on Sundays, especially in the mountains, because the main pastime seems to be drinking. It seems the thing to do is to grab your finest horse and put on his best bridle stuff, trek up into the mountains, then sit around drinking, playing cards and billiards for the rest of the day. If your lucky, a couple of gringos might come along and you can shout rude things at them. The shouting hasn ...

Today we set off on lour tour in a bus that sounded like it might not be able to make it. An interesting museum was a part which was most enjoyable, but not enough time was alloted. Many of the houses we passed were not finished, but people were living in them WE found out that the government doesn't tax a house that isn't finished; they leave posts which could add another story to the ...

... plants, doing a little weeding, and hunting scorpions. I am scorpion hunter; all tails shall quake in my presence. For reasons that don't really need to be disclosed, live scorpions became a bit of a commodity around PD. Luckily for us, the greenhouse is full of bricks that little scorpions love to hide in. Safety was the highest priority, we all had machetes to defend ourselves. The hunt simply consisted of flipping bricks and hoping a scorpion would run out, if you ...

... og Elin tingene sine i full panikk, fikk dratt opp en full fyr fra gata som kunne skru av dusjen lene hadde satt paa, og lop ut av hostellet =) Kanskje litt komisk i ettertid.. Det endte med at vi tok med oss tingene vaare til noen kamerater, men de var ikke hjemme fra byen enda.. Saa vi sovnet paa verandaen deres frem til de kom hjem. Maa ha vaert litt av et syn kan jeg tenke meg! Heldigvis fikk de lagt oss paa en madrass saa vi fikk ...

... area that sold native Ecuadorian Hats (Panama Hats), blouses, belts, music, etc. Harriet found the perfect cotton blouse that she will wear when we tour in Egypt. It is white and long sleeved. I found a music CD of Traditional Andes Music. All prices are negotiable. There are a few really nice and modern parts of Manta, but for the most parts is a poor city with friendly people. Although a frequently used cruise port, most people do not speak ...

... little bit with Stacey and Liang on the bus and found out they were interning in Tumbes for the past few months and decided to travel to Montanita for the weekend. At 1am, we arrived in some city, Salenas, two hours after boarding the bus and were informed to get off here and get the bus to Montanita.  We got off to only find out the next bus to Montanita won't leave until 5am in the morning.  We were all steaming at this point.  It confirmed that plenty or workers ...

... from Iceland will turn up once the job is done, and shrug his shoulders at the vegan covered in ****. They'll hug and make up. By the last week they'll all swing the hoe a little slower and a general weakness will be felt by all. The meals will all taste the same, and someone will get close to guessing the juice with the weird dark green colour. The farm animals will start getting nervous at the looks and the drools. The 5:30am meditation group will seem like a waste of time ...

... unloaded. No one seemede to mind me walking about and taking pictures. The hotel that had been recommended to me was right on the front and I had a room with a balcony overlooking the beach. They had strung a hammock and in the evening I had a lie in it. Unfortunately that was missing was the gin and tonic. That night I went to sleep to the sound on crashing waves. It was so goo that I stayed here 6 days in all.