El Acantilado Esmeraldas
3 km past Same Esmeraldas, Ecuador
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Auld Lang Same
After a day of rest, (and seriously lamenting the fact that I would soon be observed in a bathing suit in all my bite-ridden glory), Claire, Shannon, Uma and I headed to the bus station to make the six hour journey to the Ecuadorian Coast. We had been forewarned that buses would be crowded, but since we were planning to leave at 7am we figured we …
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Quito, day 5 and heading to atacames!
... dancing covered in foam. It was so much fun, there was about 15-20 of us from the hostel all out together. After the bars began to close the party moved onto the beach, which was really fun , especially splashing around in the late night waves!
The next morning we woke up really early as we were cooking in our tent, we headed to the beach for a swim to make us feel a bit fresher. It was so hot on the beach and with a hangover we only ...
Carnaval at the Playa!
... main objective is to get you wet. This involves throwing water balloons, throwing buckets of water, and using squirt guns. Also kids will spray this kind of foam stuff at you. So anyway on the way when were passing through towns we had to keep our eyes open and close our windows as not to get wet. Along the way it is interesting to see the landscape change from cloud forest to palms and beach. You can also clearly feel the change in temperature. Almost the whole way is down ...
¡Vamos a la playa!
... wurden nach Drogen und/oder Waffen abgesucht. Danach musste ich (der einzige Weisse im Bus) meinen Reisepass vorzeigen und in gebrochenem Spanisch erklaeren, warum ich in Ecuador bin. Aufsehen erregte die Tatsache, dass ich genau einen Tag in Kolumbien, dem Exportland Nr. 1 fuer Kokain, verbracht habe. Es folgten weitere Fragen, die ich nur teilweise verstanden habe, und schliesslich die Durchsuchung meines Rucksacks. ...
The warmth of south-american families
As I had two weeks of 'waiting' for my galapagos trip, a very coincidental opportunity came up.
Maybe you remember Maria-Eugenia, the girl I met in Cochabamba, Bolivia...? If not, no worry ;) She was staying in the same house as where I stayed a lot longer than planned, all the way back in July, while couchsurfing with Lizzy. She was doing an internship on peach cultivation in Bolivia. But she's Ecuadorian, married to a German guy and living in Europe. She visited me ...
