Pedernales, Ecuador

... , so Pedernales.  I was hoping to find a nice little beach town at the northern most bit of Ecuador's "Ruta del Sol".  Well, Pedernales had a beach.  A very little beach.  Perhaps Pedernales is in the development stages, but it hasn't ...

... is one of the most endangered forests in the world; theres a map showing how it has reduced over the last fifty years in Ecuador alone and its really heartbreaking. The aim of the trail is to educate people about the forest and hopefully lead to it and ...

... any case... We drove through the afternoon and ended up, at nightfall on Saturday night, in the wild west town of Pedernales.   Pedernales is a fishing town, about of about 10-15K people.  It has a big bus station and lots of outdoor restaurants ...

... through the tropical dry forest and the scenery was absolutely gorgeous. At 7:45 we crossed the equator and at 8:00 we reached Pedernales. We all expected the campionship to be huge (I had an image of Ozzfest on the beach), but absolutely nothing was ...