Almost two weeks ago, I went to the beachy hippy town of Montañita on the coast of Ecuador to celebrate the birthdays of two fabulous gal pals, Cat and Johana. A pic of the entire crew can be seen at the end of the blog (Sandra, Deborah, Manda, Rachel, Cat, Johana and I). The pictures below are kind of a mess, so I will just write briefly instead of navigating through the pics and creating havoc among the pictures...
8 hours by bus from Quito to Guayaquil, another bus to Santa Elena and then another to Montañita for about 3 hours more. Montañita is an adorable little beach town with lots of thatch roof and wooden huts as restaurants, hostels and whatnot. It's a haven for surfers and hippies. That amazing breakfast of Nutella pancakes with fresh strawberries and, yes, strawberry ice cream was savored at Hola Ola (why hello to you, too, Wave) and sent me swiftly into the first food coma of the weekend. The weather wasn't very ideal for frolicking at the beach, but we did our best. The difference between high and low tide was remarkable! We stayed at a beachfront hostel that had a 26 bed dorm-like setting in the attic...we chose a private room! We went out, danced salsa, pranced about in the ocean...it was a spectacular time! Here are some pics to liven up this bare bones commentary.
Those birds deserved their own, creepy, post.
ReplyDeletehaha, hitchcock has definitely left his mark on society...if merely a phobia of birds, he's still left his mark ;)
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