The Coast

A typical day at the coast...get up at 7:00 and go for a run on the beach, get back in time for breakfast to be served to me, have 4 hours of spanish classes, go to a basically deserted beach with clear water and mountains in the background, get back in time for dinner, and then chill in our private rooms/mini houses where we built a fire everynight. And that is what we basically did for 5 days. I would easily go back to this lodge, it was amazing. Right on the beach, private mini houses, great food, ping pong and billiards, and sleeping with a fire.

On the last day our guide (we had a guide every day that took us to various places) took us to a park with sulfur pools. Me and Brian didn't hesistate at all to try them out despite the stench coming from them. The water was amazing, and we covered ourselves in its mud on the side. We were told we were 10 years younger after it, and our skin felt amazing. The girls stayed away from us afterwards and made us travel back in the back of the pickup as we stunk...then they forced us to shower before our 10 hour busride back to Quito.

I saw a huge beached and dead seal on the beach too, being eaten by about 100 vultures.

We also took a trip to an island nearby where we saw whales on the way and some seaturtles. We hiked the island and encountered Blue Footed Boobies (a type of bird) and snorkled off its coast.

The pictures include some scenic shots of the coast, a whale, a seaturtle, picture from the boatride, some hammerhead sharks, and swimming in the sulfur pool.