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Tuesday,
August 26, 2014
I know this is delayed but I have a lot of photos to upload so I will do them in stages.
On Tuesday morning we joined Brian Gary and 30+ other folks for a fun trip to Montanita on the coast. Montanita is a surfing and party town, especially on the weekends, so this trip was purposely organized for weekdays so us old folks might get some sleep.
We had a nice drive through the Cajas mountain range, then a slow drive through Guayaquil. They blamed the extra 2 hours of the drive on the necessary pee breaks... Anyway, we arrived at this cheap hostal and had a room with 2 beds and a shower that was iffy at best, but we made do.
We checked out part of the local beach then joined everyone for a drive to supper in the country, which was a delicious fish and chips supper in a setting high above the beach.
When we returned to Montanita a few of us decided to check out the nightlife so we hit a noisy but mostly deserted disco. We lasted for a couple of beers then moved on. Next we went to a busy Salsa club and the scenery was very interesting. We worked up a sweat on the dance floor than got back after midnight and showered again.
We had to be up early to go whale-watching tomorrow so we crashed as quickly as possible.
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Hope you enjoy the photos. That was the day's excitement, Cheers, Al
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| Patiently waiting for the bus |
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| And off we go to Montanita |
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| We had a pee break in the Cajas |
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| Gotta love the views up here in the Andes |
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| A long drive means napping |
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| We had a nice bus for the journey |
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| Mountain views are captivating |
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| This hawk is enjoying the high country |
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| We arrive at our cheap Hostal Maeo |
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| The local church is pretty inside |
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| Nice sidewalks along the beach |
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| And it is a very long and sandy beach - north |
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| And it goes way south too |
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| The tourist picture spot |
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| It wasn't very sunny here but the brollies were in abundance anyway |
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| Picturesque local bar |
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| This was the view from the place where we had supper |
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| Disorganized organization, but the meal was very good indeed |
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| How many Ecuadorians to replace a lightbulb? |
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| The kids here were so sweet |
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| The string top was their main play toy |
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| They spin it to the ground and you can scoop it up. |
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| A demonstration of the technique required |
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| Another successful scoop of the spinning top |
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| Interesting papier-mache faces at the Disco |
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| Colorful and creepy |
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| Ever changing lights on this one |
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| Salsa queens in short shorts |
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| Yup, very short shorts had the boys' attention all right. |
