Thursday, June 21, 2012

Where's the beach?






We finally made it to Pacific ocean- my first time with my toes in Pacific at Puerto Lopez! We certainly had to earn our beach time though. This should be a warning to any future travelers who ever are trying to make it from Latacunga direction to the coast- do not take the route that goes through Quevedo! Between the combination of late buses, unhelpful people, and more late buses followed by being dropped off on the side of the road 12 hours after we began our way to the coast only to wait for a bus that never came and having a supper of what we though were 30 cent potatoes but turned out to have fish in them and then taking yet another speedy Ecuadorian cab to finally make it to the coast- well, a combination of all of this makes me suggest to anyone not to take this route. We did learn some interesting things though. For example, pigs are very much allowed to ride on the bus, as long as they are stuffed below with the luggage. Also, I actually know what it feels like to think your life might be coming to an end- that feeling was provoked by three people boarding the bus in the middle of know where covered in blood and carrying a machete and huge shears. I felt like I was cast in a horror movie, and Allie was waiting for Ashton Kutcher to jump out and tell us we were being punked! Sadly, we didn't get to meet Ashton, although Allie did get a number from an interesting bus employee named Angel, who may or may not have asked if Allie and I were a couple. Moral of the story- don't take this damn route! BUT- a visit (or two) to Los Frailes, a very secluded beach and national park was well worth the ride!

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