feliz año nuevo!
Thursday, January 7th, 2010we have been here on the coast in Puerto Lopez for the last week. it is wonderful, full sun, no cold. we have swam in the ocean almost every day. today we attempted snorkeling but it was not our most successful endeavour. we want to try again tomorrow with victor who actually knows the good spots to go. we were at a really nice hostal with Kryn and Ashley that were here for a week that is on the north part of the beach. we each had our own cabin, access to the hammocks and the cabañas on the beach in a more quiet part that was a wonderful vacation for us after doing everything cheap in Quito. Kryn and Ashley left 2 days ago, and now we are back to our frugal spanish speaking selves. We are now staying with Elsita and Angel, my host family from when i was here before. she lets us use her kitchen which makes food expenses much lower and we are happy with that. last night we prepared a spaghetti dinner (al made the sauce from scratch) and i made a bruschetta. it was so good, but lacked good wine. we will have to wait until argentina for this.
we went to agua blanca hiking and bathed in the sulfur pool. we walked and ran to the extreme north point of the beach. we made chocolate fondue with pineapple and bananas. we still have more cacao, so we will do another fondue with one of my families here before we leave. we have plans to go fishing with the alvias on sunday, and then on monday we are planning to take an early morning bus to guayaquil, then to cuenca by nightfall.
i was very happily surprised that my friends here remember me and so much about when i was here last. they remember stories, things i said that i didnt remember until they mentioned it. they talk so much faster here on the coast than in Quito, we are having a little trouble understanding because they blur all the words so quickly.
we are looking for advice for cheap flights home. we looked a bit on orbitz and the best we could do so far is a flight between argentina or uruguay to miami then a separate flight from miami to buffalo, but still it is not cheap. al is searching for a cheaper way home in may.
feliz año 2010 a todos!
annieandal