Montanita

After the busy city-life of Quito we did what any sane person with only a few day left in Ecuador would do... we went to the beach! 3 bus rides and 15 hours later and we're in the wonderful little surfer town of Montanita (literally 'little mountain'). I have to thank our German/Ecuadorian friends Julian and Dennis for recommending this place to us. It was very pretty, had everything a tourist could want without being in your face, and had some of the best surf in Ecuador!



There's me and Chris with our surf instructor Michel. We still suck, bit it was great fun! I guess we figured that with all the travelling and trekking we would be doing in the next few weeks, we needed a little R&R. And Montanita is known as a party town. Unfortunately for us, we had picked the 1 weekend when it is forbidden to drink due to the elections! They don't want people voting under the influence basically! Luckily for us, not all Ecuadorians obey the law, and following a bunch of crazy drummer dudes we found plenty of booze flowing freely on the beach into the wee small hours.

At 5am on Sunday morning we caught the first bus out of there. Onwards to Peru!