So it was just another normal weekend in Ecuador....on the coast at a tropical beach. A bunch of my friends either had school or works things to do this weekend so two of my friends and I decided to hop on a bus thursday night and go to the beach for two days. All 3 of us have two big tests this week so we really needed to mental rest before actually having to do class work this week.
So we got on a bus midnight thursday night that took us to Esmareldas. We got there at about 6 in the morning and were met with a bunch of guys with motorized bikes with benches on the back. My friend Ali had heard that Same was a really nice, quiet beach so we asked the bike guy to take us there. So after 45 min of practically falling off the back of his bike, we arrived at a beautiful beach called Same. Since it wasn't even 7 am yet, most things were closed. So we found 3 hammocks on the beach and took a 2 hour nap. When we awoke, we found a really nice hostel on the beach called Casa de Amigos.
The hostel looked like it was from the movie Mama Mia and the hostel owner was just like Maryl Streep. The first thing she said when we walked in was "im so sorry - im working on a lot of repairs. It was full of bright colors and there was a huge fountain in the middle. The hostel was run by a lady from germany and her daughter. It is the quiet season at the beach so we were the only ones staying there. She charged us $10 for a room with tv and air conditioning (which is really rare in Ecuador), breakfast, and the hostel had boogie boards and sea kayaks that we could use. It was awesome!
We spent Friday laying on the beach, reading (for one of the tests we have on wed) and boogie boarding. We then relaxed in our room before dinner and watched a ridiculous movie called "the magical witches of the garden". We ate dinner right next door at this awesome hut type place that was literally 10 yards from the water. We ate pizzas that were cooked in a big stone oven and played cards. We then watched another stupid movie and went to bed. On Saturday we took a walk along the beach (it was really long and there were a lot of apartments), ate giant coconuts that only cost $1, and went kayaking! Since there were only 2 kayaks, we tied a boogie board to the back of one of them. We then had lunch and took a bus back home to Quito in the late afternoon.
I spent sunday at an enormous wooded park near my house with 3 of my friends and then we went to an art museum. I will have to actually do some school work this week because I have to tests on wed but then on saturday, IM GOING TO THE GALAPAGOS for 5 days!!! I don't think I have ever been more excited for anything!
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