Little more than 24 hrs after arriving back in Quito, I set off for the coast, on the night bus to Manta. A fairly easy journey, although the man next to me (Jose, a middle aged lawer) snored most of the way. Arrived in Manta around 8am, left my bag at the bus company´s office and packed in a visit to the archaeological museum, 2 beaches, the fish market, a slightly dodgy area of town that I accidentally wandered into, and a delicious $1.50 lunch before collecting my bag (which thankfully was still there) and heading for Puerto Lopez in the afternoon. Treated myself to a nice room (with sea view balcony and hammock) in a nice hotel (with quiet swimming pool), rather than a budget hostal, so had a couple of days to really
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