Puerto Lopez, Ecuador


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July 27th 2010
Published: August 16th 2010
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going to see the whales!!!


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just arrived in Puerto Lopezjust arrived in Puerto Lopez
just arrived in Puerto Lopez

the weather was the same as we were used to on the Ecuadorian beaches ;)
el puertoel puerto
el puerto

going for the boat trip
me and our boatme and our boat
me and our boat

the weather is getting better :)
first whale :)first whale :)
first whale :)

we were lucky very soon...
it seems to be a family of three to four whalesit seems to be a family of three to four whales
it seems to be a family of three to four whales

the whales come out every two to four mins when they are acitve, if not you have to wait more then half an hour...
the tailthe tail
the tail

...but we were lucky, we have seen lot of whales and they were very very active ;)
already quite nearalready quite near
already quite near

they were huge - around fourty tonnes (can be seen on videos, will add later)
cool man :)cool man :)
cool man :)

we could stay the whole trip on the bow of the boat while other people had to fight for the view
coming backcoming back
coming back

the island we were snorkeling at
almost arrivedalmost arrived
almost arrived

the penninsula with the lovers beach in the behind (there is a story that at this beach always arrive two and leave three people - I refused to go there :)
...and lets go back to Guayaquil...and lets go back to Guayaquil
...and lets go back to Guayaquil

with a short stop in Xipixapa


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