Blogs from Puerto López, West, Ecuador, South America - page 10

Hi Everyone! Thanks so much for all of the comments and notes. It's so great to read them!! Well, we decided it was time to leave Banos, only there was one problem. Part of the road around the mountain collapsed from all of the rain and there was no transportation in or out of the city. We headed to the bus terminal anyway...hopeful that we were misinformed. Unfortunately, what we were told was true, but at the terminal we met another couple (James from the UK and Chantel from Holland) who were just as unhappy about being stuck in Banos for up to 4 days while they fixed the road. Chantel is fluent in Spanish and she was talking with whomever she could about finding a way out. She had heard that it might be possible ... read more

...apres 1 bus, un bateau, un taxi, une bus, une bus, un bicitaxi, nous voila a Puerto Lopez. Superbe petit village portuaire. On a fait de la plonger aujourd hui. On part dimanche pour Ayampe alors probablement pas d internet avant le 20ish. PS, 26oz de rhum a 3,75$....muy bien... read more

Nachdem ich noch 3 Wochen bei Willi gearbeitet habe, gönnte ich mir eine Woche Ferien, bevor es dann zu meiner zweiten Stelle bei Scuba Galapagos ging. Ich verbrachte deshalb eine Woche an der ecuadorianischen Küste, genauer gesagt in Puerto Lopez und Montanita. Wir blieben ganze 3 Tage in der Hosteria Mandala bei Maya und Aurelio, ein Schweiz-Italienisches Ehepaar. Die Hosteria ist ein Traum und Puerto Lopez ist ein kleines verträumtes Fischerdorf, welches auf den ersten Blick nicht viel Charme versprüht, aber beim genauer hinschauen ist es sehr schön. Wir haben einfach mal das Nichts tun genossen und gingen mit den berühmten Scotter Taxis zum Playa de los Frailes, oder mit dem Schiff zur Isla de la Plata oder ruhten uns bei einem Glas Rotwein in der Hängematte am Strand aus und schauten wie die Sonne langsam ... read more

We survived the 11 hour bump and grinds of the bus journey...to finally get to our destination..Puerto Lopez.. a kind of wild west vision of a place, dirt track roads, people chewing straw on hammocks, pigs and cockerals wandering onto the beach....theres even vultures on the beach - they stomp down the beach in this kind of very human way, tromp, tromp, their eyes masked by what looks like a death mask but really is just folds of skin..its all very atmospheric and we love it!!!!! We felt like being still for a bit and the whole atmosphere around here is conducive to this. We are staying at the north end of the beach in a crazy but beautiful hostel owned by a swiss women and a crazy, eccentric Italian who reinforces the stereotype of an ... read more

.. so after a couple of weeks of travelling in the mountains.. to PUERTO LOPEZ (a small fishing town on the Ecuador coast) .. for a month of volunteer teaching.. Puerto Lopez is a small dusty town (with few paved streets, hence it gets very muddy after any rain.. and so do shoes and clothes!). The way people talk about PL here you'd think it was a metropolis, but I guess it is the biggest place along this coast! Apparently about 5000 people live here, but there's no ATM, few cars, not much of anything really, so very quiet! .. It's set in a pretty bay and there's a long beach (which I managed to run the length of once!, and walk along a few times), with fishing boats, a small row of restauants, hostels, tour ... read more