Puerto Lopez

Or this giant sea turtle... whatever gets caught in their nets that they don´t want, they just chuck overboard, so most of it washes up on the beach. This turtle was huge! Must have weighed 100lbs, and by the next day it was almost completely gone. Vultures and thousands of crabs live off all the crap that washes up on the shore.

Surfs Up! Montañita and the Ecuadorian Coast

February 9th 2006
The Pacific coast... What can I say? It´s gorgeous, just like the rest of this country. Our (Myself, Huns + Mike) over-night bus ride from Quito to the coast was quite an experience. After setting off in a rainstorm, we crawled at 30km/hr through dense fog down 3000m of tiny roads... Occasionally passing ditched busses and trucks (some on the side of the road, others lying further down in gorges) ... read more

South America » Ecuador » West » Montañita

The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more

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