Today we took the bus to Montanita for Spanish lessons, to hopefully make us sound a bit more like the locals, and surfing lessons, to hopefully make our skin colour a bit more like the locals. We expect it will be a long, hard week.
It’s a dog’s life.
The bus ride was uneventful. Their bus station is nicer than Edmonton’s. The landscape on the way here was very arid with most of the trees looking dried out or even dead. Perhaps after a rain everything greens up a bit.
After making it to Montanita we had a good walk to the hostel. Kerri thought it was closer so quite a bit of that walk was on the beach which was very hot at just after noon with all the bags. Eventually we made it, checked in and got settled in the room and dressed for the beach.
We took a long walk all the way from our end by the rock wall to way past where anyone really was. The beach by the town is very busy and crowded.
But our side is so deserted crabs will occasionally pop out of their holes during the day.
After the walk we turned back and grabbed some pizza as a snack before heading closer to the hostel to find a spot for chilling on the beach. That’s where I spent the rest of my day with a book,
While Kerri took pictures of the sunset. It sets really fast here because we are so close to the equator.
So Matt missed it.
A quick walk to town got us pasta for dinner and we looked around for an umbrella to help provide some shade, considering there isn’t any at all here. Nothing grows on the beach. Attempts to keep sand from getting into everything appears to be failing although I will remain every vigilant as I don’t want sand in all of our gear. The hostal is nice
And has good wifi from the hammocks.
Beach and hostel look great. I am very jealous! Good luck with your lessons.