Ecuador, March 4, 2012: The Coast to Guayaquil The final day of our trip began with an outing to Salinas, a resort beach community about 20 minutes down the coast from La Libertad. Our time lounging was short-lived, however, as we had to get back for a lovely homemade lunch of shrimp ceviche, fried plantains and rice, prepared by Carlos’ family. Very tasty! Not only was his family very hospitable, […]

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Ecuador, March 3, 2012: The Coast The big plan for today was a boat trip to La Isla de la Plata, since we had missed out the day before due to construction on the island, or so we were told. Unfortunately, today we were doomed to a similar fate. Despite early hope we were forced to quickly accept the fact that we would not be visiting La Isla de la […]

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