We left Puerto Rico in the morning and made a few stopts before reaching Montañita.
One of the places we visited was Olon, where is a sanctuary of a local virgin. The sanctuary is made of sea stones and shelves.
Quite rare, right?
Oh, you can see our car parked just next to the sanctuary :)
The place had a nice view of the ocean...
It´s a shame the days were cloudy, and grey...
So, we kept driving to Montañita. The hotel was nice. It was the most expensive hotel in town. It had a swimming pool and a jacuzzi :) For $22 per night, we were like royalty in Montañita.
We left our luggage in our room and went to grab some lunch.
I was asking Mechi to take a picture of me with a banana track, when we saw Cecilia and Tamara! Remember how we met them in Baños the week before? We were supposed to meet two nights after in Quito, but we confused our itinerary and we were not staying in Quito for the arranged night. We had no contact number or emails to let them know and felt very sorry about missing them... So... we found them there!
They had just arrived, so we walked around the town together. The town is actually really small. It has like 5 or 6 blocks and that´s it. But it´s so nice, and everyone is happy and easygoing.
So, we went to the beach and took a long walk.
Then we met again for dinner.
The following morning it was also cloudy but we enjoyed the beach anyway.
We walked again along the beach and then found a great restaurant called Tiki Taka (or something like that).
I had a great salad with peanut sauce, that was just delicious!
We found the girls later and went out for drinks...
Have you noticed how we are still wearing bathing suits? Well, that´s the way to go in Montañita...
We did got changed after that and went to a club.
Actually, we went to "the" Club. Its called Caña Grill and its the hottest place in town.
We met a bunch of guys from Ecuador, and we joined them...
The morning after, it was time to drive South to Salinas... Time to say goodbye to Montañita...
This time we asked Cecilia and Tamara for their phone numbers and emails to stay in touch. They were also going to Salinas the same day...
The road was much better at this part... or maybe is that we were just used to the terrible conditions :)
We saw some salt fields, that are the ones that give the city "Salinas" its name.
We saw lots of beer advertising. It´s funny how the ad says, Ecuatorianly refreshing...
We had lunch on a nice bar we saw in front of the beach...
It was cloudy, again! But we headed to the beach...
Anyway, we realized Montañita was much better. People were not that nice in Salinas. The city was big but without personality.
So, we booked a boat tour and saw some interesting birds with blue legs!
Then, we got bored and realized the next 2 days were going to be really boring if we stayed there! We called Cecilia and Tamara to see what they were up to... Maybe they had found a better spot in the city that was worth watching... But, they didn´t! They told us they were already back in Montañita. They had also got bored and got back!
So we went back to the hotel, packed our belongings and left...
Montañita was waiting for us!
