Today we arrived in Puerto Lopez for the first day of our week break. We took a 10 hour bus from Quito to Puerto Lopez overnight. It definitely wasn’t the comfiest thing, but at $12 a seat, it’s a steal. We arrived at our cute little hostel with a quiet beach front. There were mounds of these beautiful, colorful rocks washed up on the sand, and we all strolled collecting a few unique rocks to bring back with us. Puerto López is on the coast of Ecuador, and is known to have amazing seafood. Today I went to lunch and had some shrimp in a coconut sauce. They also came with another type of Ecuadorian food, which is smashed and fried plantains (top left). 
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