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January 20, 2005
puerto lopez, ecuador
so we split out of banos after only one night, it was alright to be there, but we had an itch for the beach. the best part of banos was the museum that was located on the second floor of the cathedral. it had a ton of badly stuffed animals, incredible to witness really, tons of feathers missing from the birds, the mammals all posed with fierce facial expressions, even the armadillos. they even used red duct tape to simulate blood in the realistic death scenes of lions killing monkeys. god bless taxidermy.
so we hopped an overnight bus ride here to puerto lopez, stopping in the armpit of ecuador, guaquil. after 10 hours of busses, we found ourselves contemplating the pacific ocean. beautiful.
we met up with matt and denise here, they were volunteering at a bird sanctuary but left after realizing that it was underfunded and that none of the employees seemed to give a shit. since then we´ve been swimming all day, reading, cooking food at our excellent hostel (thanks for the recommendation, steve!), and living the beach life.
from here it will be on to their farm, but i forsee a few more beach days ahead before that.
hope the snow melts for everyone in the cold part of the world.
Posted by bendan at January 20, 2005 05:18 PM
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