Puerto lopez

26 oktober 2021 - Puerto Lopez, Ecuador

Just at the beginning of Puerto Lopez there is the bus terminal. Just for the last 2kilometers you needed to get a taxi  or a tuktuk like in Asia.

I had a room for myself but the walls where like paper. You could hear anything that was happening on the other side of it. I even woke up on night at 4am because of an alarm (of a phone) that was going off but nobody was turning it off. And I heared someone snorring.. even thought both rooms next to mine where empty.

Puerto Lopez is a little town at the sea. So one day I was just walking around, watched the catch off the fisherman and went to one of the bars at the beach. Had 2 cocktails but both didn't taste really nice but still I was enyoing the peace and quiet. Finally a really relaxed day with a drink in my hand! I decided to get back to the hostel, have a shower and dinner. I had Paella(!!!) But it was so much that I just ate 1/3 and had it for dinner the next two days.

I went back to the beach to have a few more drinks as it really looked nice on there with all the lights from the different bars, I decided to just get some juice.

The next day I went on a tour to Isla de la Plata, some say it a little bit like the Galapagos. I thought I was smart to put my (fake) crocs on. Funny story.. I bought them in Quito because my own flipflops just broke 2days before I went on this trip. I had another pair... but they broke one day before my trip.. I even had another pair (one size too small) but I just threw them away when I was moving and thought.. 3pair of flipflops are a little bit much... who would have known I still could have used them.

Anyway back to the boat trip: You are on a boat, you go snorkling so you get wet feet and don't want to put your socks and shoes back on. But what I forgot was that we also where going to walk on the island... when I realized that it was already too late. Never mind.. I can walk comfortable on almost anything, as long they are not to small.

We saw nice blue feeted boobies, name of the birds, and some other ones. After that we got back into the boat and saw some turtles just before we went to go snorkling. 

The water was cold! At leas there where a lot of fish to see. All of a sudden my face was burning just around my mouth and lip. I freaked out and pulled my snorkel off. WHAT WAS THAT!!!! I swom to the tourguide and asked him if there where jellyfish around here, he said yes. Well he could have warned us!!

After this I heard some other people scream and yell.. I was not the oly one that got stung! You just couldn't see them. They where so little. After that my leg and both of my shoulders got the same burning feeling but funny enough the pain goes away pretty fast when you stay in the sea but nevertheless after 30min I was done with the snorkling. If the water would have been a bit warmer it would have been different.

On the way back to Puerto Lopez we sawe some whales! It was not the season for it, lucky us. So that was pretty nice.

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2 Reacties

  1. Ans:
    27 oktober 2021
    Prachtig foto's van de schildpadden en je hebt zelfs walvissen gespot! Je hebt er ook weer een leuk verhaal over geschreven, wij beleven jouw reis helemaal mee. Stay safe.
  2. Anneke:
    30 oktober 2021
    Ben ik ook geweest! Maar wij hebben niet gesnorkeld… ook geen turtles gezien. Jammer. Mooie foto’s