surfing fail haha

Last night we met lots of people. Everyone here is SO friendly to us. By everyone, I mean the town's population, which seems to be entirely 20-something males. By us, I mean four white females. So, maybe the people aren't always friendly, but they certainly are to us. I'm not sure if I like this, but since the town is pretty small, we run into people we know frequently.

This morning we slept in and then had a lazy breakfast and walked around the beach. It's quite long and has the town proper at one end, and several hotel/cabins at the other end. I bought a mango batido and relaxed in a hammock and felt like I was getting burned, but I'm not, fortunately. We found Ali on the beach where she had set up camp since we'd left her that morning since she was sick again :( We rented two surfboards and Erica and Ali explained the basics to Annie and I. We met some other boys from Guayaquil and one came out and tried to teach me how to surf. People who are good make it look far easier than it is. I gained a small bruise on my nose after smashing it into the surfboard, but it sort of looks like a sunburn so it's fine.
We gave up after an hour of surfing and just chatted on the beach with some of people we've met. Most of the people here are tourists and travelers. We've met a lot of South Americans from a variety of countries who are just traveling the continent, and some of them have been for years. I've only been gone two and a half months and I'm sure ready to come home, but some of these people doen't even have homes. Different life...

Tomorrow we're going to Guyaquil and then Cuenca. I'm ready to move on from this town; it's too crazy for me haha

Love Alex