A Night In Puerto Lopez; a Walk Through Salango

Puerto Lopez

We spent night 10 in Puerto Lopez at the Hostal Humpback International, a bare-bones room right across the street from the fish market.

And where there are fishing boats, there are pelicans. Lots of pelicans.

We walked to a nicer hotel on the town square for breakfast, and then walked around the town a little.

And then down the beachfront.

The malecón is under construction, and it looks like it will be beautiful when it's done. But for now, the construction makes it hard to get around and raises a lot of dust.

Shorty after breakfast, we packed up and headed south.

Salango

You've gotta love a fly-speck town that has its own museum. That's Salango.

The museum features artifacts from a dig nearby as well as small exhibits on local industries: fishing, chocolate, ... . I have never been on a more rickety flight of stairs. Ever. Tom bought a tee shirt. I think they only had one in each size; he got the yellow one.

We took a walk down by the beach just as the kids were getting out of school and walked a little way with a flock of boys who were excited to meet foreigners.

And then off we went, through the lush green twisty-turnies...

headed toward Olon.