"Panama to Ecuador" Pagesturning’s photos around Puerto Lopez, Ecuador

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Puerto Lopez, Ecuador by TravelPod blogger Pagesturning titled "Panama to Ecuador" Pagesturning’s travel blog entry: "Panama to Ecuador Well she is with us again, none the worse for wear and seeming to bear us no grudge after being locked in a metal box for just over a week: we have our car back. More about that later. We are currently on the Ecuadorian coast near to Puerto Lopez in another "eco" resort (Hosteleria Alandaluz) but which tries much harder than the one we stayed at in Nicaragua. We have the most private little camp site just up from the surf and the waves are crashing as I write this and the pelicans are ceaselessly flying up and down the wave crests (very clever as they look sideways through the waves to spot the fish). Overhead are masses of frigate birds with their distinctive forked tails and white puffed out breasts. We flew out of Panama on an 11.30am flight to Quito which only takes about 90mins (but could have taken much longer as they never told us that the gate had changed and we nearly missed the flight). Quito airport is in the heart of the city which is long and narrow and home to about 1.5m people. The town sprawls for about 40km and at its heart has the "old" town and the "new" town almost abutting each other. We took the trolley bus, which is very efficient and very cheap and packed all the time, to the old town. Problem was that Hugo Chavez (nutty - depending on your viewpoint - Prez from ...

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