How do I even begin to describe this weekend...
I spent the Carnaval holiday weekend (aka Mardi Gras) in a beach town called Montañita that's about 10 hours away from Quito. We took a bus on Thursday night to Guayaquil and then transferred in the morning to a bus to Montañita. Once we found and checked into our hostel (Hostál Montezuma - highly recommended), we hit up the beach! And that started a weekend full of TONS of people, lots of sun and ocean, and staying out till all hours of the night. We met a bunch of cool people from all over - Argentina, Ecuador, Chile, Australia, etc. We also got to participate in all of the fun Carnaval traditions, which include:
- spraying loads of foam everywhere...day and night
- throwing water everywhere
- wearing face paint and masks 24/7
Basically, we could not have picked a better place to spend the holiday weekend, and we'll for sure be going back!
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| View of the beach from our hostel |
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| Sunset jumps! |
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| Girls after a night out |
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| Beach -- SO many people! |
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| We love foam! |
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| Sunset :) |
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| We <3 Montañita! |
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