Subject: Post: <p>No much photos today, as the entire day was spent driving from Mindo to the Pacific coast, to a small ugly town called Puerto Lopez.</p><p>Driving was actually much easier than I had expected it to be, there was basically no traffic outside Quito and the roads were in decent condition with no larger holes. Police checked our papers once as they have checkpoints around the country on roads, but that also went smoothly. The car tires could be better though, squealing on every turn on the curvy mountain roads even when dry..</p><p>Renting a car was probably a good decision, allowing us to see the country outside big cities and not just through a dirty side window of a bus. It was fun to see how much the landscape changes on the way to the coast: From the high altitudes and sunshine of Quito to the lush rainforests and then to the coastal area which at least today was foggy but dry.</p><p>Now we have a basic but nice apartment in this coastal town and tomorrow morning we should visit Isla de la Plata island for the first time. The island is some 1.5 hours by boat from the mainland and we will be going there twice, first today to tour the island on the land and on Saturday to dive near it. It's also whale season here, so let's see if we manage to see some humpback whales.</p> Latitude: Longitude: Security Code:
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