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Montanita, Ecuador
After Mancora we took an over night bus into Ecuador, a new country on the trip! Had no idea what to expect in Ecuador, it's meant to be more developed than a lot of the other South American countries and also uses the American dollar.
First view from the coach window it looked nice, still a bit similar to Peru but with a different culture of buildings and people.
Our first 6 days in Ecuador for New Year would be spent in Montanita, unlike Mancora it was a real...