I fell asleep on the bus and the man kicked me to wake me up. How rude?!???!? Anyway....i went for the first hostal in the LP again. When i arrived the lady apologised and said she only had dorm rooms left. I was so pleased!!! Finally...grinko friends!! I had a choice of a 3 dorm or 5. I went for the 5. In my room are 2 Aussies a Brit and an American. Last night when i arrived they invited me for a night out. I havnt drank for...4 whole days so a night out is in...

I got a 10 hour bus from Manta to Quito and luckily a bus left in half hour for Tena so i jumped onto a second bus for a further 7 hours. Tena is a small town. Half town half jungle. I arrived at 4am, slept untill 8 and had a wonder around town. It was nice to have aproper dinner. Id been living off bakery food that cost no more than 20c before hand. After 2 hours of walking id done everything there was to do. Off the river is an island. The town constructed the...

Jordan wanted to stay in Mant another night, i hopped on a 4 hour bus north to Manta. The bus journey was the most beautiful ive experienced in South America. I was thinking "id rather travel on local buses, its more authentic". i was the only Grinko (tourist) on the bus. The scenery was rainforest to my right and coast to my left. We passed beaches, fishing villages, ports. It was gorgeous. Then....BANG engine blows up. My fabulous afternoon results in...

After a horrific border crossing I arrived in Mantanita with Jordan. Mant is a small surfer town, beach is nice but the surf wasnt great. Lovley resturants and bars around, stalls selling amazing fresh fruit and smoothies. We stayed in a nice hostel with a pool (pointless beause we didnt swim). I slept all afternoon because we took an 11 nightbus from Mancora that stopped every hour. Needless to say i didnt sleep at all. In the eve we went out for dinner and had...