Poolside chillin Today I bought some more shrimp to make shrimp ceviche, we prepared it in the morning to let it marinate throughout the day. This day was spent pretty much doing nothing but tanning and poolside chillin!

Happy Birthday to ME! One of my best birthdays ever!!! Cristina woke up early and bought seafood to make ceviche for my birthday, I thought she had just gone across the street to buy the seafood but I was wrong And I didn't find out until later!!!

Atacames, "Spot the gringa"and Seafood Feasta!!! Right across the street from the resort, seafood vendors set up shop every morning so we got fresh lobsters, shrimp, squid and conch shells for dinner! We decided to go on a Atacames cheaper grocery mission and on the bus I took a picture of a new game called Spot the gringa! The picture is of mom sitting at the back of the bus with a bunch of locals and she looks really out of place! Haha! We walked through the ...

Cristina arrives, dog friends and Jordo the Ping pong champ! I ended up getting the first bus that passes by at 5 AM, made it to Esmeraldas by 6am and Cristina arrived around 6:30. We needed to hit an ATM so we took a cab in to the center of the city and it was not a place I would want to visit again! We made it back to the resort no problems and relaxed by the pool for the majority of the day and made some doggy friends! Later we picked up the ping-pong paddl...

Arrived in Same and the Green 9 Beach and golf resort! There was a bus that was leaving Mompiche and going right past Same so getting there was no problem at all. We arrived around noon and got to check right in to our really nice amazing hotel room with a beautiful view of the gigantic pool we would have for a week! My back wasn't so sore anymore so mom and I took a walk down to the beach. I was in bed pretty early this night because I had to wake up at 4 AM to...