First week
And a reunion with my bag!
25.07.2011 - 30.07.2011
20 °C
So I can't believe I've been here for a week already! A quick overview for you: Montanita is a small town on the coast consisting of a main road with the school at one end and the cabanas where I'm staying at the other. Then there are a few blocks which are mainly bars, shops and hostels and the beach, and that's it!
The cabanas mainly house students from the school and I would say there are about 20 of us here. We have a pool, communal kitchen and Im currently sharing a room with a german and French girl who are both no trouble whatsoever. My Spanish class only has 2 other people in it which is good, and it's amazing to see how much I have learnt so far! I can understand and write pretty well but still struggling with the speaking but I've plenty of time to practice! I knew enough to be able to go to and retrieve my bag (hurrah!) from a depot yesterday so that's a start.
And yo estoy muy feliz about the reunion with my bag! Never have I been so pleased to see clean clothes! But I survived a week on one set of clothing and the boys in my class hadn't even noticed so I'm clearly getting the hang of this travelling malarkey!
So most of this week has been spent studying either at school or at the dive shop, but it has paid off as I passed my first diving theory test. We followed that with a pool session and then we were supposed to go for my first open water dive today but conditions were so poor we had to come back. On the weather front it has at least stopped raining but pretty overcast, come on sun I'm supposed to be on the ruta del sol!
With no diving this weekend I'll have the chance to do some exploring and just relax a bit as it's been pretty full on so far. The town is mostly full of tourists and is supposed to get really busy at weekends. Bars are open well into the night as it is so god knows what it'll be like tonight! They say this is a party town but I've been pretty tame so far, well I do have to pace myself for another 7 weeks! But my roommates are leaving tomorrow so I'm sure there will be some cervezas and caiprinas tonight!
That's about all I have to report so far. Getting into the swing of things and looking forward to a rather less stressful week next week!
Muchos love xxx
Posted by christinahicks 30.07.2011 10:36 Archived in Ecuador
Sounds like you are having an amazing time gorgeous! Can't wait to see some pictures! Hope the diving goes well and look forward to hearing more! Love you xxxxxx
30.07.2011 by Natalie ott