Lots of stuff happened since I last wrote. I did go to the beach as I had planned. I first went the bus stop for one of the companies, Trans Esmeraldas, but the next bus was leaving at 12:30 at night. It was only 7:30 then, so I took a cab to Terminal Terrrestre , the big bus station and got the next bus leaving at 10:20. With about 3 hours to spare, I went on the internet for … [Read more...] about Atacames (Beach), Mindo (Cloudforest), Papallacta (Hot Springs), Quito