The Coast to the Mountains

Hola, hola, hola!! Sorry for the delay between posts!
Wednesday, we wanted to see some friends, and made some plans with some of the friends to see them as we headed south down the coast from Puerto Lopez. Somehow we were able to meet up with some people despite not knowing quite what they were saying. We met another family, and they took us to the famous town Montañita, and we fell in love with the beautiful views and yummy food. We got to eat some cheesecake from a local bakery, and it is always best to get recommendations from the locals of the best spots to eat! We were unsure of our plans, so we headed to a small town on a small bay, recommended by one of the natives, and we had $7 lobster!! We also went through 3/4 a bottle of ketchup with 4 girls! Can you tell we might be missing hamburgers and french fries and ketchup?! Haha! We had the most amazing view from our hostel, and even got a hammock to stay in on the balcony!
We liked Montañita so much we decided to head back, and get some surfing lessons! Amazing waves to learn to surf on! Then we went paragliding at dusk! The view was breathtaking- city lights to our right and left, the sun almost gone down below the horizon, and the ocean right there! Then we took a eventful ride to our hostel- 4 girls in the bed of a truck with tons of bags and things! We sang Beatle's songs and had a great fun adventure!
Friday morning, we caught a bus from Salinas to Guayaquil (the biggest city in Ecuador). We had to catch a different bus to El Cristal, where the conventions are! In the large bus terminal in Guayaquil, we just happened to run into some friends that just so happened to be taking the same bus to convention! We were so happy to see them! We had another wonderful convention! Many privileges! There is a river that is less than a 2 minute walk from the grounds, and it is breathtakingly beautiful! Wow!
We stayed Sunday night, and got to visit more with the workers!
Monday morning, we walked down the hill an caught the next bus, and headed to Cuenca! Wow- AMAZING view on the bus ride! Probably one of our favorite views so far! Through the 6 hr bus ride, we saw variety! We came to a couple's house that just moved here from Nicaragua! We went out to dinner and had some awesome visits!
Off to see Inca ruins tomorrow and then head back to Cuenca for the downtown and adorable buildings!