Happy Thanksgiving

We recently just spent a wonderful week in Mancora, Peru lounging by the pool or on the beach at the most magnificent hostel we have ever seen, which is the Loki. Though it was a party hostel and it was difficult to sleep at night, the day time activities and atmosphere made it completely worth it. Our first day we won shirts in a frisbee contest!
The only thing that detracted from the beautiful scenery was the dead seal that washed up on the shore stinking and bloated. Which was reminicent of our time on Playa Blanca, Colombia with the bloated rat.
We also had awesome food in this town varying from pad thai to buffalo chicken sandwiches to the best brownies I´ve had in a long time.

We then left for Guayaquil, our stop-over before the Galapagos, and we were quite excited to see the new Harry Potter movie. We met some lovely Europeans and we all set off for the mall together. There were many showings in English with Spanish subtitles and we grabbed some fast food (burger king and taco bell) before heading into the theater. Little did we know that people in Ecuador go to the movies to chat. First, the man sitting next to Matt came in talking on his cell phone. We all shushed him though it didn´t stop him but he eventually said good-bye. He answered his cell phone and blackberry several more times throughout the first 1/2 hour of the movie. We shushed some more, someone threw popcorn at him and Matt told him to shut up. He finally left acting exasperated that he kept getting so many phone calls he had to answer, though turning his phone off would have been a simple answer.
Then a group of giggling teenagers started at it. There were lots of other conversations throughout the movie and it felt like being in a cafe rather than a movie theater. We couldn´t help but laugh at the rediculousness of it all.
All in all, I would say that we enjoyed the movie, probably one of the best of the series, but we can´t wait to hear the movie minus the additional soundtrack.

We now are in the Galapagos about to check out the giant tortugas!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OUR WONDERFUL FRIENDS AND FAMILY.