Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - Friday, February 28, 2014

We were supposed to go out on the ocean on a boat. The boat was acting up and the engine wouldn't start. Most of is just have up and went back to the shore. A couple stayed on and eventually they got the boat started. While they were on the boat ride those of us who stayed on the shore had fun. I rode a banana tube. Those things are lame. Normal tubes are way more fun. You fall off of the banana tube too easily. They had a normal tube there too that some people took a ride on. I just wanted to try the banana because it was something I had never done. It was weird to see the kids so excited about the tube ride. I guess they didn't grow up with a boat and lake haha. Then when everyone got back to the beach we saw the henna man!  He have tami and Colin I henna tattoo of the rotary symbol. I've always wanted a henna tattoo. I got a big one on my side. No one else got one that day. The next day a couple more people did though. Tuesday night we headed back to the Guayaquill. Then to the border. Then to Tumbus.  Then to Zorritos. In all it took 11 hours. We left at 8 o'clock on Tuesday and arrived in torritos on Wednesday morning at 7. We spent the next 3 days in Zorritos at the beach. It was amazing. The weather was perfect. It was so relaxing. The first morning I got there and fell asleep on a bed on the beach for a couple hours. They were the hotel's next to us bed. But we used them the entire time. Irene's mom passed away on our viaje so we had a campfire in Irene's departure back homes honor. We all said something nice about her and have her something from Peru. The first night we had a campfire just for fun though. We roasted marshmallows and made make do s'mores with the supplies we could find here. We also had hot dogs. The quitar was brought out and we say around the campfire for hours just singing.  We went to bed the first night at 11:30. Irene's party was the second night. Days were spent at the beach. Nights were spent at the beach. It was amazing. Needless to say there was sand everywhere.   The hotel didn't have hot water or clean rooms. But it was still the best place we stayed because it was on the beach. The foundation was in the sand. It was paradise. It was amazing. We spent hours playing in the big waves. They were so powerful. We spent hours sleeping on the beautiful beach. It was awesome. On Friday I woke up and took a shower and packed. I spent the rest of my time at the beach just laying there. We are lunch at 11:30. Boarded the bus at 12. Drove 4 hours to an airport.  We got stopped by police and searched for drugs and bombs. Then we continued our journey to the airport. I boarded an airplane at 7. Flew home. Arrived at 8:30. My family got there to pick me up at about 8:45. I slept the whole way home. I slept most of the day Saturday. It was an amazing trip. I was glad to be home at the same time too though. I don't know why I was so tired. I guess the nights of bus ride sleeping (which wasn't much) had added up. It was such an amazing trip though.