Well, it's definitely not the most beautiful beach I've seen, but it has it's charms. Playas, Ecuador is about an hour away from Guayaquil which is Ecuador's second biggest city. It's not on the tourist route, so the bulk of visitors are Ecuadoreans coming from the city. That is a plus! It's very low key here and feels very, very small inspite of lots of grocery stores and a new full size mall and movie theater. Playas is full of seafood restaurants at every turn. I've already eaten delicious ceviche and today I had some casserole heated in a hot pot made out of some kind of cornmeal with lots of seafood. That cost about $8 and was the most expensive thing on the menu.
The beach water is warm and the sand is gray. There aren't that many shells, but I've found sand dollars and a few other weird things. I post the pictures, just because I think they're interesting looking.
I'll be here for two full weeks which is nice because I don't have to travel around, figuring out where to go next and can relax into this place. After this I make the trip home.
