Our trip to Atacames (on the northern coast of Ecuador)!

Things have been pretty hectic lately. I arrived from our trip to the coast on Monday night. We had an absolutely amazing time. The two best things about the coast were the weather and the beach. It was so nice to actually be warm at night for a change, and it only rained on the last day we were there. The Pacific ocean was such a treat! It was very warm and had pratically nothing in it. The water wasn´t as clear as in Cuba for example but it definitely didn´t matter to us!

 On our last day, it was pouring rain but 6 out of the 8 still went out to the beach and we had a blast in the water and building sand castles. We all went back to our childhood that afternoon. We also ate great meals. A lot of seafood!

Now it´s back to reality. But now we only have 11 days left in our communities. It´s weird because I feel very sad about leaving my family, especialy my host parents, but at the same time I´m really due to go back home. I´ve been away from home for way longer than 3 months before but the difficulties that come along with this kind of experience just make me miss home a lot more than usual.