We arrived in Montañita on a Friday and as the bus left us by the side of the road we had no idea what awaited in town. The village center is like an avalanche of sound being blasted from all directions. We thought we had grown accustomed to noise because while traveling on the continent its not usual to be surrounded by three different people blasting three different songs. Nevertheless, Montañita was something else. On "cocktail avenue", while sipping on caipiroskas prepared by the friendly Mr. Roosevelt, there were times we could barely hear one another.
We were happy to be staying away from the downtown noise but still right on the beach at Hostal Kundalini. At $30 per night it was slightly more expensive than other options but the clean modern rooms including a big breakfast was a great value. From there we could walk out to the ocean, rent surfboards and spend the afternoon in the water getting thrown around and bruised up. At this time of year the waves are not high nor fast and its quite difficult to stay on the board meaning we spent more time falling in the water and paddling than anything else.
Numerous seafood restaurants all serving the same thing, hamburgers sold on every street corner and a Spanish tapas restaurant called Hermanos En Routa meant there was no risk of going hungry. As opposed to many other beach destinations, the town is densely built, compact and always lively making it a must see destination on any trip to Ecuador's warm and sunny coast.
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