American Teacher in Ecuador

OMG, today I woke up feeling SO MUCH BETTER!!!  I had a great night's sleep.  It was nice and cool, I even used the little blanket.  Didn't even need a fan which I was so worried about.  Of course this is due to the fog, or the garua, as they call it here.  The climate is exactly the same as a foggy day in San Diego, about 72 degrees and a little humid. After getting up, I padded over to the continental breakfast area.  There was a place setting all ready just for me, with a coffee cup, a bread basket, a little covered bowl of cantaloupe, and little covered containers of butter and jam.  The lady had been waiting for me.  She immediately went to work in the kitchen and brought out scrambled eggs with tomatoes and some kind of square, firm cheese that doesn't melt but had a good texture.  I felt so special! Then I walked down the beach into town, which was a much shorter and safer walk than the highway.  Along the beach, there were ab...

Yesterday after dragging around 70+ pounds of luggage through an airport, then onto and off of a bus, then dragging said luggage down a highway where I was at first unable to find the little dirt path leading to the hotel, I was a little cranky.  Add to this the fact that the whole entire day I felt like I was ready to puke and my body still ached from the altitude sickness or food poisoning I got in Quito. Needless to say, I was not in a happy place when I finally got to Oloncito, or "Little Olon" around 4:00 pm. I paid $60 for 2 nights at the Barlovento Hosteria, checked the room for cockroaches (happily finding none), and tried to take a nap. After about an hour and unable to sleep, I walked down the highway into town looking for a restaurant.  Couldn't find even one!  I looked up and down every single street and...nothing except for the shacks on the beach, which I was leary of.   I must mention that the town itself is very small, about 5 square...