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[Ian]

I'm coming over to Ecuador (arriving Quito) at the end of August and I'll be spending about 3 months in South America, ending up in Buenos Aires.

I'm thinking of starting in Manta for a couple weeks to brush up on my spanish before heading south. (don't worry I wont miss Montanita!!)

I'm at lower intermediate level I guess used to surfing the west of Ireland.

Anyways.. the questions...

1) Will I be able to pick up a board ok in Manta (the airline wants 420 euro EACH WAY to fly one from home)

2) Is manta a good choice or is there somewhere else I should be looking at first? (my reason for choosing it is that there seems to be a pretty good spanish school there).

3) How big a pain in the...will it be lugging a 6'9"ish board around on busses etc.

4) Anything else I should know.

Ian

[Harry]

North is excellent from December to April South is good all year.

If your plan is August, then head to Playas is very cheap but not good hotels there is 1 hour from Guayaquil traveling on busses is a pain... even if you don´t have a board about the airline cost, you can sell the board here if it´s new you can make more than 500 forget the spanish school, get a girlfriend

Harry