Been to Ecuador and am not a fan. The wind blew pretty much the entire 2 weeks and almost everybody said that "it's never like this". (It didn't blow hard, just enough to make it not great; it was definitely a factor.) Then I met a guy who had moved there a couple of years ago from California (his wife was Ecuadorian) and he said it was almost always that way, but "You get used to it". I don't know which to believe, but, if I have one bad trip (which this was), I don't go back.

Another issue was the guides. I don't use a guide normally, but, was talked into it here by the guy who booked our trip. (Won't mention his name, but...) They were lazy, lazy, lazy. I was passed around and ended up with a good one who took us to several places because he wanted to surf too. But, I watched the others. They never took their charges anywhere. They just sat on the beach at Montanita drinking beer and talking to the chicas telling their clients, "This is the best around".

They have the biggest frickin' oysters I have ever seen, though. There were huge piles of these monsters sitting on tables outside of every restaurant around. They were amzing to look at, but, I avoid filter feeders when I don't know the water. Danger lurks!

Short story - I won't go back.