Daily life at the beach in Esmeraldas

I wake up around seven each day. Then I read and drink hot chocolate until around 8:30, when we have breakfast.  There are two hammocks to read in and two couches.  We eat cereal or toast and eggs.  Then we read a little more until around 9:30, and start school.  We usually start with math, then writing, then spanish.  Sometimes we have school at the table and sometimes on the couch. After school, I practice violin, using the counter for a stand.  

Then we eat lunch.  We've had tuna sandwiches, grilled cheese, and ramen for lunch so far.  When we came, there was nothing in the kitchen.  So on the way here, we had gone to a supermarket.   Plus, I went to a nearby town with my dad once to go shopping.  After lunch, we read more and get ready to go to the beach.

The beach is a big strip of sand and huge rocks.  We always put our towels on the same boulder. Sometimes when you walk on it, your feet hurt from all the barnacles. We go swimming a little bit at medium tide then come home and take showers.  There are two showers: one outdoor, and one indoor that is inside the outhouse.  After that, we go to the restaurant at the place we are staying and play cards or read while drinking soda.  The restaurant is just a short walk from our house, down a hill.  Then, around 6:00 when it is low tide, we go on a walk across the long, rocky, beach to a peninsula with caves.  The caves are too dangerous to go inside because sometimes rocks fall from the cliffs, hanging above.  There are little tide pools to walk around in though, and we climb on the rocks.   We hike around and explore or just walk around it for a bit, then walk home, just as it's getting dark out.  

When we get home, we put on bug-spray and read until dinner.  There are a lot of mosquitos and flies here.  In the night, there are beetles attracted by our lights.  We've had seafood every night.  The first night, we had seafood at the restaurant.  The second night, squid at home, the third night, shrimp.  After dinner, we read or play cards until we go to bed.