My departure from Banos was a hurried one, shaken awake after 3 hours sleep my my friend to be informed we were running late for our bus to Cuenca. Disaster avoided, I spent the ensuing nine hours attempting to catch up on some sleep and drowning out the frankly terrible bus music (The Macarena came […]
April 17, 2011
A quick word first about my first South American bus journey. Like most of my trip so far, it served to destroy any preconceptions I had about the continent. Quito´s bus terminal was reminiscient of a plush western station. Rather than the uncomfortable ride I had envisaged on a bus laden with chickens and goats, […]
April 10, 2011
First thing’s first. This trip would not be happening if it wasn`t for my already well-thumbed copy of Lonely Planet. The book is a gift from God. Yet one aspect of it can be truly misleading, to the point that I have now resolved not to read the relevant section ever again. Read the ‘Dangers […]
April 18, 2011
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