Our march south through Ecuador continued with a stop in the very charming colonial town of Cuenca; Ecuador's 3rd largest city. After another joyful day on a bus we pulled in and grabbed a cab to Alternative Hostel... a more then descent spot, priced right and not too far from the action. We headed out for our customary wander through town to orientate ourselves and grab some food. We are getting good at packing reasonable lunches and snacks for our bus trips, bu...

Quito had treated us so well, I was almost sad to see it go, however, of all places Baños is not a terrible concession prize. Four hours by bus from Quito and you can find yourself in Baños. We arrived with little difficulty and found our way to the charming guest house called the Princess Maria, where the owner's son, Francisco, gave us a long detailed introduction to the guesthouse and Baños, giving us all sorts of information on the many activities to get i...

It seemed like we had been heading towards Quito forever by the time we actually pulled into town around 7pm on a Monday night...in addition to a couple rather uneventful days in Popayan, we'd stopped over a night in the tiny town of Pasto just to break up the journey. Nothing worth reporting in Pasto except for me getting a huge steak Churrasco for dinner at about the only restaurant we could find in town. Per usual, crossing the border was a pain in the a$$. W...