What we thought would only be a 5hr journey was actually 8!We checked into to a lovely hostel called Plantos Y Blanco which had a huge roof terrace and was a perfect spot for people watching. We wondered around town (which took all of 20mins) and then went for dinner in a lovely restaurant called Casa Hood.After a yummy diner, we sat by the fire playing backgammon and drinking lattes. The next morning we went for the 1st of 3 Steam Baths. These consist of you ...

After a long day of bus travel we arrived at our hostal which really didn`t live up to it`s reputation in the lonely planet. Caroline suggested that we look at another hostal for the following night only to find another place with exactly the same name and heaps better, obviousley the recommended one, cheating b******s! turns out the other hostal had changed it`s name to gain customers by default. So we moved the next morning and discovered that the area was full...

Took the 5pm bus to Equador, it left late, so we got to the border at 1.30am half an hour after it closed! So we waited till 3am to get our visas. Then the bus kept stopping for the last few hours in the early morning, so had a very bad night sleep. We arrived in Loja and went for brekkie then hit the sack for a few hours. In the afternoon we went to the park that had a miniture russian style kremlin, a chinese pagoda, paddleboats and flamingos, swans, ponies, os...