Breakfast at Hotel Milan is served on their roof terrace overlooking the plaza and church next door and the mountains in the distance. It was a pretty disappointing breakfast though - powdered coffee, juice and one scrambled egg with a piece of bread. Enough to get us going but definitely not enough to see us through until dinner. Down in the plaza, a huge crowd of men surrounded a jeep. What initially looked a bit hostile, turned out to be men trying to be pic...

It was an early start again, 6 o'clock in the morning, and we were on the street looking for a taxi to take us to the bus station. Choice was pretty limited at this time of the morning so we had to take a gamble on an unofficial one. We agreed the fare upfront and were taken on a route we didn't expect, and at high speed, but luckily it was just an over enthusiastic driver wanting to deliver us to the station as quickly as possible. It was an 8 hour ride thr...

It was not the direction we intended but we needed to go back to Quito to collect the charger that was left in the room on Friday. We checked out and took our bags hoping to get some breakfast on the way to the bus station. None of the cafes were open for breakfast though, we could only get an empanada from a bakery. A hardware store was open so we managed to buy some duct tape to strap up the slashed backpack. Not stopping for breakfast, we managed to get...

Next door to our hostel was a Danish cafe which seemed like a good option for breakfast. The promises on the menu made it more appealing; coffee beans were ground on order and bread was made fresh on the premises. It lived up to it's promises too, breakfast was great... then the owner turned up. She was a physocotic freak who scared the hell out of everyone in the cafe. We finished up quick, paid our bill and scuttled out the door. Walking round town, we came a...

We went back to Cafeto for breakfast, it was still really slow service but the coffee was good and they had yogurt for the healthy option instead of the whipped cream that was served up the last time. We checked out of the hotel at midday and walked two blocks to take the trolley bus to the bus terminal of Guitumbe. The first trolley was packed and we had to let it pass because we couldn't get in with our big bags. The next one was not much emptier but we squee...