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Location Date Loja 1407625200 Vilcabamba
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Location Date Sat, 09 August 2014 1407621720 Fri, 08 August 2014 1407535260 Thu, 07 August 2014
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We had a really leisurely morning, almost too leisurely in fact, we just made it in time for breakfast. We had a midday checkout before walking a couple of blocks to El Cigale Hostal, the pickup point for our shuttle to Vilcabamba. The shuttle didn't depart until 1.30pm but the hostel had a cafe/bar with internet so it was easy enough to kill an hour.
It was a really small van and it was packed full: as well as us there was an American guy, a Dutch girl, UK/OZ couple and a German family with two small kids. Again, it was really nice mountain scenery as we made our way through the Andes. We only had one brief toilet stop during the six hour journey so no surprise that the two kids, one only really a toddler, started to get bit restless.
As we got talking with the others on the bus, it turned out that everyone, bar the American, was going to stay at Hostal Izhcayluma and for 3 nights, the same as us.
As we were driving into Vilcabamba village, there was a really nice sunset in the west and rainbows over the mountains in the east.
The hostel was on the expensive side of average prices but it had fantastic reviews. We were given a nice room in a block of 3 rooms with a good view of the surrounding mountains from the shared terrace (which had a couple of hammocks). Inside the room, apart from the lack of space to lay or hang things, the bed was good and it had a really nice natural stone bathroom.
In the restaurant we joined the UK couple, Andy and Carlee, who now live in Australia and the Dutch girl, Clara. The food was very reasonably priced for the location, restaurant too had panoramic views over the mountains, and the wine was at decent price for a change.
After dinner we decided to check out the bar and by accident we took the sofas of the dogs. It wasn't too long before the two dogs had muscled their way into their favorite spots, pushing us to the edges, and contentedly snoring away. Despite the dogs claiming the comfiest spots, we still managed to stay in the bar until 11pm, a very late night for all of us that were on the touring circuit.
It was a really small van and it was packed full: as well as us there was an American guy, a Dutch girl, UK/OZ couple and a German family with two small kids. Again, it was really nice mountain scenery as we made our way through the Andes. We only had one brief toilet stop during the six hour journey so no surprise that the two kids, one only really a toddler, started to get bit restless.
As we got talking with the others on the bus, it turned out that everyone, bar the American, was going to stay at Hostal Izhcayluma and for 3 nights, the same as us.
As we were driving into Vilcabamba village, there was a really nice sunset in the west and rainbows over the mountains in the east.
The hostel was on the expensive side of average prices but it had fantastic reviews. We were given a nice room in a block of 3 rooms with a good view of the surrounding mountains from the shared terrace (which had a couple of hammocks). Inside the room, apart from the lack of space to lay or hang things, the bed was good and it had a really nice natural stone bathroom.
In the restaurant we joined the UK couple, Andy and Carlee, who now live in Australia and the Dutch girl, Clara. The food was very reasonably priced for the location, restaurant too had panoramic views over the mountains, and the wine was at decent price for a change.
After dinner we decided to check out the bar and by accident we took the sofas of the dogs. It wasn't too long before the two dogs had muscled their way into their favorite spots, pushing us to the edges, and contentedly snoring away. Despite the dogs claiming the comfiest spots, we still managed to stay in the bar until 11pm, a very late night for all of us that were on the touring circuit.
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