We decided to stop off at Cuenca to save doing a mammoth bus journey. We found a hostel which was like something out of horror movie, a big old hotel with the worst beds ever! And they played loud local music all day which echoed through the hallways, strange place. We walked round the centre and it turned out to be a nice change from the busy Quito city. Sat in the plaza square and relaxed, south America is full of plaza squares, nice and relaxing places where y...

We arrive in Quito around tea time, find a hostel which turns out to hold pretty much all UK travellers. One lad mentions that there is a decent curry house round the corner, matt and I look at each other and nod! We have been craving something like that for a long time! So, we head out for a Saturday night, English style... Masala and a few beers, then to the sport bar for more beers, to the Irish bar for pool and more beers... you get the idea! Was a fun night,...

We had quite a trip getting to Ecuador, we planned to go straight to Quito but after a random coach swap at 2am, then the bus breaking down for 6 hours, getting onto another smaller bus up an down the mountain roads, catching another small van from Pasto to the border...! We decided that we would just a get a quick bus to Otavalo and stay a night there, it was quite an experience, our first breakdown of the trip, apart from the half powered boat on the amazon if ...