After the illness related disappointment of the day before, we decided we would stay for another day to try and crack the crater. Shuffled and slid our way down to the lake's edge, meeting a couple of amusing woolly alpacas on the way. Took a kayak out in to the middle of the lake, a brilliant experience, even better due to being the only people on the lake (and indeed in the whole crater as far as we could see). Struggled back to the top of the crater - steep gr...

Arrived at the square wrapped up in our winter woolies in time to catch the 4am bus, the only one of the day, to Quilotoa. Arriving shortly after 5am and in the dark we guessed at which hill looked like it might have a crater lake lurking behind it and headed off in that direction. Wrong guess, confirmed by a quick chat with the only other person up in the town, and we trudged off in the other direction. Reached the edge of the crater, with the spectacular view o...