Puyo is a lesser visited jungle like town. It took us less than two hours from Baños to get to Puyo and it cost $2. Originally we were only stopping in Puyo because had read about a monkey reserve of some sort awhile back when we started research. At first it was difficult to find information but we finally found out what it was called and how to get there so we decided to head to Puyo. Instead of staying in a hostel we decided to try couchsurfing for the first ...

So much to say about Baños, it has been my favorite place thus far. We stayed six nights and originally were only going to stay three nights. Getting to Baños from southern Ecuador is a challenge though. We left Cuenca and got a bus to Ambato (because there are no direct buses from Cuenca to Baños) and that was about seven hours. Once we made it to Ambato, the driver dropped us off on the side of a busy street and signaled to us that a bus to Baños was on the...

Getting to Ecuador from Peru was incredibly tiring. We left Lima at 4:30pm and arrived in Piura the next day @ 8:30am, so a 16 hour bus ride. We took Cruz Del Sur which is the best bus line in Peru and it cost us 90 soles (~$32 USD) which was more than we wanted to spend. After we arrived in Piura we got in a South American styled tuk tuk vehicle, or mototaxi, and went to a different bus terminal. We waited for about an hour and then hopped on Loja International ...

For those of you who have interest or plan on visiting Bolivia, here are some things you need to know and tips. 1. Fly! The country isn't the size of Brazil but it's still large and bus transportation is awful. Buses are cheaper but flights are really not that expensive. A nine hour bus ride can be a 30 minute flight and flying is just so easy. The roads, buses and drivers are all nerve racking. Buses break down or crash pretty frequently throughout the country....

Where to even start... The last two weeks volunteering was fantastic and I didn't want to leave. Getting there and leaving was a bit of a challenge but absolutely worth it. We arrived on Friday September 12th and left Thursday September 25th but time flew by while being there. We left Arequipa at 4:30pm and was told it was four hours to Chala, the closest "bigger" city to where our project was but in reality the bus was eight hours so we got in past midnight. Wh...