Last week we were still in Banos so we decided to rent some bikes to bomb downhill towards the Amazon basin to check out the waterfalls. Pailon del Diablo is the main Waterfall and you can actually go and stand behind the torrents of water flowing over the edge. However there was no magical place behind the waterfall just a damp wall and lots of sprayback..damn you Disney films. After three days in Banos and we were on the road again heading for Quito. I was a l...

Country number two in my journey was Ecuador and to be honest I had not done much reseach on the place. A quick referal to the trusty Lonely Planet South America bible (thanks for the present Emma) and I had a list as long as my arm of awesome stuff to see and do! First step was an overnight bus over the Peru-Ecuador border wih Guayaquil the destination. We were meant to stay in Guayaquil for the night but once we got to the bus station there was a lot of co...