A full day It started with a look around the city where there were lots of people throwing toffee to soften it. This place had lots of sugar and sweets. I caught up with the english crew and organized some bikes for $6, we were not sure they hire them often but we took four bikes out of five. I returned mine as the back breaks didn't work and he explained the front ones worked fine.... Cheers mate but I'll take the other one. We went to the same waterfalls Sa...

Quito to Banos Sarah rose early at 6 to wash her hair and pack some more for the 6:45 pickup to the airport. We said our goodbyes and she left after the knock on the door from a taxi. I read from then on. After some research I took an hour long taxi to the Quito bus terminal, I'm not sure it still is Quito if its an hour out. At first the driver tried to overcharge me but after a quick negotiation we came to a deal. From here on he tried to be my best friend ...

Another early morning as I wanted to cycle the road to the waterfalls and still make it to Quito at a reasonable time. By 8am I was getting the bikes from the shop, having had breakfast, checked out and paid my bill. Once we were equipped with our helmets, a map, tyre pump and lock we were on our way! The plan was to cycle 18km to the village of Rio Verde, looking at the waterfalls on the way and finishing at the Pailon de Diablo waterfalls and then put our bik...

This morning was an earlyish start as we wanted to rent the bikes and be on our way by 9am. Our plan was to cycle 18km along La Ruta de Las Cascadas, the route of the waterfalls. However, as I headed out for breakfast I saw that the weather was awful - it was raining heavily and very overcast. After meeting Jaclyn and checking the forecast we decided it was best to postpone until lunch time. We sat out the rain in a small coffee shop. However, the bad weather wa...

I had arranged to meet Jaclyn at 11:30am in Parque Central so I took my time in the morning. I had a tasty breakfast of fruit sald, yoghurt and granola on the terrace of the hostel, whilst overlooking the high waterfall on the edge of town. After I met Jacyln we walked the 2.5km to the hot springs called El Salado. We laughed as we had to buy a shower cap to wear in the pools. There were about 7 pools, that ranged from cold, to warm, to hot. There were also stro...