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...

I had my Nariz del Diablo (Devil's nose) train ride booked for 8:00am this morning. I managed to squeeze in a quick breakfast at the hotel - just some eggs, before heading to the train station. I'd read that sitting on the right hand side of the train was better than the left for the views, so I made sure I had a good seat. I boarded the carriage which was very modern. The seats were individual padded seats , four on the right hand side around a table and two o...

Today I was leaving Cuenca to make my way to the small town of Alausi. Alausi is the jumping on spot for the Nariz del Diablo train ride, a famous journey up and down a large hill. Before I left though I wanted to do a spot more sightseeing. So, after breakfast I walked to the Museo del Banco Central "Pumapungo". This was a large museum, with three floors of exhibits. On the first floor was a section about the archaeological history of Ecuador, modern art from a...