This morning was a bit of a mad rush. The previous day I had a found a highly recommended horse riding stables on tripadvisor. I had emailed asking for the 2hr ride but they did not reply until 8:20am this morning saying I could go at 9am! Jaclyn also wanted to come so I scoffed some breakfast and drank my tea in the lobby waiting for the driver to turn up. We drove out of Cuenca for about 20mins, into the countryside, before arriving at the stables. Sebastian, ...

Guayaquil to Cuenca I managed to get to breakfast earlier this morning and was rewarded for my efforts. They had made these delicious quinoa fritters - amazing gluten free goodness. I then went to the post office to send home all my big bulky jumpers (bar one which I'll keep for air conditioned buses). I was looking forward to having more space in my rucksack again - yay. It was expensive and quite a long process. I particularly liked the part where she literall...

My cruz del sur bus from Trujillo (Peru) to Guayaquil (Ecuador) typically ended up taking 22hrs instead of the planned 18hrs, but eventually I made it. I was starting to worry a bit because we didn't get in till 9:30pm and I'd read that the hostel didn't have 24hr reception. When I got of the bus I happened to ask the gringa (female American traveller) next to me what hostel she was going to and it turned out to be the same one, so we shared a cab. We checked in ...