busses A leisurely morning of napping and breakfast only to inquire about buying my bus ticket to find out he was full of s*** and there is no bus. I swore a few times and left to the bus stop to re-plan. The weather in Baños was perfect and if I hadn't booked accommodation in Montañita then I would have likely stayed. I found a way to do it but it will take all day and I would have to rush back to the hostel to pack. I made the 10am direct bus to Guayaquil ...

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 ...

4/8 and 5/8 from Andrew Goodbye Mum, Dad and i packed everything up and headed off to the airport in Santiago. After a quick trip through all the formalities we arrived on the other side with ample time to have a look at the shops. As you would likely guess, after a shop or two Mum and I continued while Dad did a few sudoku puzzles from the comfort of a terminal gate seat, best for all of us really. After a while we had ran out of entertainment so we decided o...

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...