On Monday we left Ned's farm for 3 days to help out at Patricia's family's farm, 5km down the valley, as the rains were coming and they needed extra help (more from Patricia than us). We had to cross an incredibly narrow wooden bridge to get to the family farm, which everyone from the little kids to the Patricia's 75 year old Mum has to use to get in and out. The French guests (Samuel & Cyrielle) came with us for one night before catching the bus back to Quit...

We successfully made it on and off the right bus to the small town of Cuellaje, where we soon found someone in a pick-up truck to take us the majority of the distance to Finca San Antonio. We asked if the driver could call Ned (the Englishman who owns the farm with his Ecuadorian wife Patricia) and were somewhat surprised when he produced a large, reasonably old-fashioned handset. It turns out that everyone uses these bulky satellite phones round here. The pick-u...