How to get from Qutio to Peru was the biggest challenge we had faced so far on our journey. We had to be in Chile for our flight to Brazil (for the carnival) by January 27th and it was already January 11th. Flights between the two countries are remarkable expensive – the cheapest we found…
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Lake Quilotoa
It had been a while since we saw 6am, but surprisingly we were back into the swing of things very quickly. Up, dressed, fed and watered in perfect timing as we arrived downstairs ready for the day we were greeted by our tour guide; Omar. Approximately 15 tourists were aboard the minibus we were ushered…
Baños – The town, not the toilet
Firstly getting to Banos is pretty easy, a popular touristic location there are plenty of buses. In Ecuador buses are very cheap, although the standard is very basic so don’t expect too much. Somewhere between 3 and 4 hours we arrived in Banos and headed to Plantas y Blancas hostel. It was one of the…
Next stop Ecuador…Quito!
Ecuador was under enormous pressure to be incredible, as it took us 3 days and a combination of what felt like endless and useless buses, dodgy hotel rooms and a lack of nutritional food – lunching on Oreos for three days straight is not fun. When we finally arrived at the border we were thrilled…
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