ECUADOR | Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009 | Views [2466]
We thought we would take a different route south and planned to go to Macas by bus then across the National Parque to Guamote and on to Alausi where we wanted to catch a tourist train down the Devils Nose and back riding on the roof of the train then ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Saturday, 20 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery
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ECUADOR | Monday, 15 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery
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ECUADOR | Monday, 15 Jun 2009 | Views [3774] | Comments [1]
The bus from Riobamba took us thru Baños, which is a popular town where there are thermal springs and lots of touristy things to do. A strange name for a town, kinda like Te Teko near Rotorua... However we did not stop here but continued ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Sunday, 14 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery
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ECUADOR | Saturday, 13 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery
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ECUADOR | Friday, 12 Jun 2009 | Views [1190]
We arrived from Quito after a four hour journey and ate a very late lunch while waiting to be picked up by our couchsurfing friend Wladimir (yes a russian name is quite common in these parts apparently). He grabbed us and another couple and we headed ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 10 Jun 2009 | Views [865]
$2 each to bus to Quito in a bus that looked like a bordello! It had red seats and curtains and tassles everywhere. In Quito we wandered uphill from the terminal and asked at all the places right there and got a double room with baño for $8 at the ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 10 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery
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ECUADOR | Monday, 8 Jun 2009 | Views [872]
Our next stop was Otavalo (.43c ea on the bus from Ibarra), we had organised a couchsurf there or so we thought but in the end it didn't pan out and we had to look for a place to stay. We don't bother to go to the places listed in the Lonely Planet ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Monday, 8 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery
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ECUADOR | Sunday, 7 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery
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ECUADOR | Sunday, 7 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery
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ECUADOR | Sunday, 7 Jun 2009 | Views [1618]
We were dropped off by the bus on the outskirts of Ibarra and weren't very impressed with the look of the place. Add to that finding a hostel that was ropey to say the least and asking a lot more than we wanted to pay, we were wondering if it was a ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Sunday, 7 Jun 2009 | Views [1154]
5/6 In Pasto we stayed in a hotel close to the bus station (Hotel Villara) 10,000 for a double room with baño and cable tv and a big window opening onto a fairly quiet street. The first day we just laxed out and watched tv and the next day went into ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Friday, 5 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery
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COLOMBIA | Friday, 5 Jun 2009 | Views [5494]
The next morning, still drizzling, we caught a collectivo (car that goes when full) to Pitalito and from there through to Mocoa. We stayed the night in a small residencia which was a very simple room with a bed for 7,000p. Mocoa was an uninteresting ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Tuesday, 2 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery
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COLOMBIA | Tuesday, 2 Jun 2009 | Views [2279]
We arrived after a very fast (for central america and colombia) 9 hour bus trip overnight from Bogota. Went looking for a place to camp and got invited into a womans house to use her spare room for 7,000. This was a lucky thing as it started to rain ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Friday, 22 May 2009 | Views [946] | Comments [1]
We arrived in Bogota in the evening around 9pm (30,000 each from San Gil to Bogota). Arriving late in any city is never our plan as it's not good to wander around in the dark and we can't disguise the fact we are tourists... On arrival our bus driver ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Thursday, 21 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
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COLOMBIA | Monday, 18 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
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COLOMBIA | Monday, 18 May 2009 | Views [2920] | Comments [1]
We took a bus to Papaquiero Piña (amazing name!), 1200 ea, and from there another to San Gil, 12,000 ea which is a little steep for the distance but the journey was through a huge canyon called Mocachica which was amazing. Notice the boy on ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Saturday, 16 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
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COLOMBIA | Saturday, 16 May 2009 | Views [1558]
We took a taxi from our hotel in Aguachica to the carraterra thinking to catch a bus there as it is cheaper to catch one on the road than to buy a ticket at the terminal. So we get there and find ourselves talked into going to Bucaramanga by taxi! There ... Read more >
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