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Quito and around

Friday, August 31st, 2007

OK so I’m being fairly liberal in my definition of around as it encompasses Baños and Riobamba both of which are about 4 hours drive from Quito…but tough!

After our snowy attempt of Cotopaxi we decided to head to Baños gringo-ville.  Unfortunately luck was still not on our side, either weather-wise or health-wise.  Arrive to pouring rain and Nick had devloped a nasty cold overnight. [read on]

Cotopaxi and around

Monday, August 13th, 2007

After an exciting night bus, which broke down and so we had to wait for three hours for a replacement, we finally found ourselves in Latacunga, which is near Cotopaxi National Park.

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Puerto Lopez

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

After a couple of months of living around 3000m, we finally get down to sea level and air thick with oxygen!  Puerto Lopez is a pretty little fishing village, in a horseshoe bay, near Parque National Machalilla, which in turn is famous ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cuenca and around

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

So we finally leave Peru, after nearly two months here - have already made a 'side trip' to Trujillo, we don't feel the need to stay here again, so after our night bus pulls in at 5.30am, we head straight ... [Continue reading this entry]