Saturday, March 5, 2011 – Tuesday, March 8, 2011
(just a short summary of the past few days. pictures to come.)
Saturday we spent the majority of the day travelling from Baños to Cuenca, stopping in Ambato (1 hour later) where we were originally told all the buses to Cuenca were full. Miriam pilled us in a pickup truck and we got a 9:45am bus. Took 6.5 hours from Ambato. When we arrived it was pouring rain, so Miriam made a reservation at the hotel restaurant for dinner and gave us a couple hours to relax. Lovely meal at the Italian restaurant.
Dave and I decided to make the trek to Ingapirca on Sunday, so we set out at 8am from the hotel to the bus station with Miriam. Good thing to because the bus drivers kept insisting the bus she was talking about didn’t exist; it did. After the two hour drive, we had two hours to explore the site with an English speaking guide. Ingapirca is the most important and largest Inca ruins in Ecuador. We returned to Cuenca at 4pm and Miriam took us on a walking tour. The city was dead due to Carnaval and there were limited dinner options. We ended up heading to Café Eucalyptus where we all ordered Thai food. Craving something sweet, we all headed to the ice cream shop.
The rest of the group left for Peru on Monday morning, leaving me with a day in Cuenca on my own. As I already mentioned, things were mostly closed for Carnaval so I walked a bit around the old town. Got sprayed by foam stuff twice and water a few times. Back at the hotel I relaxed then left for the airport for my flight to Quito. All was straightforward with the flight and a Tucan representative was waiting for me in Quito to transfer me to the hotel. When I got out of the van I banged my leg on the road stump – really unpleasant.
On Monday I explored some of the old town in Quito, which, like Cuenca, was mostly closed due to Carnaval. Spent my afternoon chilling at The Magic Bean. Had a horrible night sleep because the guy in my dorm was sick and kept coughing and going to the bathroom. I’m just crossing my fingers I didn’t get anything. And now I’m off to the Galapagos. Woohoo!!!
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