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| Enjoying the view in Vilcabamba |
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| A nice river separating Peru and Ecuador |
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| Another border crossing - tick! |
Piura is labelled nothing more than a stopover point
everywhere we looked, so upon getting there are only focus was on getting away!
In this quest, we were ably assisted by the largest taxi driver we’ve ever come
across, and a dilapidated vehicle with ambitious claims of being called a taxi…
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The pool at Vilcabamba -
no heating so remained unused... |
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| Restaurant views |
The trip to Ecuador passed without incident, but at the
border we watched an unsuspecting Japanese tourist get separated from a decent
number of American dollars – moral of the story is never outstay your Visa
length!
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A good place for some downtime, even if next door was
pumping out the music! |
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| Getting Colonial in Cuenca |
Vilcabamba was our first stop in Ecuador, where being amongst
the mountains again meant for a downturn in the weather – fortunately we were
holed up in a lovely private cabin. Less fortunate was the fact that our visit
coincided with an 8 day religious festival and our room was about 200m from the
church, which seemed to conduct all of the evening’s entertainments outside
until early in the morning… The sun came out slightly in our second day there,
but with one Mr James Balfour landing in Quito shortly there was no time for
hanging around…
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| MP eat your heart out! |
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| A lovely place for a stroll |
Arriving in the dark is never ideal, but sometimes the
timing of buses makes it unavoidable. Luckily this time the first hostel we
arrived at had someone answering the door and a room for the night. Cuenca is a
fantastic colonial city, and we definitely could have spent more time there
admiring the architecture lining the streets, but we had to settle for a
morning stroll along the river. The ruins at the end didn’t quite live up to
our previous experiences…
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| More cool street art |
Key Learnings:
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The flower market in Cuenca - smelt as
good as it looks! |
2. It takes approximately 2½ months for you to lose
a fingernail, and the resulting ‘underside’ isn’t what you’d call the most
pretty…
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