Getting dropped off on the side of the road half asleep in Montanita was an interesting wake up to a beach town. I saw some taxis down the street to the entrance of town and called one to my hostel which I knew was too far to walk since it wasn't right in town. I arrived at Casa Del Sol and was greeted by buddhas everywhere. It was very refreshing to be back not only on the coast, but at a yoga vibe place. The manager came over and said we could leave our stuff i...

I arrived in Banos and couldn't catch a cab at first so I started to walk in this small moutain town where people were looking at me like I was crazy carrying all these bags. It certainly looked like a tourist moutain town but there weren't that many people or taxis. I finally found one after walking the wrong direction and arrived at my hostel. It was on the street side and I was at first hesitant as I wanted peace and quiet but I found myself (as I've come to r...

I arrived in Quilotoa around 5:30pm before the sunset (thank God!) because it was absolutely freezing! The bus ride into the laguna was abslutely stunning...surrounded by beautiful moutains and farms with cattle such as sheep, goats, cows, etc. wondering around. The biggest difference I noticed with the locals coming on and off the bus and even on the sidewalks were the indigenous men and women wearing arstisanal clothing with bright red/purple cheeks (by the int...

I got to the frontera/border crossing and went straight to the Ecuador line not seeing the Colombian line (which I needed to get an exit stamp for). I waiting in the line and got up and the guy told me I needed to get my exit stamp so I went accross to the Colombian line and got it quickly and thankfully didn't have to wait in line again for Ecuador. There was a whole separate line for Venezuelans and Jeff had warned me that it could take hours but thankfully it ...