Day 9: we had to get up super early for our 6:20 bus. It took 5 hours to get to our change over where we swapped from the Ecuador to a Peruvian bus. At the bus stop it was very busy so we all went inside, put our bags together and took it in turn to go to the bathroom. Tobias had left his stuff outside the circle and during a change over of people, one man distracted us all and other man took Tobias' day-pack. After we realised it was too late and he'd gone! We l...

Day 8: This morning Lara, Denis and I went for a run in the park. They have a 465m lap track in the park and free aerobics class! We did 5laps and that was enough with the altitude. The whole group then went for breakfast at a yogurt shop then most of us took the city bus tour around Cuenca. There was a free tour around the Panama hat museum. The man that started Panama hats was from Cuenca but when Theodore Rosevelt visited Central America, he bought the straw ...

Day 7: Today we hired a private bus to take us 7 hours from Banos to Cuenca.we stopped in Chunchi for lunch and arrived at our hotel at 6pm. After showers we went for dinner in the main square next to the church.