We arrived at the Colombian border about 4pm, not a great time but better than in the dark. The taxi there was a silent one and you could feel the nerves in the air..?! There where signs everywhere saying "no guns" & "no drugs" so I ditched my drugs, swallowed all my guns and checked out of Ecuador. It was a 200metre walk over a bridge to the Colombian border crossing, and it felt like we was marching to our deaths. To be honest, I really don't see w...

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We was packed up and waiting for a $2.50 bus on the main road leaving out of montanita, when a local guy stopped and offered us a lift to puerto Lopez. We took his offer to find he wanted $10, haha so instead of a cheap one we paid double. Oh well was a good experience and prob a lot more comfortable than the bus.. We got to puerto Lopez and booked a bus for 7pm, then the whale watching for 2:30pm. I must admit I wasn't expecting much for the $15 we paid but when...

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The bus from mancora to Guayaquil was an hour late and I had missed free breakfast at the hostel for nothing... It was 2 hours to the border, and then another 1 and half hours trying to get into Ecuador... This was only down to lack of staff nothing more, the crossing was simple enough... After no breakfast and with dollars in my pocket I grab some food and we head onto Guayaquil... Then next hour is one that really intrigues me, the world outside my wi...