02.09.-05.09.11 Quito After a 10 hour bus ride from the little village of Limoncocha we arrived in QUITO at 1am in the morning. Jo, Ronni and I took a cap to our hostel in the suburb "Mariscal Sucre".I was so glad that I had a reservation at the hostel "Casa Helbling" where the night porter was already waiting for me. After a quick check in I finally went to bed a 2am. On Friday, 02.09.11 after I came back from a shop and the laun...

29.08.-01.09.11 Jungle Trip-Laguna Limoncocha Our trip to the Jungle, to the "Laguna Limoncocha" started on Monday, 29.08.11. Michael, the German owner of the hostel drove us, two guys from Italy, one guy from Australia, a guy from California and Heather and Ronni from Ecuador to the bus station. The bus left at 11pm and hardly any one of us could sleep as the bus was packed with people and a few of the seats were broken so we were more or...

26.08. - 29.08.11 BANOS On Friday, 26.08.11 Frederik from Germany and I took the bus from LATACUNGA to BANJOS. After we checked out the "Plantas & Blancas Hostel" we decided to walk over the "Hostel Los Pinos" as some other travellers recommended it to us…….and as we were quite happy with it we decided to stay there. After we had a great lunch at the "Mercado" we wanted to do some sightseeing around the beautifu...

29.08.11 Tena On Monday, 29.08.11 I wanted to take the bus from BANOS to TENA at 8.30am…..but as I arrived to late at the bus terminal I missed the direct bus to TENA. Well…it wasn't too bad as there was another bus going to PUYO and from there were plenty of buses to TENA. When we arrived in PUYO I bought my ticket at the office of the bus company and I was quite surprised and happy when the lady from the office drove me with her private car...

24.08. - 26.08.11 Latacunga-Cotopaxi-Laguna Quilotoa On Tuesday, 23.08.11 I took the night bus in CANOA at the coast to QUITO, the capital. The bus ride was ok and took seven hours. When we arrived in Quito at 4am in the morning I was a bit scared as I had to take a taxi from the north terminal to the south terminal which takes about 45 Minutes. But luckily I found a French couple who wanted to go there as well so we just shared a taxi to the south term...