We arrived in Lima early in the morning after an exceedingly comfy bus journey care of Cruz del Sur, probably the best bus company in Peru. Mind you, regular readers will remember that in Ecuador a 10-hour journey would cost US$10 (about £7), but this one cost more like £21 each. For that, though, we […]
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We had a good time in Cuenca, and celebrated our final night visiting favourite eating and drinking holes. We now have to travel to northern Peru, via Loja in Ecuador, over the border to Piura in Peru, and then on to Trujillo on our way south. The bus journey to Loja was, according to the […] Yes readers, we’re still in Ecuador and loving it ! On our trip so far, this is the longest we’ll have spent in one country: 46 days. We left Banos on an early morning bus bound for Riobamba, where we were told it was an easy change of bus towards Cuenca, our destination. Unfortunately the […] We got the day bus back from the coast to Quito where it was raining and cold, such a change from the hot weather at the coast. The following morning we took a taxi to the massive new southern bus station in Quito known as Quitumbe, which is a modern, purpose-built bus terminal set on […] We were thinking of nipping out to the west coast before heading south, and the ever-helpful Crystal from our travel company in the Galapagos recommended Canoa, and particularly Hostal Baloo, where, as well as accommodation, they do surfing lessons and yoga J So, we boarded the overnight bus in Quito at 11:30pm, and arrived in […] Oh, where to start ! We’d anticipated that the Galapagos Islands would be one of the highlights of our trip, and so it was. The variety and abundance of wildlife here is astonishing. We decided that there wasn’t any point skimping on a trip as expensive as this (and, believe me, the Galapagos is expensive), […] After our restful week in the country we bussed it to Cali, the biggest city in Colombia after Bogota. An easy ride of two buses and only 3 hours and we found ourselves in the big city in the mid-day heat. Later on we wandered around, and found nothing much of interest other than a […] When we arrived in Bogota we had no idea where to go next other than “head south”, so it was good to hear a number of people talk fondly of an area called the Zona Cafetera (coffee country), about eight hours bus ride south-west of Bogota on narrow twisty roads – great scenery and many […] Our flight to Bogota in Colombia is at 11:05, so we’re up at the airport by about 8:30, and duly check in for our one hour flight. How optimistic of us. We lounge about in the departure lounge until our flight shows as delayed, expected to leave at 14:25. It slips a bit further, and […] We turn up early to the bus station in San Jose and get one of the few seats in the waiting room. The 11pm bus leaves only two minutes late, we are nice and comfy courtesy of Ticabus blankets and pillows and soon snooze off. We arrive at the border crossing about 3.45am and queue […] |
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