Friday 18 May 2012

Day 58 - Cuenca to Banos, Ecuador (15 May 2012)

Day 58 – Cuenca to Banos, Ecuador (15 May 2012)

We got up early this morning and went to the bus station.  Once again we were confused at the bus station, and heaps of people tried to come up to us and sell their buses! I’m getting sick of people hounding us to buy things.  Anyway we get on a bus bound for Ambato, a 7 hour bus trip.  Here we exchange buses and jump on a bus to Banos, which is only about another hour away.  The bus trip north is a nice one, we drove through the highlands all the way to Banos.  Our bus driver on the first bus was a nice guy, one of the few in Ecuador (surely the people can only get better!).  He also spoke English which helped a lot.  He told us when to get off the bus and what bus to catch when we arrived in Ambato.  Our bus to Ambato cost us US$7 each and then the bus from Ambato to Banos cost us US$1 each.  The Banos part of the trip had some very nice scenery.  We arrived in Banos at about 530pm, and went straight to our hostel which we had booked the day before.  We are planning on staying here for 3 nights, there are plenty of activities to do which you will read about in the coming days.  The hostel is nice and is costing us US$8.50 each per night.  We have our own bathroom, a deck and wifi (which is currently not working).  We cook dinner at the hostel and then watch a movie and call it a night, in preparation for tomorrow, where we will hire buggies and explore the area if it is fine.

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