Back in Quito!
Well I got the bus yesterday and all was fine - managed to get back to Quito in one piece and happily had a very uneventful journey.
The day before, when we were still in Banos, Robin and I hired bikes and rode through the beautiful countryside - it was a bit similar to the Colca Valley in Peru - in order to get to the “Pailon del Diablo” which is a really pretty waterfall a few kilometres away from Banos. The majority of the journey was downhill, which was lucky as Robin´s pedal fell off each time she pedalled more than 8 times (got a bit boring after a while) so we generally had to walk the few uphill stretches we came across. But it was all worth it - the falls were beautiful and we managed to get a “Chiva” (a wooden open-top bus) all the way back, as we could pop the bikes in the back, so that shaved a good two hours off our journey!
Back in Quito now, I feel like I´ve done this town to death now and am just going to fill time in the next couple of days until I go to the Galapagos on Monday (which I am very excited about!). Said goodbye to my two best buds Felipe and Robin last night, so felt a bit down about that, but I just have to look forward to making new friends in the next places I go. That´s it for now, going to eat a nice big banana muffin in my favourite cafe and then go for (yet another) shop.
Well it all sounds very action packed so you can do with a couple of days without doing anything. Is it still very hot there? Look after yourself sweetie lots of love & xxx
Comment by Mum & dad — March 25, 2006 @ 3:42 am