We left Baños early on Saturday morning, I was up at 5.45 as I was on breakfast duty! Fortunately it didn’t rain whilst we were packing up our tents. We were all ready and on the road for 8.00am
On the way we stopped in a village for a lunch of toasted
corn on the cob, broad beans and baby potatoes and deep fried bananas and
cheese. Saw our first Llama and lots of locals in traditional attire.
It rained as we arrived at the hostel, so we were soon in
the games room with a beer. The temperature has dropped from 30+ in the rain
forest to a chilly 10 degrees here.
After a lovely sleep in a proper bed we were up early again
for a hike. We took the truck to the rim on a volcano and hiked the 10k back to
the hostel. Quite an experience as we were up at nearly 4000m and going up was
very hard work on the legs and chest. Very steep on the way down with a few in
the group struggling with the narrow paths and sheer drops. On the way our
guide stopped to talk to some locals, with whom we shared our lunch. They were
happy to show us there Guinea Pigs which sell for $10 to eat on special
occasions.
Next stop two night
in Cuenca. Where they make the Panama hat and said to be the nicest city in
Ecuador. Long drive to get there, about 11 hours.
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