ECUADOR – Vilcabamba to Zumba

I finally managed to catch a flight to Loja – even thought it got cancelled cause I hadn’t confirm it and luckily got the last available seat at the airport – then a bus to Vilcabamba, also known as the “Valley of Longevity”. Well, it rained almost all day and I didn’t stop by enough…

ECUADOR – Quito – Mustard

This is quite a modern city and not as traditional looking as I was expecting it to be but its position among the mountains at 2800m of altitude is just stunning. I wasn’t planning to stay 3 days here but when the taxi I had booked to go to the airport and try to buy…

ECUADOR – Coca – Numa

After landing in Quito I went straight to the bus terminal to catch a 9-hours coach to Coca. From there I was planning to go by boat to Iquitos, Peru’ but I had to abandon the idea because of the current lack of…boats. This is a town that developed in recent years over the nearby…