Ecuador finished...

Well well, we arrived to Peru yesterday...

Just gonna tell you briefly about the last part of our trip through Ecuador.

After the jungle-trip we went to a mountaintown called Baños. Here we just chilled out and regained power plus a little hiking-adventure in the mountains :-) Hehe, we got lost, it started to raining and we ended sliding down the very steep mountainside on our buts!!

Then we headed to Cuenca, the third biggest city in Ecuador. Here we arrived just in the beginning of the days were the town had a major annual festival celebrating its indpendency. This was done by carnevals, fireworks and a huge amount of people everywhere. Among others we met a group of cheerful Norwegian volunteers which we spend most of Saturday night with - playing cards, haha...

After Cuenca our plan was to go to Peru through a southern town called Loja. But in Loja we met a traveller from Holland who convinced us that we had to visit the small village of Vilcabamba in the mountains. So we went to Vilcabamba... And here we took a whole day of hiking and horsebackriding in the mountains visiting a beautiful national park. On this trip we were accompanied by our dutch friend and two guides :-) Just to add, for those of you knowing horses, these western horses that we found in the Ecuadorian highlands could go both lull (grisepas) and tölt plus the normal gaits! We were quite surprised yes... Our longtime riding experience didnt seem to do much good though - we walked (and felt) like old women after this demanding trip ;-)

From Vilcabamba the trip moved on to Peru in an overnight bus. Here we have stayed a night in the city of Piura and now we are in the surfertown of Huanchaco with four other people.
Now we are gonna head for a swim in the waves and a barbeque! :-)

Adios amigos!