For Mom, Love Steve

After waking up shivering with only a corner of sheet covering my stomach, I was up by 7:30am, showered and dressed by eight and out the door by nine. It was time to move on. Moving on meant the last semi-long bus ride in Ecuador. A four hour jaunt south-east to the semi-ocean, semi-border town of Machala.
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It was a real close call. New Years Eve, New Years Day, and debating on a day three. I was really contemplating leaving because even though there were no people around and everything was closed, I still was able to get a feel for the city. All the historical/religious stuff was there and I saw all of it so what was the big deal if people were added to the equation.
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New Years Eve Cuenca style. View image View image View image View image Photos of Cuenca, the tourist view. View image View image View image View image View image [Continue reading this entry]

If you read the last entry you'll get the drift of how Sunday, the first was. It was extremely, painfully boring. I am used to the usual Sunday tranquility since it is a day of rest for most ... [Continue reading this entry]

I got up early and packed my stuff. I wanted to leave fairly early since the bus ride would be six hours to Cuenca. Since I knew where the station was I just walked it and saved the ... [Continue reading this entry]

The mad rush for the top. View image Top row View image Some decent views. View image View image View image View image View image The ride back to Riobamba. [Continue reading this entry]

At 4:30am my phone went off and I woke up feeling actually pretty awake. The train trip was a go. I took a quick look out the window to see if there was a train sitting there, but ... [Continue reading this entry]

Volcanoes do exist in Ecuador. I was contemplating either writing to the whole world that the volcanoes in Ecuador were as fake as all the plastic animals in the Galapagos or I was ... [Continue reading this entry]

At 4:30am my phone went off and I woke up feeling actually pretty awake. The train trip was a go. I took a quick look out the window to see if there was a train sitting there, but ... [Continue reading this entry]

Woke up to rain and that continued on throughout the day. My only real plans were to get some blog stuff done, make a new copy of my Spanish workbook I bought in Medellin, and buy my tickets for ... [Continue reading this entry]