Sule turtles and plenty of bus

Luckily managed to take the bus to Ba?os that evening and arrived at midnight. We expected to be left in a bus station and instead was the side of the road with groups of men lingering everywhere. We didn t really if wants to be left there, but had no choice as the bus quickly accelerated out ... leaving us quite scared. We marched at the hostel as quickly as possible, avoiding eye contact, ignoring comments and with our heads deep within our Guide trying to see the map in the dark.

Ba?os is Gorgeous! A lot of waterfalls everywhere and famous for its thermal waters, as well as his extreme sports. Unfortunately when we were there it rained non-stop ... was pretty sad. Instead of cycling around all the waterfalls we got into a chiva bus agreement agreement ... basically a truck with benches and no real sides playing loud music and flashing lights ... a party bus for instance. We were the only gringos, if agreement with the rest of Ecuadorians party, so we chatted with them as we squinted through the rain to see the falls. We did canopying (being cut on a zip wire back and feet and if flying agreement through canyon) that was really funny ... Although I think I feel safer on the bus. even at night.

We went to the thermal baths that night to try to warm up after a day in the rain, and they were beautiful! Waterfalls, mountains and the Moon in the background were so nice, although we did feel a bit uncomfortable with the amount of interest that we got from the crowd surrounding ... as Steph said "if I never had a bathroom with 50 men Ecuadorians staring at me!" An experience!

The next day we got up early and headed to Mount Quilatoa ... This was not in our plans, but a guy who we met told us that "it was so beautiful that I cried" ... so we added to our itinerary. We took a bus trip through the mountains, getting taller and taller, with beautiful scenery (llamas, sheep farmers etc) ... good for attempting to distract from the edges was veering towards the cliff bus. We arrived mid-afternoon and a lady jumped on our bus that offers a place to stay. We were able to negotiate a good deal, $ 8 for dinner, a double bed each and breakfast and then headed to the mountain to see what the fuss was all about ...

Well I didn t agreement actually cry, but the view was spectacular. The bus ride took us almost to the top of the mountain and we just had to climb a bit more to sommet and we had the most amazing sight of a huge Lake sparkling turquoise, completely surrounded by volcanic mountains. The trek towards the Lake was fun and enjoyable, but when we walked up that night was a different story ... it was getting dark, cold, altitude has made it more difficult to climb and we advised on wild dogs!
That night it was freezing absolutely! Beds were not necessary, as we all piled into one to try to stay warm. Log burner in our room tinto out after 20 minutes, then we spent the next 40 minutes trying to chop kindling with out sharpeners (very impressed with ourselves for this brilliant idea!)... we got a flame for a few minutes and then dipped in smoke again. :-( If not the best night's sleep! (A huge understatement!)
The next day was a day of bus ". We spent the whole day travelling towards the coast on a variety of buses of different quality. Some were good with lots of space and movie playing, the worst part was about 20 (dark) when the bus stopped, told the driver to get off and take in a different "due to an accident". We knew what was going on, but had no choice but to obey and come out with all our bags and stand on the side of a busy road in the dark! After a few minutes trying to think of a plan if we were left stranded did get another bus and we ended up in a nice Hostel in Puerto Lopez, with hammocks and style tree house.

Thursday ... we pulled from our screened early for a ride to The Isla De Plata "the poor man's Galapagos Agreement."An incredible day! On the boat above we went whale watching! Saw a lot of code and fins are sventolati to us. On the island there were tons of exotic birds ... boobies blue feet, being the most impressive. But the highlight of the trip was after the island, when we went to swim with the turtles! We put on ventilators and jumped off the boat and suddenly were surrounded by about 5 huge turtles! It was great! If they weren t afraid of us all and appeared to want to play! We were able to hold on to them and be taken for a ride, really something special.

The next stop is Monta?ita.

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