From Quito I travelled to Riobamba, where I had planed to take the train to the devil's nose. Unfortunately this was already fully booked. As Riobamba is a middle sized city with a few lovely colonial buildings - but otherwise not much more to offer I decided to travel to Baños.
Baños seems to be one of the major get aways to the tropical forest and as added to the tourist trail in the last few years. There are plenty of hostels and nice restaurants which cater for the tourists all needs. But as I did not fancy any jungle adventures combined with wild river rafting or bungee jumping, I soon left Baños as well for Cuenca.
Cuenca, 3rd largest city in Ecuador after Quito and Guayaquil, has a beautiful historical center. I slept in the Hostal Colonial, an old an lovely colonial building overlooking a small square. The first evening I was treated with music and dance from Cuba which I could enjoy directly from my balcony!
The next evening I experienced the city with full power cut for several hours (in these moments you are very happy that you always carry your head lamp with you). Although there was no power they life goes on and the dinner I had that evening (thanks to generators and candle light) was excellent!
The following day I travelled to Guayaquil via the Caja national park.
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