On the Road

We finally feel like backpackers now. Enough spending long periods of time in places, we are now jetsetting. However, upon arrival in Vilcabamba today, we might be trapped once again. We left Puerto Lopez for Guayaquil expecting to spend the night and then pick up a bus to Cuenca but we decided to go right on through that night. Then we had planned on spending a second day in Cuenca seeing the sights since yesterday it was a ghost town due to the final day of Carnaval. This morning, plans changed once again when we were woken up at six in the morning by the hostal owner in Cuenca. She snaps on the lights and then before we know it, she is trying to fit a bed from our dorm room out of the door. She is so intent on getting this bed out of the room that she is moving Heather´s bed (with her in it, freshly woken up) as she tries to get more leverage. Apparently, it was more important that these people that just walked into the hostal looking for a room have an extra bed than us be allowed to finish our night´s sleep. A little put out by the situation, but not angry or resentful, we decide to just pack up our stuff and catch an early bus to Vilcabamba via Loja.

That is the beauty of being a free traveler. When life hands you lemons, take the lemons and get on an earlier bus with them and move on with your life. We ended up having a great day of travel due to the fact that we got an early start and made it into Vilcabamba with enough time to have dinner and take a night walk into town. Speaking of Vilcabamba, it is paradise. This is like our second vacation in two weeks...one month into our big vacation. It is almost like a resort with flowered pathways, hammocks, a pool, massage services, dining room, and tours. Still we are only paying nine dollars a night with breakfast included in the price. This is what I was referring to when I said we might be stuck again. But we must make it to Peru. I´m betting on Peru by a week´s end.

Needless to say, the days just keep getting better and better. All that is lacking right now is a good night´s sleep, considering we have been travelling lately when we should have been sleeping. We are missing everyone at home and wish you could all be with us right now. We are lucky to be here and hope all is well with all of you back in the states.

Get ready, we will be publishing an ¨Ecuador TOP TEN Conclusions or Lessons learned, if you will¨ in the near future. We are coming up with the final list as we speak. We plan to do this for every country we visit and also a top 20 for the entire trip at the end.

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Lots of love, Katie.