36 hours left in Ecuador

Dear Chris Kwon,

Cuenca is not very exciting on Sundays. The only thing opened are churches. Outside of the churches, however, there are tons of street vendors (anything from cotton candy to people in barny outfits selling bubbles) and marching bands. We walked around the city, then enjoyed the comfort of our hostel (if you're ever in Cuenca, stay at Hostal Cafecito). We took a night bus to Baños, which turned out to be a 6 hour ride to Amabato, where we were dropped off at the side of the road- not at the bus station. Fortunately, a man from Brooklyn who now lives in Ecuador, helped us find a bus to Baños. We got there at around 6, found a hotel and passed out. At 9, we woke up and decided what to do. We rented bikes with the intention of going to all of the waterfalls near baños. We reached the first waterfall after a huge struggle with uphill biking. We convinced a chiva driver to drive us to the rest of the waterfalls. They were very pretty. At the last one, we could swim in the waterfall. We went back to where we left our bikes (which were surprisingly still there). We ended up walking our bikes most of the way home. Later that night, we watched 7 years in Tibet at a precious little restaurant. This morning, Annie and I got massages and we left Baños at noon.

These past few days have been pretty lazy. I'll post pictures with brief explanations in the next few days. Schorn leaves in a few short hours and I have a busy day ahead of me tomorrow. I have no idea where I am staying the night tonight, but I'm sure everything will work out. I have no phone, no clean clothes and no plan. I feel like a true adventurer. SOOO expect a more feelings-filled entry with tons of pictures soon! Keep on truckin