Ecuador Tour

Hola 

Long time since last time, sorry guys...
I'm just busy enjoying the last couple months I have here.

Today I will tell you guys about my last Rotary trip. The bus trip all around Ecuador.
Why ruin a good tradition of how I start every single update about my trips? So I'm gonna start with saying again Ecuador is BEAUTIFUL! It's not the first time I have been driving through whole Ecuador and got to see all the different landscapes Ecuador has, but that doesn't change the fact that Ecuador's nature is still stunning.

I'm just gonna tell the main things we did. I have seen so many things and done a lot on this trip, so if I had to tell it all I would never finish...

Day 1: Friday 16 of May
We spend all day, the first day in bus. We were driving to Guayaquil from Quito, 8-9 hours, but we had some small problems on the way there...

The wheel was burning 

But a beautiful place to stop

When we finally arrived, we had 5 minutes to change to nice clothes and blazer. We were going to a Rotary conference, to walk with our flags and take pictures.

Danes

Day 2: Saturday 17 of May
We visit a beautiful botanical garden in Guayaquil with many animals and beautiful flowers from all around Ecuador. Then we started heading to Cuenca (the next city), but on the way there we took a stop at Parque Nacional del Cajas, again very beautiful.

Botanical garden in Guayaquil

Parque Nacional del Cajas 

Day 3: Sunday 18 of May
We spend all day in Cuenca, walking around town to see all the old churches. We also saw a convent where the nuns never see the out side of the world. When they are brought there as kids, they are never allowed to leave again. No contact with the world outside.
Later we visited a place to see how to make blankets and stuff like that. That night at the Hotel there were a talent show, it was super funny and I had a great time. The Danish girls were singing Tilbud with TopGunn, we did an amazing job. ;)

Day 4: Monday 19 of May
The weather that morning was so bad, now you guys know and that's why I don't have any pictures myself. We started out by visiting some ruins called Ingapirca. After that the weather was already better and we went to Chimborazo, the tallest mountain in Ecuador and the worlds tallest point.
(Yes, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain, but Ecuador is already a high country so that makes Chimborazo the worlds tallest point).
For the first time in my life I ate llama... My favorite animal. But I gotta say wauw, that's some good meat. We were walking a beautiful tour, with a stunning view to Chimborazo and I was walking with an alpaca - it was so freaking cute.
Then off to Riobamba, the hotel there was crap, but it was one crazy night.

It was raining and cold 

Chimborazo 

My pet alpaca

The view over Riobamba from the rooftop

Day 5: Tuesday 20 of May
Baños, there we saw a lot of waterfalls, so pretty. We saw a huge waterfall called Palión del Diablo it was so beautiful and super cool, because you were able to crawl "under" the mountain and then stand behind the waterfall. Then we visited Puyo where we saw how they make wooden statues.

Sugar cane

Behind the waterfall 

Palión del Diablo

Day 6: Wednesday 21 of May
We visited a place like the rain forest, a little bit boring when you already have visited the real deal, but still cool. After that we had some time in Baños city. I bought a lot of this special caramel candy they have it's just so good! Off to Quito, that night in Quito we took a look around in La Rhonda - really nice.

Day 7: Thursday 22 of May
That day we visited Teleferico, the weather was bad and you couldn't see Quito city. Good I have been there before. Later Mitad del Mundo, the middle of the world. Then we drove to Ibarra. The hotel was really shitty and we weren't allowed to leave the hotel, because according Rotary Ibarra is a violent city, which is bullshit. We had a good time anyway, a lot of flag writing.

Teleferico

Day 8: Friday 23 of May
Atuntaqui a city with cheap clothes. Then Laguna de Cuicocha, so pretty! Then we went to Cotacachi the city of leather. It's a really nice little town. I bought a new wallet. Back to the hotel. That was our last night together all of us. We got our certificate and then of course a party.

Day 9: Saturday 24 of May
The last day. We got up super early to visited the market in Otavalo. it was weird being in Otavalo with all the exchange students, but I had a great time and bought a lot of things.
Then the goodbye. That's why it has taking me so long to write this update..
Saying goodbye is never easy, but saying goodbye to amazing people you know you might never see again is heartbreaking. So many wonderful people I will miss! What hurts the most about saying goodbye is knowing that my exchange is coming to an end and I'm not ready.
I can't believe this was the last trip.    

Love