Canoa Since January 28-to-February 14 2019

I have been slow in updating manly do to lack of interesting happenings unless you want to hear about my visit to a jungle Micro Brewery and drinking too much 8 plus % brew and being very ill....we will fast forward from there to the arrival of Vickie and Doug Hanna from my home town in Gravenhurst On Canada on the 5th. Julia from Kazakhstan returned with her Aunt and her 1st purchase was....

 not the 150cc scooter...the fridge and the girl drove it home in the dark 15k

 Julia

 Vickie & Doug

  

Today Feb 12th we caught a bus to Quito in San Vicente @ 8.30am and arrived about 4 pm taking a taxi from the bus terminal to the Belmont Hostel which I had booked on line......the proprietor had me cancel the booking .com @ $21.00  each for 2 rooms and charged me $7.00 for a single and D&V $12.00 for a Double........I think Vickie slept with her cloths on as the place was ....well let's say somewhat questionable......Great location as it was next to the pick up point for THE WANDERBUS TOUR ....https://www.wanderbusecuador.com/product/wander-pass-loop-around-ecuador/ This is our route though we will exit at Peurto Lopez.  

 

 Pizza on the eve of the 12th 

 Near our hostal  

 First stop at a farm for breakfast ...owned by the owner of our tour  

 

 Vickie milking this grande cow 

 

 Wild horses at Cotopaxi National Park 

 

 

 very windy

 Lunch stop for a traditional Ecuadorian meal in the town of Pujili........soup, then main course of chicken. rice and potatoes with cake and a fruit drink $2.75 

 Quilotoa to explore a 3km-wide volcanic lake....Ken & I visited this town in Feb 2017 on our motorcycle tour. 

 

 

 Arrived in Banos at 7.30 pm in the rain....our booking at Hostel Chimenea was cancelled in favor of someone else.......then I get an email from Booking .com way we are a no show.....sucks but we walk up to Pasada de Arte where I had stayed in my past 2 trips through Banos and are here until Friday when we will move to a place close to our pick up point for Saturday at 6.40am 

 

 Condor

 Today we toured the town and a taxi ride to the outskirts to visit a zoo.....more on that later....

At Breakfast this morning I had the pleasure of meeting 3 Adventure Riders from Colombia who are returning home after touring Ecuador. Introduced them to http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/  

Received an email from Julia.....she met 3 Canadian Adventure Riders today who are on a https://freedombikerental.com/ excursion tomorrow she is taking them to the JUNGLE Micro Brewery KingBeer......beware fellow Canadians 8 & 9% alcohol content

FELIZ SAN VALENTIN