Nos Vemos, Ecuador!

On our final day in Ecuador we squeezed in yoga and then a final hour of Spanish class (gracias, Dario!). We had to do our homework during breakfast as we hadn’t gotten around to it. We’re speaking so much Spanish now you don’t even know. We then walked to the bus station. ¡Adios el mar! The journey was smooth and then we walked to the airport and just hung out for awhile. I slept the whole plane ride but then that’s when things get intense. Once we were through customs immediately this man was herding me and mike to his “taxi” which did just look like a car so first red flag for sure. But we didn’t see other taxis and other people were following other guys so it seemed ok. Then he said $70 but I was convinced he meant sols at the very least. Turns out not and as he’s driving to the exit of the airport we are asking to get out because who pays $70 for any taxi ride let alone a 5 minute one. He was so insistent and our bags were in the truck so we couldn’t get out and find another option. We were trying to talk him down from 70 the whole time and even tried to explain we literally did not have that much cash but he wouldn’t believe us or change his mind. Every time he said a lower price I would say ok and then he would go back on his word with a higher price. Finally we just gave him all the cash we had plus some sols and got out as fast as we could. I thought he might just drive us to some random location but luckily he let us out at the hotel which was seriously like 5 blocks from the airport!Read more