Travel from Baños to Cuenca

After only a few hours sleep from the night before we jumped on a private bus to take us to Cuenca at around 8am.

Our journey was extended because we had to turn around as members of the local community were protesting on one of the roads which meant we had to take an alternate route through the mountains. It was pouring rain and we were passing trucks on the edges of cliffs that we couldn’t see the bottom of - definitely got the adrenaline running! It took us an extra 3 hours to get to lunch (at around 3.30pm). We had planned to see an archaeological site in the afternoon but because of the delay we did not do that. After our stop, the clutch on the car needed to be fixed so we made another stop (it kept getting better!)

We thankfully arrived safely in Cuenca by 9pm (we were originally supposed to arrive around 4pm). We had a much needed shower and night's sleep.Read more