Drive to Archidona

I slept a bit better, I'm pleased to say!  I was still awake at 5.15am, though.  We got up, showered, and packed our bags ready for moving on after breakfast.  My blood sugar was even higher today - 8.2!  I have to make a concerted effort to get it back under control.  For breakfast, I had black coffee, scrambled eggs, a little avocado, and one cherry tomato. 

Nikki had booked taxis to take us back to the truck park.  There was plenty of room on the truck as there were just 19 of us on this leg.  Ralf has left us to return to Germany.  He has been replaced by Denise.  Susan is travelling independently to Cotopaxi and will rejoin us in a few days.  Theresa is staying on in Quito and will catch the truck up in Banos, and Britt and Greg are going to Galapagos for a week.  They will come back on the truck just before we cross into Peru.

We only had 188 km to cover today, but it was slow going as we had to go up and over a steep mountain pass.  The landscape was stunning - very reminiscent of the Scottish Highlands, but with higher snowcapped mountains!  As the journey continued, we drove through steep-sided lush green valleys with fast-flowing rocky rivers at the base of them.  It was really beautiful.Read more