Never Again...

15 min Taxi, to a 1 hr Plane, to a 20 min Taxi, to a 14 hr bus, to a 2 min Taxi, to a 8 hr bus, to another 8 hr bus, to a 6 hr bus, to a 5 min Ferry, to a 1 hr bus... Plus some waiting in between those... That was the 52 hours from Arequipa in southern Peru to Canoa on the Coast of Ecuador, never again.

Nothing exciting to report, only some minor mishap at the border this time, since we left Ecuador from a border that was too small to warrant the proper "system", we were required to have photocopies of our stamp and passport. Convieniently there are no photocopiers at the border itself, only in the town 5 minutes cab ride away. So we made a mad dash for the town with our cab driver going to the few stores with copiers, the first two were closed (pretty normal for a saturday afternoon, siesta time). Luckily we found one, got the copies, back to the border, stamp stamp and caught up with our bus back in town at the station. Seemed very strange to us that he wouldn't stamp our passport, but had no problem letting us go into the country. I guess he knows we won't be able to leave regardless. Dealing with borders and officials is way more frustrating when you've just sat on a bus for around 15 hours.

So we're in Canoa! Hoping the sun will come back out, just a little cloudy today, slight showers in the morning. 1 week :) ... :(