So Baño, Ecuador was our recovery station for bloated stomachs and congested heads. Luckily for us it was raining and cloudy most of the time so that gave us a good excuse to stay indoors. I managed to drag myself away from cable TV to get a massage and facial and we also did a bike ride down a hill and a few tunnels to an impressive waterfall with enough force to break bones.
After about 4 days we moved on to Quito, the capital of Ecuador. We swapped a few books and caught up with a couple we met in Huaraz, Peru. We went on a day trip to the Equator and visited the native Indian complex. Whilst there we took a look at the water draining demonstrations (aka The Simpsons), egg balancing on a nail and "why I am I weak right on the equator?". Kind of felt like going on a school excursion but we did get to see a "genuine" shrunken head the size of a golf ball. This was apparently a war trophy that was made by removing all bone and fat in the head and filling it with hot stones then boiling it in a special fluid...nice.
We are now in Otavalo, still Ecuador and went on a 4 hour hike around a volcanic laguna this morning. We desperately needed the excercise as the only decent thing for breakfast in Ecuador is pancakes. We'll be hanging around for tommorrows colourful indigenous market and then flagging down a bus on the PanAmerican Highway to get to Colombia by the afternoon. Can't wait. Seeya Ecuador!
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