I arrived in Ecuador, much to my suprise, in Guayaquil. For some reason my plane had been diverted. Luckily, with my brilliant spanish, I found out they had organised a connecting flight, so I would make it to Quito after all, just 6 hours later than anticipated. I stayed at the Secret Garden Hostel, where Christina, whom I had met in Rio, was volunteering for a month. She was planning to go to Cotopaxi, just 1 1/2 hours from Quito, the next day, so I decided to join her. So after seeing the historic center Quito, the next day we headed for Cotopaxi. This involved taking a local bus to the small town of Machachi, which cost a grand total of 75c. From there we had to take a taxi to the hostel, which was located
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