This entry hereby comences the story of my travels through South America after an amazing semester in Quito, Ecuador. Tomas and I left Quito at 5:15 am on Friday, Dec 22 after arriving home at 4 am from our last night out partying in the Mariscal! A 30 minute plane ride to Cuenca and a 5 hour bus ride to Huaquillas brought us to the border of Ecuador and Peru on the coast. You would not believe the process you go through to cross the border by bus, its absurd! The bus drops you off on the side of the desert road in which you walk to tbe office of migration, stand in that line to get your permission to enter Peru, then catch a taxi to the actual border, cross, catch another taxi that takes
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