since our last post... left cuenca for the long bus ride to riabamba. as dorota was still feeling under the weather, we did not ride the rooftop train down the "devil´s nose". we did however have the worst pizza we could find :) riabamba seemed to be completely under construction and covered in dust, so we high-tailed it out of there, taking another bus ride to banos. a few words about bus rides: long, loud chaotic music, dirty diapers, sick passengers, many indigenous people, with their awesome outfits, consisting of shawls, long skirts, high heels and fedora´s. strange, but wicked. so...banos... great little town, surrounded by mountains. a bit overfull of tourist-related tour companies and bike rentals, but nice nonetheless. we rented some mountain bikes and rode down the mountain, stopping at the many waterfalls, riding
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