Sorry for the long gap between entries! Last week was spent in what is surely one of the most beautiful places on earth, Vilcabamba. We took a bus about an hour and a half from Loja, a university town that we weren´t crazy about, and winded down the mountains into a beautiful, lush, green valley. We stayed at yet another amazing hostel, Izhcayluma, which is truly like a paradise that is actually affordable! For $30 per night, incl. breakfast, we had our own little cabaña with a private balcony overlooking a valley, and a beautiful stone hot water shower. They have amazing fruit and flower trees everywhere lining the paths, and the food was great and reasonably priced (except the pizza, which is terrible). We enjoyed fresh pineapple juice with every breakfast, which is eaten in
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