Vide Verde, our spanish school, gives the option to study in either the rainforest or on an organic farm near the coastal resort town Canoa. It was our first overnight bus trip in Ecuador and it wasn't exactly, how should I say, comfortable. If you are over 5'10", you pretty much can't ride a bus in Ecuador for more than 2 hours. If your name is Kevin Patti, don´t get on a bus in Ecuador. Night buses have added security compared to the typical daytime bus ride in Ecuador. You have an assigned seat, you are searched before you get on the bus, and your luggage has a tag put on it and you are given a recipt so risk of our things being stolen is minimal. The seats recline really far which is nice except
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