Cuenca, Ecuador

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Baños is a cool little town where we went white water rafting on Grade III-IV rapids (very fun) and went in the hot springs in the evening to relax. There were 3 pools - cold, hot, and hotter. The hot pool was like a hot bath, and the hotter pool was really hot. Too hot to sit in for more than a few mins! But for only $2, a fun experience. We went out for a drink and dance with Fernando that night as well, but just as Fernando started teaching us how to Salsa, the music in the club changed to pretty rubbish music and we didn´t stay for too long.

We're now in Cuenca, which seems nice despite the large size of the city, and is definitely friendlier than Quito. Today we have looked in a couple of cathedrals and museums though - there is plenty of historical architecture herre, and one of the Museums had some incan ruins, although the translations on the decriptions weren´t fantastic so it was slightly difficult to grasp what they were actually showing us! Tomorrow we are leaving Cuenca to spend another day travelling across the border to get to Peru. 9 hours by bus... :o(

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