So we have now travelled from Quito to Latacunga.
The journey was very easy and the bus cost us $3 for a 2 hour bus ride....that's like £2 crazy!
Latacunga is a very small place but much safer than Quito and far less busy. We are staying in a hotel called Hotel Central, its been owned for 30 years by the same lady so she has great info on the local area and its a good price at $18 for a en suite double room!
We arrived at about 5 pm and planned our trip around the Quilotoa loop, this is a 4 - 5 day excursion with the highlight being a huge volcanic crater with a blue/green lake in the bottom, the lake has so much sulphur in it you cannot swim however.
The crater is situated around 4100 meters at the top and 3500 at the lake so again this provides us some good aclimitization walking.
We will also have the chance to see many small indigenous towns and villages.
We met up with some of the tour operators we have been speaking with in Latacunga regards the Volcano climb next week, as long as this weekend goes well it looks all systems go for the summit attempt early next week! Were both very excited as I think this maybe the most extreme thing we do in South America and should provide the biggest sense of achievement.
Anyway we will be offline for the next 4 days so will update the blog with pictures from the loop walk next week.
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