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we made it back to the main road and once again were able to appreciate the incredibly smooth and beautiful road surface that those bastard rainforest destroyers had built.
Cuenca is the third largest city in Ecuador, behind Guayaquil and Quito, and is considered by most Ecuadorians to be its finest. It became a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999, due to its beautiful maze of cobbled streets and its striking Spanish colonial architecture.
The Andean condor has one of the largest wingspans of any bird in the world. The largest is the wandering albatross, which is basically just a big fat seagull that looks far less impressive than the condor, so it doesn’t really count.
Colca Canyon itself was a sight to behold. It is one of the deepest in the world, and Juan Pablo was proud to tell us frequently that it is ‘two altitude of Grand Canyon’ which loosely translates that it is twice as deep as The Grand Canyon.
and I don’t think it is possible to get up for the sunrise and regret it, even if the sun is hidden. You feel like you are winning the day before it has even started.
Travelling in South America had opened my eyes to how passionate people can be about life. From the market stallholders, to the tour guides, to the bus drivers, to the street cashiers and jungle cake sellers, and the many other travellers we met during our journey, they were all so full of enthusiasm for everything they did. They were passionate about where they lived, passionate about their job – whatever it entailed – and passionate about their existence on this earth. I hoped some of this had rubbed off on me and would stay with me forever.
