Future plans...

We're leaving Cuenca tomorrow, southwards once more to Loja. We're rapidly approaching the Peruvian border, and hopefully we'll cross on Wednesday. Before we do, we'll explore Loja (not much there, it seems), and visit Vilcabamba. This village gained international notoriety a couple of decades ago when scientists proclaimed that its inhabitants were some of the longest lived people on Earth. Actually, it's a bit of a myth, but people do seem to live for longer than average there, so maybe a bit of that might rub off on us!

There are various ways of crossing the Peruvian border, and we haven't yet decided which is best. The two options are (a) easy: get an international bus from Loja to Piura or (b) hard: go through a tortuous series of stops down to Zumba towards Cachapoyas. At the moment (a) is winning!