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TRAVEL BLOG ENTRY
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After Cotopaxi I still wasn't finished with the mountains and nature. I went for 3 days making a loop in an area around Quilotoa Lake, a lake in the crater of an old volcano.
After a lot of people trying lying to me, trying to sell me a taxi ride to the town of Quilotoa , the bus finally came. They are pretty aggressive about getting you to send $5 more to take a taxi. Truth is that there aren't many buses going in this area, but don't believe what the taxi drivers say.
When I arrived in Quilotoa, the hostel driver brought me with him to a huge canyon, and I walked back myself up to Quilotoa. I guess not many travelers do this walk, because I was quite entertaining for the locals. Everyone I chatted to wanted to know if I was married and even if it was possible for a foreigner to marry an indigenous person... I kept walking faster... and even faster when the dogs were chasing.
The next day I decided to do a hike from Lake Quilotoa to Chungchilan another village. I didn't really have a map, just sort of an idea of the direction. The day was beautiful, and the hike was pretty great also, except for a couple killer dogs. From the top of the crater you just walk down through farm lands and a little village until you get to the bottom of a ravine. The path was sort of falling apart and falling on you when I went through this section. From the bottom you hike up 400m (1,300ft) up to Chungchilan. I stayed at the cheapest place in town ($5) Cloud Forest Inn, which was pretty nice.
The only buses leaving here are between 3AM and 5:30AM, plus a milk truck at 9AM. I took the 5:30 bus and after some amazing scenery, changing in Laticunga, views of Cotopaxi, I arrived in Quito at around 12:30.
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