Me and Mrs Mat are looking at The Galapagos for a holiday but given its a long way to go for just a week we were looking to add on another week on mainland, I’ve been looking at access from either Guayaquil or Quito, she’s been to Guayaquil before and has a bit of a ‘meh’ attitude in terms of things she wants to see in Ecuador. skimming through the guidebooks and the Internet I was thinking Cuenca seems interesting and accessible, I fancied something reasonably active, doing some hiking would be cool. I’d been considering el cajas national park. I was thinking of hiring a car to get around as well. I’m unsure of how safe it is to do that sort of stuff, I read on one hand its a safe country then in other places seeing advice not to take night busses because they get stopped by robbers! Any advice anyone has would be much appreciated!
