Cali to Ecaudor by bus

Gomezman5 says on May 24, 2007, 19:54:

Sure it's worth the trip Who are you trying to see disappear? I can't think of a better way to make sure that someone takes a permanent than to tell them to take a scenic bus ride like that.

Happy touring.

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goin_south says on May 24, 2007, 22:16:

Hola G5! Damn, boy! where the hell have you been?
...But, there have been plenty other targets
for the indians to shoot arrows at....lol

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goin_south says on May 24, 2007, 22:18:

Ebeth, don't be carrying mucho dinero on that route with you. and, don't take the night bus, without wearing some reflectors on your shoes.

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goin_south says on May 25, 2007, 00:45:

Rubito... My colombiana does that route alot, from Cali to Pasto, as do BusLoads of Colombians day by day.
But,... she has her own horror story about 'crossing the border' most recently, with cash-in-hand, to buy a used coche mas barrato.
You got to be very careful nearer the border towns, and there's no love lost for the moment, by Ecuador for Colombianos.

Ebeth, I am assuming is gringA, and I wouldn't do it as a gringO, or otherwise.
But, Ebeth,...if you cared to stop in Popayan, and stay awhile, then.... I think you can have a great time.

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goin_south says on May 25, 2007, 01:07:

Ebeth, if I were you, I wouldn't be 'going_south'... .

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Atrevido (☼Travelguide writer) says on May 25, 2007, 06:19:

goin_south says on May 25, 2007, 08:45:

A new Zealand sea captain sounds Like a pretty tough hombre!

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Ebeth says on May 26, 2007, 16:18:

Gringo and not speaking spanish Yep, going_south, I am Gringo, female and I dont speak Spanish. From the information above it seems more risky than anything else. I am traveling with my boyfriend but both being blonde and blue eyed, i think other than a big light over our heads, we may stand out from the locals.... :(

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billyb says on May 26, 2007, 16:22:

Why not take the puddlehopper from Cali... to Pasto, then take a little sidetrip to Laguna de la Cocha? Can't cost that much more than a bus. Although you would miss seeing some beautifull countryside by flying.

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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el_canuck says on May 26, 2007, 16:55:

I did the trip both ways about 6 years ago - once at night and once in the day. I lived to talk about it but it wasn't the most pleasant experience. Going south from the border to Quito was a miserable bus trip. The bus was stopped at least 4 times by police. Ecuador buses were not nearly as comfortable as Colombian ones.

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goin_south says on May 26, 2007, 21:40:

billyb... I'm not sure two blond-headed travelers should be going by themselves, to Laguna de La Coche. It's a pretty rough one-street, lakeside village, going down there to the lakefront. I was with four other Colombiano/as.

Voy por del Sur

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goin_south says on May 26, 2007, 23:00:

el_canuck? "Ecuador buses were not nearly as comfortable as Colombian ones."
that must be....REALLY, REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE! I only remember passing those slow f*qn buses going up hills ("I could have walked much faster!") from Popayan to Pasto...and seeing the fumes, and looking at the people, and .... sometimes, now when my novia takes that bus ride to Cali from Pasto and back...it is noisy, restless,...IT AIN'T NO AIRPLANE RIDE.


Voy por del Sur

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