JetSetMeister

Time to make moves and get to Quito. My itinerary went like this:

• Day 1 – 4:00pm: From Cartagena I flew to Bogota, and on to Cali, which lies in the south of Colombia
• Day 1 – 9:15pm: I took a 10-hour overnight bus from Cali to the Colombian border town of Ipiales
• Day 2 – 7:30am: Arriving at the bus terminal in the Ipiales, I took a   minibus to the actual border
• Day 2 – 8:00am: I went straight to Ecuadorian customs- forgetting to check out of Colombia first. I had to walk back to Colombia (across a bridge) to get stamped out of Colombia and then walk back to Ecuador to get stamped in.
• Day 2 – 9:00am: Finally in Ecuador, I caught a minibus to the main bus terminal in the town of Tulcan, and hopped on a bus for the 5-hour ride to Quito. Almost there!

NOT. The hoped-for 5-hour bus ride turned into a 13+ hour ordeal due to some local protesters blocking the roads. Finally arrived to Quito around midnight after 30 hours of traveling.