Crossing the Ecuador border from Colombia, headed to Iquitos, Peru. Is it as easy as it seems?

I question myself daily and still push on, as my guides are always with me. When you decide, the how will always appear.

Colombia-Ecuador Border cross

Yesterday I crossed the border into Ecuador over land; yes, I am aware of ¨how dangerous¨ it is.

However, I have done it twice and never had an issue. From the Ecuadorian border, I went to the Tulcán bus terminal with a vague plan of what I was doing. If you were to ask me three days ago where I am going, I would have said, no idea, and then I decided on Iquitos, Peru.

My next favorite question is, how? Oh, this almighty question is the one that always comes when you make a decision. How how how how how.

Bus, Taxi, Boat is how. Bus station Tulcán, Ecuador

I used to worry about the how constantly, and one day I realized that make the damn decision, and the how will come, and it will always be a way you did not expect. I had a destination yesterday, El Coca, Ecuador.

I met two travelers headed to Quito, and for a minute, I thought I could go with them; so much easier to…