Ecuador definitely has its own understanding on what time is, and what not. Another great post, made me chuckle quite a few times 😅

Traveling is indeed an adventure here, and most things go on time. For the Cotacachi-South Quito, the experienced traveler gets out of the bus before Carcelén (north Quito) at the huge roundabout, and then takes a interegional bus there that goes to Quitumbe - that is way quicker than the routes through the city. Or you go to the Panamericana and catch a bus from Tulcán that says Quitumbe, and get there directly. But that doesn't always work, though they tell you they go to Quitumbe, sometimes they change their mind in Carcelén :-D