Next morning after the strike was over, I headed south towards Loja and Vilcabamba. It was community that I wanted to visit for a while and research a possibility of living there part time. A friend of our owns a beautiful resort just outside the town which is currently being renovated. He let me stay in one of the buildings where I had a beautiful view of the mountains and town bellow.
The weather proofed to be challenging again, with lots of rain and clouds. But I manage to experience some local festivities and explore the neighboring valleys and vistas of Podacarpus National Park.