The worst place on Earth... or is it hell?

An advisor to fellow travellers: don´t use this border crossing. Things can go well or really wrong, especially in the Peruvian side. Either way is not easy. Do not take a cab if it has another guy in the front saying who says that they friends or family, in reality they are in it together to rip you off. Stay to the main paved road, anything off the pan-american highway is bad news, and finally not all the police is good. Our driver took us off the road saying that we would avoid trouble by going around the bridge and instead drove us right up to some corrupt police that made us pay $20 each to cross the border. Get off at the bridge and cross by foot. Its sketchy, but as long as you are with somebody it should be no problem. Then in the Ecuatorian side you need to buy a bus ticket, grab a cab to immigrations and catch the bus when it goes by (no good food at immigrations, get it in town, the Ecuatorian side obviously).

We recommend to use the other crossing to the East, you will be happy you did.