Having successfully survived ´one of South America´s most dangerous cities´we made our way to Banos, an altogether more tranquil affair, but not before being overwhelmed by bus ticket vendors at Quito´s terminal terrestre. In a mere two hours we were in Banos, which was quite an achievement given that the road had been destroyed by a volcanic eruption two years ago and still hadn´t been rebuilt. Banos is tiny compared to Quito but these g...

Some say Quito is one of the most dangerous cities in South America; the night time ringing of gunshots seems to prove this! As does the constant stories of muggings from people in our hostel. From what we´ve heard its way more dangerous than most places in Colombia. It is fun though! After the fanstastic trip to the Galapagos, it was going to take a lot to impress us. The hostel we stayed in, Centro Del Mundo, ran some fun looking trips out of Quito and th...

Thankfully we arrived into Quito the day before we joined up with the Galapagos trip, although we almost did get kicked off the plane in Lima! La Mariscal Sucre, home for the next two nights is renowned as being an "extremely dangerous" (as said by Lonely Planet). By the daytime its fine, we even quite liked the place, but when the sun sets its pretty grim. There were gangs hanging around the hotel, the streets are pretty empty and every now and then yo...