After what seemed like an age on the plane I have finally arrived here- met 5 others on the plane, got off and we were met by Yolanda who speaks no English! I was the only one who spoke much Spanish and just about managed to work out where we were to wait until Gaby, our coordinator arrived! From there we were taken to Gringoland (where all the tourist hostels and internet cafes are) where we spent our first night feeling dizzy from the journey and the altitude...

Have had a cool week travelling around Ecuador- firstly we went to Banos, tiny touristy town at the bottom of a huge volcano (which we couldn't see because of the clouds!). We only spent one full day there and when we woke up it was raining however, we were determined to go out so we hired bikes for the day and set off on a downhill ride past loads of waterfalls, were wet and muddy before we even left town but nevermind! Was fun though, sometimes the waterfalls w...

After Banos some of the group went off the the Galapagos and we headed to Quilatoa, basically a big road loop with amazing scenery and a crater lake halfway round. We stayed at the Black Sheep Inn, which was as good as it sounded- the first night we got there and hopped straight in the sauna- lovely! We did it the proper way and had a freezing shower straight after- made me and Katie scream! Had the best food, all vegetarian, but really good and some Chilean red...