Kia Ora ! Apologies in advance for any spelling mistakes - this keyboard is complete s***e and I am seiously having to whack my fingers on the keys to type this!! How was everyone´s new years??? We had a great night! Chilled during the day in part of the new town called La Mariscal which is where all the restaurants and bars are. There will TONS of people during the day just wandering up and down the street as everything got set up. Not sure why really but me...

Hello! Since I last wrote we have gotten over our altitude sickness. Truth be told it wasn't too bad; although the headaches were irritating, it gave us a good excuse to have early nights and sleep in hehe. We went to the local markets on Sunday which was fun, they have lots of beautiful fabrics and the like for sale, which doesn't bode well for my budget come Saturday when we head to the Otavalo Markets - the biggest in the continent! We went to the Equator y...

Hello! So we've officially gapped Brazil (yay!) and are in Quito, Ecuador! Eeeee! We are definately both in our element here and are a lot more positive after the whole Brazil exercise...! Spent our last day in Rio killing time basically.. Met up with Gina (who we met in Paraty) for lunch (I had steak, can you believe it?! Which is a whole different story but to cut it short, I am back eating red meat and now not eating chicken hahahha wtf right? I know, I'm me...