Hola everyone, Thought I'd better update you on what I've been up to.Thursday I visited some of the sites in the New Town starting with the Museo de la Amazonas. I thought I'd better do some research if I'm going to spend a month in the jungle! Unfortunately I couldn't understand much as it was all in Spanish (how dare they) but I got the general gist when I got to the exhibit with spears, heads on sticks and scary looking shamens, should...

Hola everyone!! I finally made it to Ecuador! My flight from London was delayed becuase the cabin crew for my Iberia flight were over an hour late, consequently I missed my connection in Madrid and had to stay overnight. I had to wait for four and a half hours at the airport for them to track down my bag and then finally the airline arranged a hotel and food etc. My new friend (from Northern Ireland, I swear they follow me around!) shared the entire ordeal with ...