Hola again everyone! The photo above doesnt do justice to the view we had at the river lodge. It meant climbing hundreds of steps, but it was worth it for a view looking over miles of unspoilt rainforest, surrounded by mountains, have a look at the river lodge photo album! We arrived here and were all speechless at the view, the lodge is perched precariously on asteep cliff, with the river running below, this place was more popular with backpackers, and we spok...

Hola again! So, at nightime, everyone had small cabins allocated, with incricatly designed beds and doors, me and Alec chose to sleep outside in the hammocks overlooking the forest. I couldnt sleep at all, but for good reasons, we lay awake listening to the forest, it is SO noisy, to the point of disbelief that insects can produce such a volume. In between the cricket sounds and the bird calls, was also the constant chatter of monkeys. the only way i can descib...

Hola! Ill now tell you about the time i spent in the jungle, staying with the incredible family of Delphine. They are a Quicha (i think thats spelt right) tribe, who are resisting western influences to live with the forest, no electricity, self sufficient, they have an incredible way of life we could all learn so much from´! On arrival, the small housing area couldnt have blended in to the forest any more than it did, a small hike up a rough path, and it opene...

Hola from Papallacta! Im now updating backwards, ive had no time to update while on the tour, so nows my chance to upload photos and fill you all in! You can see from my photo, the wonderful GAP group that im travelling around with, its very very varied, which is great, fascinating people from Canada, USA, New Zealand and Austria! everyone has so many stories to tell and most people have done previous GAP tours elsewhere! We arrived at Papalacta mid afternoon ...

Hola! I spent today exploring the ´new town´ of Quito, in the opposite direction of where I went to yesterday. Its a completly different atmosphere, the main road in has both a McDonalds and a KFC, but then when you delve deeper, it becomes alot more tourist orientated, with english cafe´s and bars. I had another fruity breakfast, freshly squeezed melon juice and a pastry thing, which was a bit like a prestzel made from puff oastry with icing sugar on top. I...