Dude! What can we say? We made it to the home of Ecuadorian surfing. Montanita is about 70km south of Puerto Lopez and an easy hour journey on the bus. Its a very small town, in fact it would probably be a village if not for all the hostels, restaurants and bars made for the surf mad holiday makers who come here. Most of the places are made in bamboo/wooden style with a leaf roof so it gives the place a really tropical feel. The waves are between 1 and 3 metres ...

HolaAfter a pretty gruelling journey we arrived in Puerto Lopez around 7pm. We had very few hostel recommendations so ended up the first night in quite an expensive place. We wandered down to the seafront, grabbed some food and went early to bed. First thing(ish) the next morning we had a look around trying to find somewhere cheaper for the next few days. We found a great place for only 12 dollars a night with an open air lounge area with cable tv! Settled in we ...

¡Hola!We have just returned from our jungle excursion. The mosquitos were well fed but we are both otherwise alive and well. Our journey actually started in Baños. We travelled north from Cuenca 7 hours to Ambato then changed for a further hour out to Baños. We had heard it was a good place to organise trips into the jungle and try some adventurous activities. Our first night in Baños we booked rafting for the very next morning. Straigh...

¡Buenas Tardes!Here we are in Equador. The actual border crossing from Peru was the most eventful thing that has happened here but I beleive that is in the previous entry. We´re in Cuenca which is the country´s 3rd largest city and a colonial town founded by the Spaniards in 1557. It´s full of narrow cobbled streets, white churches and buildings with balconies and courtyards. Very pretty. The hostel we´re staying in is one such build...

Hola Amigos! Hope everyone is well. Keep on telling us what you are all up to, we appreciate the messages! Where were we? We stayed a couple of days longer than intended in Cusco after we had rather more success with our Saturday party night than we intended. We went out for something to eat (no guinea pig as yet) then wandered around checking out a few bars. We were then later enticed into a few nightclubs with the offer of free drinks and settled in Ukuku´...