Hi everyone! We just wanted to let you know that we survived our first white water rafting adventure. Here are some brief details from our trip. We left our hostel early in the morning and met up with our friends Steve (from Wales) and Danny (from the Galapagos) and headed to the rafting company´s shop. Here, we met the others who were to accompany us on the adventure: a dutch couple, a swiss girl, our guide Patolin, two safety kayakers (Ecuadorian broth...

Hello again. It is now Tuesday. Sorry for the delayed blog update. We left Otavalo on route for Banos around noon on Sunday (having to transfer buses in Quito). The trip from Otavalo to Baños was uneventful with the exception of three things. The first was a major accident on the highway just out of Otavalo. Not sure what happened but two cars and one bus went down a 20ft embankment into the front yards of some surprised looking Ecuadorians. The accid...