Cuenca is a pretty big and architecturally beautiful city, the centre is full of cobbled streets and fancy churches. Inca ruins can be found on the outskirts and tradtional ecuadorian dress is still worn by many of the locals. Both of us had rotten colds the whole time we were there (probably something to do with that damn volcano). Still we got out and about a bit. There were loads of markets selling anything and everything. We felt like giants walking ...

Well we said next time you saw us we could be on Panorama knowing what our usual record of disaster and mayhem is like!! So here we are by an active volcano. It errupted last week - not sure if it made the news in England or not. It was still erupting whilst we were there but the town hadn't been evacuated just yet so we thought what the hell lets go there!! It was a bit like a ghost town though - free from tourists only the locals persisted. Our tour guide...

HOLY HELL! It is hot in that there jungle, or and by the way it is quite humid too, 95% plus on some days! What a place! After a plane we got into a wagon, then into a boat for 3 hours up the Napa river, then into a canoe for a brief trip through a lagoon and than there it was, the biggest hut in the jungle you have ever seen! The setting is amazing, the weather is extrodinary and the wildlife is bloody everywhere! We spent the better part of a ...

Quito feels like a whole different city to Argentina. It is a little more soft and fluffy, not quite as raw. A city though is still a city where ever you go!! We suffered a little from altitude sickness when we arrived. Pete got a couple of bad headaches and Caroline had an increased appetite which is typical because really it should have been the reverse!! All our toiletries exploded because they had been packed at high pressure and opened at low pres...