And better it got, being on the Galapagos was magical, like a dream.... the only thing that would have made my time more special would have been diving, however, the snorkelling was still amazing!!! Here's how our time went (very much shortened from the 20 odd pages I wrote in my diary)..... Feeling suitably like lemmings on our tour now as "Great Adventure People" (GAP), all dressed in matching promo T-shirts clutching our matching promo holdalls, we embark on...

On our first day in Quito all we manage is a sleep, a sit down in a cafe with a beer in the sun and a trip to the cinema to watch the new Harry Potter (which was excellent). The next day we manage some retail therapy in the markets, me and Sharon both now on the hunt for presents to take home, holdalls have even been purchased to aid us in this quest!! Then we head again for a wander, this time in the old quarter, which is pretty desserted in appears on Sundays...