I had a fantastic time in the jungle in Ecuador. There were some very precarious moments during the five-hour bus ride from Quito to Tena through the mountains - we narrowly missed hitting a car coming the other way! One of the girls had her purse stolen from her bag along the way as well. We stopped in Tena only to grab lunch - the portions were big and most dishes came with chips, rice and salad. Then we hopped on a bus for 45 minutes to the Cotacocha jungle l...

On the flight from Madrid to Quito I was upgraded to business class, which I neither booked nor asked for but I certainly wasn't going to question! The business class section wasn't even half full so I had loads of space - for an eleven hour flight it was luxury Quito airport is right in the middle of then city - it was strange coming into the land with rows of houses just 100 metres either side of the runway. It's quite small - apparently they're opening a new ...