2520m It was a leisurely start to day as Fran and I walked to the dining room for breakfast. No people. Apparently breakfast is held in a different room of the hacienda, one which used to house the textile workings. There certainly were a lot more people in attendance than at last night’s dinner and the hall was packed. Javier picked us up at 9am and we drove the short distance to Cotacachi, one of the volcanoes surrounding Otavalo. This one had a caldera whi...

260m Once again an early start, however, this time before breakfast. Bruce was nice enough to get a coffee for Jan, and Fran had her cup of tea. We boarded the canoe with the hope and expectation of getting to see macaws close up, getting their daily dose of sodium from eating tree bark. I had thought that we would be going to witness this from a clay cliff, but Christian, one our Swedish group, informed us that when he and Alexandra went, they were disappointed...

2520m Long morning. Due to leaving the Amazon and heading back (unfortunately) into civilisation, we had to be up at 5am, breakfast at 5:30 and on the speedboat back to Coca by 6. As such it was a little bit more rushed than normal. Breakfast was also a quieter fare as we all knew it was the end of our cruise and we would have to part ways. The trip back up the Napo River took twice the amount of time as the Anakonda was moored further downstream, we were runni...

260m Due to the instructions of our guides we had to ensure that we were down at breakfast by 6am, not too difficult. We grabbed our now ‘usual seats’ with Bruce and Jan (the Canadian couple that we had met back at Quito airport). The ship put on a fairly substantial breakfast of fruit, salad, toast and hot food, as well as coffee, and we tried to get through it as quickly as possible as we had a long day planned. We were to assemble on deck 15 minutes after...

260m Due to the instructions of our guides we had to ensure that we were down at breakfast by 6am, not too difficult. We grabbed our now ‘usual seats’ with Bruce and Jan (the Canadian couple that we had met back at Quito airport). The ship put on a fairly substantial breakfast of fruit, salad, toast and hot food, as well as coffee, and we tried to get through it as quickly as possible as we had a long day planned. We were to assemble on deck 15 minutes after...