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...

260m Another early morning wake up, but I got to call Sue as it was 6:30pm at home and hope that she enjoy her party tomorrow night. This is because we are off to the M/N Anakonda today, and we are unsure of having any contact for the next three days. Javier picked us up just after 6am and we travelled north east out of the city for about 45 minutes. The airport is relatively new and is hoping to open to more flights from around the world. We met the rep from Ma...

2800m Day of the Dead It was nice to wake up and emerge somewhere that wasn’t Riobamba. Quito is a much bigger city, and our hotel is certainly of a much higher quality than the last. Coffee, unfortunately, consisted of the sludge that too many Americans find palatable, lurking at the bottom of a glass percolator. Not pleasant. However, the croissants were fresh so life wasn’t all too bad. Our guide picked us up just after 8am and we headed off to the chai...