So, today is our last full day in Ecuador. Tomorrow we cross the border into Peru and have our first night of camping on the beach. Hopefully no rain. We left Banos yesterday morning after a relaxing night prior in the lovely hot springs. We stopped mid afternoon at the Ingapirca ruins, which are the most important Inca ruins in Ecuador. They weren't very big but was a good introduction to the many more sites we are going to see. When they did their stonework, th...

So, it's obvious from the photo I went white water rafting today. My staff from camp had given me the money as a 'thankyou' gift to do some stuff in South America and my roommate Kat knew I wasn't that keen on white water rafting so this was her way of making sure I did it. It was considered rapid 3 and 4´s which was a nice introduction for me. The group of us that did it, it was all our first time. After being picked up and collecting our gear we headed to the...

Once we arrived at the hotel and had a wander around the town, which is in an absolutely beautiful setting surrounded by mountains and we even have a waterfall we can see from our bathroom window, we met with Jose to see what extreme adventures we wanted to sign up for. There was a choice of paragliding, horse riding (no thanks, the memory of last time is still fresh in my mind - the after effects anyway), zip lining, white water rafting and canyoning. So I signe...

So we set off on time from Quito and headed to the jungle town of Misahualli. Was about a 6hr drive and we stopped on route to make our first road side lunch. Tables come out, and salad stuff is cut up for sandwiches. We have been put in different groups and we have different duties each day, whether it be cooking, washing up or truck cleaning duty. We also had our first roadside toilet stop where the girls all go hunting for somewhere private.... Misahualli is ...

So this will be my last blog from Quito. We pack up the truck and head out at 9.30am this morning. All ready to go, sort of. Yesterday I checked into the tour hotel and met Lill, one of the other girls on the tour and when I mentioned I was heading out to the equator she joined me. The equator monument is quite huge but is in a complex full of tourist souvenir shops and restaurants. We took the mandatory photo and even a local jumped in with the two 'gringos' an...