Sunday 4 March 2012 Anya woke up still not quite right, whilst Eva was worried about whether her left knee would be able to bear the hike plus she had started to get a bit congested. Bo was still off his food so it looked like only Gabriel and I were up for the hike to the bottom. The sun wasn't out at the 7:30 am breakfast we had and it was very cold. After breakfast, both Eva and Bo decided to try and leave earlier than the camioneta we had booked for 1...

Saturday 3 March 2012 Packing up after a shower, I discovered that my shoulder bag (yet another item bought in Quito, Monika saying that my slashproof rucksack, bought specially for Quito, made me more of a target. As if I could look less like a tourist) had been slashed in two places! This is the first malicious incident of any sort to occur to me in Quito so far. Luckily, nothing was missing, partly due to the fact I kept trying to move my admittledly large...