Spent the morning in Quito around our hostel trying to restore both our bodies and our belongings. Needing to eek another 7 weeks out of Rob's broken 10 year old rucksack, the electric tape, sports bandages and cotton and thread were out in force. Lunched on typical chicken and rice dish in a cafe in new town before heading to the airport. Flight to Bogota (wrong direction) followed by a flight to Santiago, highlight of which was a very bright moon and starry sky...

After barely any sleep due to fears of our cabin burning down or our bodies burning up, apparently suffering from our hiking exploits, up in time for the 5am bus. Hung around on the road in the dark for about 40mins, with a chap on horseback telling us we had missed it, before it hooted it's way around the corner. Rob, in rather a bad way, slept all the way to Latacugna, possibly partly on the shoulder of the mountain dweller next to him. Another bus to Quito, an...

Tested out Amy's new Panama bought running trainers in nearby Parque El Ejido. After a healthy but filling buffet breakfast at our hostel, returned to the park to check out the Sunday market. Between there and another Market in the new town, came away with a fair few purchases to way our rucksacks down even more. Shopping over, sat in the busy park and sampled some local treats whilst watching the locals at play. Scaled the hill up to Parque Itchimbia for great v...

After our now daily ritual of porridge, disappointed at not having picked up and Colombian souvys, dashed out to some nearby stalls. After a quick bit of haggling we had our wares, but it was almost a costly shop. Our taxi sat in traffic trying to get out of Bogota for what seemed like hours, then we were greeted at the airport by the biggest check-in queue I have ever seen. Fortunately after a while, given there was no way we would get our flight we were allowed...