Well this is our last day in Ecuador - thank God. We have almost been here 3 weeks and the place is getting on my nerves now. We fly to Lima, Peru early tomorrow morning. I am dreading the bloody flight - we are flying with Tame (pronounced Tammy) and let me just tell you that I am almost sure they are not registered with the CAA or IATA or bloody anyone! The last plane I was on (the galapagos flight) not only did we drop a few hundred feet but the pilot let the ...

Greetings from Ecuador. Last night after tea we spent about an hour in the hostal reception with my "admirer". His name is Bert (its not but I cant pronounce it!) and he about 50. He is very harmless. Last night I showed him and another security bloke pictures of my family. They said I looked a bit younger than Hannah, but they said mum and dad were older than they are. My poor dad got the worst of it after the security man asked if he drank whisky an...

Hola, I am now back in Quito after a scary bus ride back along the Pan-American highway!!! Otavello was brilliant and it was really good bartering with the stallholders (Kerry enjoyed bartering the most and is better at numbers than me!)I have just had an unusal encounter with some Ecuadorians. Outside the hostal where I was joking with the night porter, a lady and 2 kids came up to me. It turns out they are from a school about a mile away. They are learning Engl...

Oh my god! That is what this blog is called!!!!!!!!!Yesterday we travelled from Quito on the bus to Ortavello. We only had little day sacks with clothes as 2 hours away we assumed the temperature would still be the same as Quito! The bus was on the edge of the road next to a 2000-3000 metre drop! (Dad would have had a bloody fit!) I was having a right flap and Kerry thought the view was lovely!!!! We didnt know where Ortavello was and when the bus conductor reali...

The new hostal seems to be alright. The bed is comfortable because I didnt leave it until half 9 this morning!!! I have spent the day shopping!!!!!!!!! We walked to the main 3 shopping malls. Two were really good and one was pants. I bought some socks and a t-shirt. Nothing really exciting! Altogether we have probably waled about 3-4 miles today so we are practising for Macchu Picchu! If you think London is bad for pollution (ie. fumes and stuff) you need to ...