Ignoring the quick return to pick up our bags, we have technically left BA after a lovely week or so. We did manage to get to the Polo Cup Final. I think we were very very lucky as all the tickets had been sold when we arrived at the ground, but outside the ground there were lots of poor fellows who had obviously been stood up by lots of friends as they had lots of tickets to sell and at only twice the face value. It was a exciting match and we were slightly more...

The last day or so in Ecuador was reasonably pleasant. We slept, shopped for a souvenir (we try to get a wooden animal from each place we visit; unsurprisingly we now have a Blue Footed Boobie on its way to UK). We found a good Indian restaurant where more than we could eat cost about $10 and we got our cloths washed. We also visited Cotopaxi, which is a live snow capped volcano that peaks at 5800m. We could only get up to 4800m without crampons, a guide and a he...