Hi everyone, We have just back after our week at the beach so thought I would update the blog. This is Vicki by the way, Katie has been hogging the blog for far too long. You will probably notice the spelling and grammer is not quite as good this time lol! When we arrived in Guayaquil last weekend we only spent 1 real day exploring. Its an okay city but not somewhere we would come back to. They have a nice waterfront area, which has recently been improved ...

Hey Hey! For once the blog photo is actually of where we have been - Vilcabamba in southern Ecuador. After spending a few more days in Cuenca sightseeing we got on a bus to this quirky, hippy town. Vilcabamba is famous for it's longevity - lots of people apparently live til their 100. It's a beautiful place - the town itslef is nestled in the valley of the mountains. It's not a very big place but has a surprising number of American ex-pats living there and has ...

Hey All, For once the computer in the hostel doesn´t have a queue so I thought I´d update you all. We are currently in Cuenca, our first full day here today entailed walking around the city which is full of really historic buildings, cobbled streets, churches and museums. It has a really lovely feel to it and is a very pretty city. We visited the cathedral and some churches plus a panama hat making shop and a museum with anthropological artefacts dating back...

Hey all! We are back in the ´civilised´ world of Quito. This time we´re staying in the new town where all the other travellers stay. It´s totally different from the old town with lots of bars, clubs and more expensive places to eat (although we´re sticking to the local restaurants which do lunch for $2 which consists of a soup, drink and a big main meal). Anyway, enough about Quito, the last two weeks we have spent living in the rural community of Las...

Hey, We have arrived safe and sound in Quito and have been out exploring the Old Town over the last couple of days. Our bodies are getting used to the high altitude quickly which is good and our hostel is lovely. Have got straight into speaking spanish as the hostel manager speaks little english and even managed to post a parcel back home in spanish (thanks angela!!!!). So all is well here. We have been exploring the very old churchs and cathedrals here. The old...