Thanks for the messages, here´s our next installment, enjoy, with photo´s!! Quito to Baños 17th May 2009 Quito to Otovalo Early start to meet the group leader Kristy, Brandan the driver and the rest of our travel mates for the next 53 days. Seem like a good bunch, mixed ages and slightly men heavy. Three lads were missing for the first meeting nursing hangovers from the night before… We got on board the truck and made ourselves comfy for a h...

Thanks everyone for your messages its great to hear from home. Glad the exams are going well for Sarah and Richard x Here´s some photo´s for you Deb. We are finally relaxing and are really enjoying everything so far. This post is an update of stuff we´ve been up to since 11.5.09 11.5.09 We´re sure you all knew we were climbing a volcano this week and so Monday was spent getting equipment , boots , crampons, gaiters, ice axes......Liz began to get a bit n...

We have arrived in Quito after a tearful send off this morning at Heathrow !Headed straight to the nearest bar starting the trip properly !!!Phil only allowed a half as he´s on strict rations in case there are any stairs to negotiate ! Journey went without any hassles apart from the plane had arctic air con but Phil was kept happy by a plane load of breast feeding babes.....weird , obviously the cold had the desired effect on the nipples !!! Met at the airport...