We are now in Peru, and it is nothing like I expected, dont really know what I was expecting but as we crossed the border into Peru and the further along the coast we travel the more barren the landscape becomes. It is so different from Ecuador, which hosted a varying landscape from rolling hills, to flat farm lands to craggy mountains, Peru seems more like Egypt as the coast is barren and sandy, with large sand dunes with little or not life at all. Rhiam is happ...

So arrived at Cuenca after spending a day at Banos where we went horse riding for 6 hours for only $25 (which is about 14 pounds-bargain) but not a good idea if you are sunburnt-ouch!!! So arrived at Cuenca relatively early so had a walk around the city, strolling the colonial street, looking at the interesting architecture and taking pictures when some young local lad ran pass and grabbed a camera out of one of Pauls hands. So after the initial shock had gone an...

So after an eventfull Christmas at Banos we made our way to Misahualli where we stayed just one night in a small hotel before we when travelled deep into the Amazon jungle where we stayed 2 nights. Misahualli is a very small village with little or nothing to do but watch the monkeys running around causing mischief. We only spent one night there so the next morning we packed a small day pack and set off via a small boat, along the Rio Napo river, deep into t...

FELIZ NAVIDAD (MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!). I hope everyone is having an amazing Christmas and have been spoilt rotten and gorging themselves on a huge Christmas dinner and loads of chocolates, washed down by mass amounts of alcohol. Its a weird Christmas for me this year as it is the first Christmas away from home and im missing home loads, especially the amazing, all the works Christmas dinner my dad works night and day on, im longing for some of his superb turkey stuf...

So here I am in Quito. At the start of the third leg of my journey. And I am soooo looking forward to it!!! As I have 2 days to spare before my tour of South America starts, I spent it walking around the town to see what Quito has to offer. As the city is large and as with any large city in South America it can be dangerous so ive been limited to what I can see on my own. Luckily, I was not on my own for long as Kim (crazy canadian) who was on my last tour ...