This morning I was woken at 4am by what I can only describe as an earth quake occurring in my room. In a daze, I soon remembered that I was on a boat, and that shaking and loud noise was the boat. I honestly thought that we had been sailing all night, and that they were dropping the anchor. I thought that my room must have been located near the anchor storage facility. However after a couple of minutes, the noise was still going, and I soon realised that we h...

This morning I woke up, ready to face my next location.... Galápagos!!! Surprisingly my shower worked just fine... Although it did take a lot longer for the hot water to make its way through the pipes. After breakfast, we checked out of the hotel and waited in the foyer for our guide who was to help us navigate Quito airport today. It was a half decent trip to the airport, made that little bit longer by the fact that it was peak hour traffic. But we always s...

This morning after breakfast we were met by Johanna for our tour to the equator and our walking tour of Quito. First stop..... The middle of the world. We jumped in our bus, and were driven about an a hour to the equator. Along the way Johanna talked about Quito, and explained monuments that we passed by. I can honestly say that it was quite a relief to be driven around, and not have a mini heart attack very couple of seconds by the crazy driving. The driving...

This morning we said goodbye to Lima. We were off on the next part of our tour, to the Galápagos Islands. Today we are flying to Quito in Equador. We are staying here for a couple of nights, before we catch another flight to the Galápagos Islands. It will be so nice to spend a couple of nights in the same hotel, especially after the spate of single nights we have had recently. We had some breakie, and were then met by another guide who was to accompany us t...