A short 3 hour busride from Quito ( the centre of some amazing museums and churches) brought us to the green highlands of Otavalo. Every Saturday in Otavalo the entire town transforms into an ubermarket. I especially enjoyed the livestock market where mouth-foaming pigs could be purchased for bargain prices by any number of toothless vendors. It was here that I was also pursued by a large, spotted pig on a warpath and a little old lady in her prime at 96 years ol...

After leaving the Galapagos Islands, we moved on to the coastal town of Montanita, following a regretful farewell to our Swedish friends Ulf, Per & Thea. Montanita is renowned for having some of the best waves in Ecuador and I revelled in the opportunity to surf twice a day between the main point break and the beachies sweeping the coastline. The whole stretch of Montanita picks up plenty of swell, so there was no shortage of waves or.. wipeouts during our st...

  Our trip to the Galapagos Islands was filled with captivating animals, the odd surf adventure, education about the islands´history, beach soccer and evenings of Latino dancing and alcohol- aided pole dances.  After 2 days of exploring Santa Cruz, the central isalnd, we commenced  an 8 day tour aboard a boat The free enterprise..Our boat was occupied by about 20 travellers in total and 11 crew members , which in...