First it has to be a big congratulations to Wil and Becky on their recent engagement, looking forward to the big day. We`re back in Quito after serviving 3 weeks in Colombia not even meeting a Guerillas or drug lords thankfully. In fact all the stories about Colombia are so blown out of proportion, it has some of the nicest places we`ve been to on the trip and felt a lot safer than Rio. We spent our last few days in Tayrona National park which is about one hou...

Hello....................only a couple of weeks left!! We have been tanning ourselves for the last few days in Taganga near sant Marta. We have a great place up on the hill overlooking the fishing village and the ocean and the rooms are like little apartments with a kitchen, living room and beds for 4 people. There are several nice beaches near us and the sea is beautiful although we have been told that the beaches in the national park (where we`re heading late...

Here we are....................last stage of our journey sipping cocktails while sitting in hamocks on the Caribbean coast. I just don`t know how we are managing to cope. Cartagena is a beautiful old colonial city with amazing outdoor restaurants, bars overlooking the ocean and of course loads of lovely shops. We`ve spent the last couple of days having a wonder round and enjoying some of the local food but it`s so hot we need to head for the coast. Off to Santa...

Helloooooo from the amazon jungle...................... We are getting close to the end of our trip with less than a month to go now but still lots of adventures on the cards. Our latest trip was to the amazon jungle in ecudor and as you can see from the photos we had some interesting experiences with jungle creepy crawlies. Steve even managed to get to know a tick quite well!! He has thankfully shaved off the jungle Jim beared though as people kept thinking he ...

After 3 days, 4 buses, 1 plane and a minivan we have finally arrived in Quito, Ecuador. Although the journey was a nightmare and at times we didn`t feel like we were going to make it Quito is lovely and hot and I`ve just been sat in an outdoor cafe sipping a cool beer, all my worries have gone away!! We were quite lucky at the border crossing as we`d heard people have been robbed or had to bribe the police man to keep them safe. Good to know you can always trus...