Lo all, us again. We're now in Cuenca (which is shut for the day) after a few days in Quito and Riobamba. Quito was, on the whole, a lot of fun. Far too many Americans, but you get that everywhere. The first full day there we had a stroll around the New Town before hopping on the Trole up to the Estadio Olímpico (Ecuador were playing Venezuela in the first World Cup qualifier that evening - they lost 1-0). We wandered down an avenue through a sea of mismat...

Yo yo yo, Long time no blog. Today we arrived (accidentally) in Quito, capital of Ecuador after a second spell in Colombia. The day after the last post we found that the Teleférico in Mérida (the longest and highest cable car in the world) was closed indefinitely for maintenance and the record breaking ice-cream shop was closed for October. b*****. That left us pretty much nowt to do there except to go to what is apparently the best bar in Venezuela. ...