Visiting The Galapagos Islands is a once in a lifetime trip. We booked our visit through G Adventures. A company who owns their own boats. We begun our tour in the Hilton hotel in Quito. Very nice for two backpackers. That evening we collected our wedding rings so we celebrated with some fizz in the hotel bar. The next morning was an early start. Our flight was at 7am from Quito airport which is about an hour from the city centre. The tour company had a mini b...

We've booked a tour for this part of the trip which we regretted. It's a country Tomas has already travelled but the tour was booked some time ago and couldn't be cancelled plus it includes a stay with an Amazonas family which would be pretty impossible to arrange ourself. When we arrived at the Hotel Quito, in Quito we were too late to attend the tour welcome meeting - thank godness! But we have instructions to meet our tour leader, Henry, early the following m...

My friend Paula along with her boyfriend, Daniel, collect me from the airport. I have heard so many scary things about taxi`s in Bogota that I am happy to have a friend in the city. They take me to my hostel, La Pinta, where I settle in for the night. I see some people in the hostel bar so I drop my bag in my dorm and head down to join them. I meet a couple of people including Gareth (a Welsh guy who has been travelling around the world for over 2 years ), an Ame...

We are staying in the HI in Santa Monica. We arrived quite late so check in and head out for food. We end up in a Thai restaurant which is a refreshing change from the American food we had been eating. The following day we take a public bus to Beverlyhills. On the bus a super friendly guy called Charles Walker. He helps us with which bus stop we need and generally wont stop talking the entire ride. He is really nice though so we couldnt be rude and ignore him. He...

We arrive in Vegas and check in to our hotel, The Mirage. It´s mine and Laura´s first time in Vegas so we head straight out for a walk along the strip and some brunch. We stop at the Cosmopolitan Hotel for food and some drinks in a restaurant called "Holsteins" where the waitresses are dressed in tiny tiny shorts and tight tops. To being our weekend we order a mountain of food and some bucks fizz. Vegas is like no other place on earth. I´d heard a lot about it...