27th June 2013 - it is pouring rain today which does give the surrounding mountains a very mistic feel with the low cloud and hazey appearance. After breakfast went in search of an ATM to find some money before heading to quayaquill, am trying to be more organizing instead of just arrived at a place and hoping for the best. This plan didn't come together as all the ATM in the town seemed to be out of order, so once ago will just head off and hope I can find a pla...

26th June 2013 - early breakfast and then off to start my canyoning adventure. Meet at the tour companies office and got fitted for the wetsuit, Wetsuit jacket, shoes and helmet. There are 3 other people joining me and we have two guides with us which is a great ratio. Drove out to Rio Blanco about 15 minutes out of Banos. There we changed into the westsuits, had out harness fitted and then went through all the safety and technique. Having the two guides and then...

25th June 2013- enjoyed breakfast at the hostel and catching up on Internet before heading into town to catching the Chebas bus tour. It is a double decker open top bus. We started with a tour around the town... This was interesting as there are many over head wires and lines which were at the same height as the bus so we had to constantly watch our heads to make sure they weren't hit... Some tree branches did make contact with various passengers. We then drove ...

24th June 2013 - up earlyish both from habit after so many starts on the boat and also to make a couple of calls. Left the hostel around 9am and got a taxi to the quitumbe bus terminal in southern Quito. Walked up to the ticket offices and spotted one that had express to Banos but there was no one selling tickets the next office said they were going express to Banos leaving at 10am which was in 3 minutes. Quickly brought the ticket and ran to find the bus. Luckil...

23rd June 2013 - Up at 5:30am as we took the dingy to Seymour island and them spent an hour walking around. It is such a peaceful place with hundreds of birds including blue bobbies, tijertes, gulls and finches just to mention a few. There are also land iguanas on the island. They were only introduced there in the late 1950 after the building of the airport on the nearby baltra island threatened there existence. Back on the boat for a final pancake breakfast bef...