We arrived back to Quito on the Friday and headed back to our hotel Fuente Piedre 2. It was good to be back somewhere safe whilst staying in Quito. This hotel was really nice and cost with potentially the best showers to date. The front desk spoke little English but were very helpful and allowed us to spend most of the following day in the foyer before we made our move on to Peru. On the Saturday night the remaining tour group went out for dinner. We went to a ...

By the time our tour to the Galapagos came to start the following week, we were more then ready to kiss goodbye to Quito and head back to the beaches and wildlife. Our tour was organised by G Adventures and was called Galapagos on a Shoestring. We spent a week island hoping between San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Isabella and then back to Santa Cruz. It was a jam packed week full of activities, boat trips and early mornings. However it was such a relief to have ever...

So long Ecuador. Our stay here has been eventful to say the least. This has been our longest time spent in one country so far, spending one week in Quito and then another on the Galápagos Islands. Whilst in Quito, we were a lot more active than we had been up until this point. Long gone were the days of being surrounded by Costa Rican beaches and English speakers. Instead we found ourselves trying to navigate a busy city with our very broken Spanish. For the...

A few tips we have learnt in our very short time travelling. The do's... - Do get advice from other travellers. They will be the ones who know best. Ask questions and get recommendations from people you meet in hostels, they are far more reliable then websites and reviews. - Do learn some Spanish. Seriously. Dos cervercas por favor can only get you so far. - Do try to cook as much food as possible in the hostels you stay in. This will definitely help keep ...

It has come to the fourth week of my travels and the pages left in my journal are quickly running out. In order to continue to document my travels, I have decided to continue the remaining ten weeks on here. Already there have been so experiences that have quickly come and gone. In order to get this blog up to date I will quickly overview the past four weeks. So, from the beginning. Two girls. South America. Thirteen weeks. My best friend Katie and I left t...