Hola chicosJust returned from our 8 day boat tour of the amazing Galapagos Islands.  This is probably the highlight of our trip to date!  After taking a flight from Quito to the Islands, we boarded a 70 foot launch and slowly made made our way around the eastern Islands visiting some 10 or so islands in total.Each island was totally unique in landscape and quite often accommodated their own animal species also.  The most common critter which made i...

HolaPues, we are now in Quito the capital of Ecuador.  After Cuenca, the location of our last postcard, we headed to the tranquil little town of Baños where we relaxed for a couple of nights.  Baños sits at the foot of one of the most active volcanoes in South America.  In fact there was a pretty big eruption as recently as August and driving in to the town you pass across the evidence of this eruption, landslides and destroyed homes ...