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 ...

Buenos Dias Todos,Well we have arrived safely in the pretty but wet city of Cuenca. We are planning on staying here for a few days as the thought of more bus travel right now is not a nice one! What we have seen of the city so far is some pretty plazas, cobbled streets, market stalls and lots of shops and restaurants that make up a bustling city. Hopefully if the rain and drizzle stop we will be able to get out and about and explore a bit.From Peru (after some ve...

Hola Todos, We are now actually in Ecuador but will give you a quick postcard and photos from Lima and a summary of famous Peru! We stopped off in Lima for only 2 nights and had fun walking around a very diverse city of old and new and even got a whiff of misty sea air. Many other travellers had really talked Lima down so we were not really expecting much. However our impression of this vast city was pretty positive and we enjoyed the short time were were there...

Hola amigos y familia As you can see from the updated photo album, we have just trekked the famous 4 Day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (and this morning caught a flight to Lima). The trek was brilliant, with great weather, a great group and a great bunch of porters, cook and guide.  We imagine that the photos speak for themselves in terms of what is encountered on each day.......?  Anyway, we didn´t find the trek all that difficult but we h...

?Hola? (The following postcard is written in Spanish, so for those who can?t understand please do a search on Google for a translation website and copy and paste the below for a translation to English. Sorry, the translation won?t give you the exact word for word details but you will be able to understand the gist of it. Chris K or Anna C or Victoria B - you guys know suitable websites, maybe you can paste on to the message board?). Pues, ahora Sarah y yo aqui en...