The Cuyabeno Reserve is one of the less touristy jungle trips in South America. In order to get to the reserve we had to take an eight hour overnight bus, followed by another few hour bus ride and a three hour boat ride. On our five day four night tour were three other couples. We'd previously met and arranged to do the trip with an American couple we had made friends with in Quito. During the slow boat ride to the camp, our guide was constantly spotting wildl...

Quito is the capital of Ecuador. We stayed nearer the old town as it was apparently safer than the modern area. We went for breakfast on our first morning in a lovely cafe. The decor was very religious, with paintings on every wall. Simon noticed that in one painting Mary was breastfeeding Jesus. Religious iconography in South America are very different to what we are used to seeing at home. Outside locals were shouting and selling their goods - the noise reminde...