Quito We went into old Quito in the morning, seeing the Basilica and many Catholic churches which were truly beautiful. The highlight being watching the Corpus Christ catholic procession pass us, with huge numbers of clergy in all their robes, people scattering rose petals and lots of singing. This is a very catholic place, made evident by the number of churches everywhere! Lunch consisted of rotisserie chicken; however you get a starter of soup unbeknown to us...

Amazonas Day 1: A quick turnaround after landing back from the Galapagos took us to Quito airport the next morning - the 20th May. Met by a representative from Sacha Lodge who had already checked us in and then pointed us in the direction of the airline lounge (nice) - clearly this was going to be a luxury trip with these standards set up front. Then the short flight to Coca which is beautiful to get an aerial view of the river as it snakes its way through the d...

Galapagos Islands 15th May Day 1: After taking many different modes of transport and getting pretty confused, we eventually got to our boat, the Angelique. Once a sailing boat it has now been renovated to cruise round the Galapagos Islands - no sails sadly, all motorised. A quick briefing on the boat and then we were on our way back onto the terra firma of Santa Cruz, the island we had just travelled from, to go to the tortoise sanctuary. On our way in we saw a ...