Hello peeps!! Thanks for the messages, glad all is good! Except for the speed awareness course, naughty father!! I trust you have a saved a programme for me to see when I get back, which as you all remind me is imminently approaching! I must admit I am starting to look forward to consistently hot and powerful showers, home cooked food- particularly roasted vegetables and salad, and not having to painfully attempt to navigate new cities on an almost daily basis. I...

Hello everyone! Hope all is good back in blighty! Mothers birthday celebrations looked good! So much to catch up on..... Sunday: Me, Patrice, Isaac and a Dutch guy and american girl headed out to explore Quito. We bused to the old town and walked around the colonial buildings- lots of fancy churches. But the city has a very relaxed vibe to it. Hardly any traffic and relatively few people for a capital city! We walked up to a viewpoint on a hill in the middle o...