We arrived in Tulcan, the Ecuadorian border town around 11pm and upon arriving in the town looked for a connecting night bus over the board and up into Colombia. However, it was soon made very clear to us that there were night busses that crossed the border. The reason for this was it was too dangerous. Just a month before the entire border had been closed due to bandits and hold ups. Now it was deemed safe enough to pass during the day but there were no bus co...

We arrived in Otavlo around 11pm and got a taxi to a hostel that was perched on a hill 2km out of town. We went straight to bed and were pleasantly surprised once more when we woke up to find an awesome panorama on our doorstep. We had a good breakfast at the hostel before the owner kindly took all of the guests into town to the market. First stop for Mathilde and I was the animal market. On the short walk there we passed dozens of people. The women were all in ...

We arrived in Quito at 5am in the morning and got a taxi to the Secret Garden hostel where we instantly fell asleep. We woke up at 9 for breakfast on the terrace and i was surprised to find an awesome view overlooking the city with volcanic mountains in the background. As we arrived in the dark we had no idea what the city was like so it was a welcome view! Our first stop was Mundid del Mundo - or middle of the world aka the equator. We caught a taxi for the 30k...

Mathilde and I were up early to make the most of our last bit of our time on the Galapagos. Carly however had decided to extend her trip and become a dive master whilst taking the course in the Galapagos for a further 2 weeks. After a brief breakfast Mathilde and I headed to Las Grietas. Las Grietas is a canyon 12m high and about 4m wide where the sea water floods in. It is where 2 tectonic plates meet and have created this canyon that runs for several hundred m...

Mathilde and I were up early for another day of diving. First up was Canal Seymour after we had checked all of the equipment again. Today I was only diving with Tito and Mathilde instead of with the instructers from the day before. The visibility was pretty good and it didn't take long before a sealion joined in the fun chasing fish around. Soon after we also found white tipped reef sharks resting on the bottom and got as close as we dared to pose for photos. W...