Cotopaxi is the second highest summit in the country, reaching a height of 5,897 m. It has one of the few equatorial glaciers in the world, which starts at the height of 5,000 metres. Which I will tell you about later.We stayed at Secret Garden which is an amzing hostel with spectacular views of cotopaxi volcano. We stayed in the tent accommodation which was so comfy at night with llama blankets and hotwater bottles also the best spot to view the volcano. The ac...

Finally arriving in Banos at 4am we went to the first hostel we could find (San Deigo Hostel) and thought that would do for a night. It was only $12 a night for our own room/WC and a beautiful view over the river and mountains of Banos. We decided to stay there for the rest of our time in Banos and we were the only people there which was nice.Our first day was a late start which was a treat as we knew Banos involved alot of treking and riding.We went for a walk t...

After the flight and bus to Montanita we arrived in perfect time as Saturday night was massive. Heaps of local Ecuadorian´s come here for the weekend.We dropped our bags off at the closest hostel which was only $20 a night which we thought was pretty sweet little did we know that you could get a room for $10 per night but it was nice to put our bags down.Caught up with our mates Mark and Mitch and hit Cocktail Ally which was just heaven. There are about 20 littl...

We left the hostel early with about 8 people from the hostel to boardthe 2.5 hour flight to the islands. After a mission to get from theairport to the harbour we arrived at our boat, The Floreanna.After a beautiful prawn lunch we went back to land and visited a natural tortoise farm where there were tortoises 150 -180 years old. They were massive. After that we walked through a lava tunnel from an old volcano eruption which was really interesting.Dinner was great...

A long day crossing the boarding into Ecuador. It all went well but got totally ripped off changing our peso´s into USD even after we were warned! You get that I guess. We have learnt another lesson. Border town Tolmer to Quito was $4 for 5 hour bus trip big change from Columbia where travel was so expensive.We finally arrived at our hostel in Quito after the 1st taxi had no idea where we wanted to go and the second one broke down, typical South America. We had ...