Today we travelled from the Amazon to Banos. We stopped at a balsa wood factory for a while and then continued onto a waterfall where we had the opportunity to hike down closer. Some of the more ambitious in our group went behind the waterfall..not us...and some tried but were not small enough to fit through the narrow gap. By the time we had finished we had given our legs and lungs a good workout and then we continued to Banos for a very late lunch. John and I d...

Hi all Today we set off on a coach with our group of 14 plus our tour guide and driver. It was a rather wet day so wet weather gear a must, and a little cool. We journeyed 45 mins to the middle of the earth...the site of the equator passing through accessible land. There are actually 2 sites very close to each other. One was established in the 1700 s before instruments were as accurate as they are today so the first site we went to was the real one. The site is...

Hi all Our flights were good and all on time and all our luggage intact and there...unlike the guy we met at breakfast who is on our tour and his luggage did not arrive. During the flight we were able to look out the window as we flew from Santiago to Quito and look at the beautiful countryside. Mountain ranges reminiscent of the Blue mountains and a patch work of crops interspersed with wide long rivers. No pics yet but in a little while we will make our first...

Hi all.....we are not there yet but this will be our first stop, so hopefully you will be able to see this and I will be able to add photos etc. We are on the countdown now...bag almost packed....