Well we both survived the trip relatively unscathed.It wouldn't be the Clyndes family if I told you it was all sweetness and light but we didn't do so badly.Even if I had lied at this this point knowing me and my father you would know this couldn't possibly be true.But seriously it was a lot of fun - so thanks Dad for making the trip to Ecuador and letting me show you why I love it so much - although I'm not sure you would agree.We kicked off the trip in a vey ho...

Yet another interminably long, bumpy overnight bus down the Pan American. We arrived in Vilcabamba very early in the morning. It was so chilled and relaxed that everything was shut including the hostal we were supposed to be staying in. Whilst there was some activity in the kitchen it would have been easier getting blood out of stone than a cup of coffee. Given it was German owned not quite sure what happened to that German efficiency. Eventually after being...

Carnaval Ecuadorian style somehow lacks the finesse of Brazil. Whilst Rio has its beautiful people out partying we have people throwing water, eggs, paint, foam, etc., at each other. It seemed to go on for weeks so with 5 whole days off it was too good an opportunity to escape the city and the madness that had descended on Cuencanos. All week the weather had been deteriorating but we were still determined to go. Probably our first mistake of the break. We ...

Rather than upload a months worth of pictures I decided to break them up a bit but I still managed to upload over 70 for just a weekend. In fact not even that - only two days away in the end. Oops! Yee haa no work on Saturdays this term so we get 3 days off. Love this job! Our first jaunt of the New Year was to Cotopaxi. We took the night bus from Cuenca which although it had lots of room it was freezing cold and he drove like a bat out of hell. We got d...

I had mixed feelings about leaving Sucre. It had been a lot of fun and I had met some good people but I felt I wanted to the see the rest of Bolivia. I also had mixed feelings about the bus journey itself. It was going to be at least 14 hours - it turned out to be 18 - and that morning we read an article in the paper about how many people had been killed on the roads over the holiday period in accidents. 45 so far and it was only the 27 December. As it tur...