Day 10 Mon 3/4 During the night we sailed to Floreana, didn't get much sleep as pretty rough and my cabin was below decks. When we dropped anchor about 6am I thought we had hit some rocks!! Stopped at post office bay where you leave un stamped postcards and visitors pick up postcards from their own country and either hand deliver on stick a local stamp on free of charge. Kirsty and Amy I have sent one to you so let's see how loñg it will take to turn up. ...

Day 9 Flying to Galapagos, two flights a couple of hours. Total flights now 8. I have had the most amazing time in the Galápagos Islands.into the airport the tourquoise waters looked so inviting. Our boat was desigened for 16 passengers and we only had 7 so we had more crew than guests and a cabin each. There were two sets of newly weds, Sara and John from London and Foros and Jennifer from Toronto, plus Ingrid ex army from Norway who loved to smim ...

Day 8 01/04/06 Full days trip to a market 2 hours outside Quito, on the way met my first lama and went to another equator line site and balanced an egg on it's end which you can do more easily on the equator line. The market was fantastic with all the clothes and food being so different. This is a huge market and somehow managed to bump into my South African friends. Met some of the people who will be coming on the same boat on my tour and they are great fun, we ...

Day 7 31/03/06 Yesterday's flights went well i.e. we made it although we did have some huge turbulence at times. Met a lovely South African couple on the flight from Santiago, they had a great sense of humor and had traveled the world and we just laughed and laughed. It was great to have some company and laugh so much. For what was meant to be a hostel at $10 a night the room was massive and the person I was sharing with hasn't turned up yet, so loads o...

Day 6 30/03/06 Up at 4am to catch first flight of 4 today!! ** During the flights I was thinking about a couple of things that happened in Rio. A local gave me some great advice as we landed at Rio ''Try not to look like a foriegner'' it's hard to blend in when you're the only one carry a ruck sack and your skin hasn't seen sun for neatrly a year. Don't always trust advice from locals if they are trying to sell you something, one my first day I truste...