Ecuador is the second smallest country in South America. Positioned directly on the equator line, many will associate hot, humid and tropical weather with countries of such location, we however have experienced little else but constant rain since arriving here on Monday 3rd March. The splattering sound of raindrops falling on the ground fills the air at this very precise moment, but at an elevation of 2850m above sea level, one can expect little else. With the c...

9 Days on and i´m back to the same place that I wrote my first blog entry. Not just the same place, but the exact same computer.. and yes its running as slow as ever, 5 pictures uploading at a time at the expense of 10 minutes a go. Cheers.Last Saturday lunchtime Noodle and I travelled to the surfer resort of Jaco. A three and a half hour bus ride later and we arrived in the blazing heat, without a reservation.Guess what? Everywhere was full.Eventually we fo...

The palm trees around the pool are gently leaning toward the west, as a nice cool breeze passes and provides welcome restbite from the blazing mid-afternoon heat. This is not the first time I have written this blog. I had just spent 30minutes writing before I lost the whole thing when the internet connection went down. Typical. This is our second full day in San José after spending the whole of wednesday travelling. A 9.5 hour flight from Gatwick to Atlan...