I know Malcolm's entries have been keeping you all enthralled. This is just my take on Ecuador. So arriving in Quito wasn't the nerve-wracking experience I thought it was going to be. Thanks to Renee and Nicks' experience I was expecting a scary dark little city that was not going to be friendly, but I found just the opposite. So many opportunities to practice my Spanish, from the receptionist of our first beautiful hotel laughing along at my first attempts at ...

Just had 4 fantastic days in the jungle, we packed in so much stuff and saw so many things it will blow your mind! The first day we arrived after a short flight from Quito paid the $20 park entry then were loaded into canoes for the 2hr trip down the river to the lodge on that trip alone we saw a tapir, toucan, kingfishers, macaws, monkeys those giant blue butterflys and many other wierd and wonderful things. Our guide Jairo (pronounced Heyro) is cool as. The n...

Off to Otavalo for the markets in the rain, little did we know it would clear up and become a fantastic day! We went nuts with the shopping because it was so cheap, but the best purchase of all was the PONCHOS!! We also got an assortment of other useless things that shall remain nameless. Bartering was really fun i learnt how to do deals in spanish and brush people off i`m now a real pro. On the way home we decided to go to the Mitad Del Mundo which translates ...

Day started with a 2am flight from LAX to Quito on TACA airlines the departure lounge and check in at LAX was s*** waited for so long and it was not what you'd expect from one of the world's major airports. Flight was good we got to stop over in San Jose, Costa Rica for 1hr 1/2 got out on the runway and walked to the terminal so we have now been on Costa Rican soil. Got to Quito airport one of the first in line for immigration got to the desk and what do you ...

Checked out of our wicked hotel this morning and walked down to Samona Expeditions who we booked our 4 day jungle stay for Lago Agrio through. After this was done we retrieved our bags from the hotel to make our way to The Secret Garden hostel which is a funky hostel in the Old Town part of Quito. After we checked in and were enjoying the spectacular view from the terrace a fine chap from the UK named Craig was looking for people to make the trip up Volcan Pich...