Hi.

Just arrived in Equador last night after travelling up from Cusco. We left Cusco on monday evening which was a shame as we were loving it. Just had my birthday and it was quite good fun. After spending lots of time withthe kids. Two english girls arrived one is going to newcastle next year and the other manchester, and both me and maggie had quite a few mutual friends which was strange. Along withmilo another guy our age we had a pretty good week. we ended going out the night before my birthday which was extremely fun, and it didnt stiop us going out again for my birthday. however when we woke up we found out the taphad flooded the whole flat and soaked all our clothes... milo´s ipod even broke. but instead of clearng it up.the girls made me birthday breakfast a lovely bacon sandwich.after a tedious tidying session we were able to prepare ourselves for the bungee jump we had booked for the following day. All of us did manage to do it, however maggie didnt seem top enjoy it and the girls did have to get pushed. While we were in cusco we also tryed a spirtual amazonion drug called Ayahuasca which was a really strange but cool experience. We also got tomeet loads of cool people working there aswell. We are now in Banos after a 40hr bus journey and another 12hr one last night. Banos is famous for its volcano. we have just found out that the activity has increased recently and the foriegn office has warned travellers not to go there... but oh well we are still planning to go see it if we can. Will give another update after we settle into the fooltball in quito.