Quilotoa loop and Quito, Ecuador After having extended our stay on Galapagos we realised that we would have to become backpackers on speed! (upscale from backpackers on the run). We caught a bus up to Latacunga, which was the start of our Quilatoa (half)loop. We arrived at Latacunga late that night and crawled off the bus tired from fun and sun at Galapagos (*sigh* ...yes and sea... But Matt and Andrew that doesn't make it funsunsea!). Anyway we managed to fin...

The advice we managed to scrounge from other tourists about how to do Galapagos Islands on the cheap ( ie not pay +US $2000 each) was to buy a last minute air ticket from Guayaquil to Galapogos and then once on the main island (Santa Cruz) buy a last min ticket on a cruise ship (well catamaran). We climbed off the bus at 7am and dragged our wet backpacks (bus was as waterproof as a Landrover!) to the airport and discovered 3 airlines were flying that morning. Th...