Ok, so I am actually a week behind in this blog so this is going to be a quick some up of the rest of the week in Quito and Ill do a seperate one with our Jungle trip. We have also come across a snag in terms of continuing this blog in such detail. I ususally write up each one on the ipad in the evening or when we are in transit however this is no longer possible. Having managed to retain all our items in Quito and avoided being mugged or pickpocketed, the day we...

It took us 6 hours to get to the Jungle, most of them I spend going over and over the theft of my bag in my head, not helpful or productive. Poor Doug endured my occasional rantings about the contents and was calm and practical about it whilst I was raging and emotional! We eventually arrived in Tena, the town closest to our lodge. After a brief stop for food in cafe in which some European cup final was playing (i think Barcelona was one of them). The boys in ...

Saturday and we were up at a reasonable time (9!). We had breakfast but unfortunately both of us were suffering from some digestive issues and had to return to room and ensuite rather quickly. If there was any mystery left in our relationship there certainly isn't now!  However this did not deter us from going out and exploring Quito. First we headed 15 mins into the new town where an adventure travel agent was. The streets were really empty except for the poli...

Friday, the second day of advert and I had a ridiculously early flight to Ecuador. I taxied it to the airport having tried to be as quiet as possible getting up in the busy dorm but was scuppered by the noisiest metal lockers which any sound reverberated round, like a kettle drum. Also, the blankets were statically charged and gave alarming blue flashes when you turned over or took them off. I checked in, with a momentary panic my bag would be too heavy, but all...