We returned to a rainy Quito on Monday afternoon, instead of going to the Basílica del Voto National I stayed with the group to enjoy a last meal together. We went to an all you can eat and drink Tapas and Wine Bar for dinner and many of us had a bit too much to drink that night. The next day we had organized a private tour that brought us to Ba...

Just about 40 km south of quito is the majestic volcano called cotopaxi. It is in a national park. you can drive up on a dirt road. usually clouds hyide the view to the mountain but you will be lucky in the morning.

Here are some pictures that I have been waiting so patently to put up. Nothing new to say...I was going to go to the beach this weekend but the plans fell through. I have been a little crabby and on edge lately...I don't know why specifically...many, many factors. What has happened to me culturally these past days...or weeks...well I tried to go...

After a great Galapagos experience we finally ended up in the capital city of Ecuador, Quito, which is home to 2 million Ecuadorians and seemingly just as many gringos. This city is very modern, with hardly any crumbling adobe half-built buildings like in Peru. It also boasts two mass transit systems, film festivals, hip restaurants and bustling...

Hola As I have only 2 weeks in Quito I am trying to visit as much as I can of the city. So this morning I venture off to The Teleferiqo, which is Qutio's aerial tramway which goes up from the centre of the city to a hill known as Cruz Loma on the east side of the Pichincha volcano. The ride takes visitors to an altitude of about 13,400 feet (ove...

So I left Rio yesterday at 2 in the morning to catch my flight into Sao Paolo at 5:30 and from there into Columbia and then Ecuador, to begin my adventures in the Amazon! However, my adventures began earlier than I anticipated, while I was still in Rio at the airport. Well I gave myself a good 3 hours before the flight, which wasn't really plann...

This weekend was a very happy time. On Friday after the treatments, the clinic staff, another patient Anita, Jen, Kathe and me all went to lunch. We spent a very enjoyable 3 hours at a local Japanese restaurant. Anita is a 29 year old woman with breast cancer who has responded well and is now cancer free. Saturday we all drove to a town north of...

The last couple of weeks in Quito have been spent uploading millions of pictures and creating this travelogue site while we experience withdrawal symptoms from the emptiness left behind as our travel companions have returned home.  Oh yeah, and we can´t forget the countless trips to the Voz Andes Hospital´s wound clinic, to clean out Reeshma´s i...

Hola Amigos! Yes, I have returned to Quito, this time for a bit longer than the beginning of my trip. My main objective, to learn spanish, and I have enrolled in the Simon Bolivar Spanish School here in Quito. So far, I have had 4 weeks of lessons, five hours a day, and well I am getting better, but also I think my brain is overloaded. But the b...

Still here, am definitely leaving tomorrow though. My excuse for staying this time is a great hostel in the old town (complete with a roof terrace bar with panoramic views of the city) and the annual Viva Quito festival. The festival runs for from Friday through to Sunday with live bands, processions, street parties and chivas which are basicall...