Left Montanita last night with the bus to Guayaquil and its quite amazing how cool the bus was, almost no people at all...lots of space, comfortable...so apart from loud blastic shooting movies everything else was just great and cost only 5$.... Got picked up by Kahyda, girl from Coachsurfing and even though it was a bit chaotic and crazy in her...

Stayed in puerto lopez for a few days, drank a few cocktails on the beach, nearly always overcast so not as perfect as we had hoped, but we went whale watching which was cool. At this time of the year, humpbacked whales come to mate and calve off the waters here. The males attract a mate by making as much noise as possible, by singing, which you...

Guayaquil was our first taste of Ecuador and we hated it! The city centre was ugly, dirty, polluted and had a dangerous feel to it. We spent the day at the riverfront which has obviously had loads of money poured into it and was nice enough in a very modern sort of way but wherever you were there was always a policeman in sight, which makes you ...

Another dodgy bus journey to Guayaquil (5Hrs) over rough dirt roads, with dodging landslides every 10mins and getting off for the police control check whereby everyone was lined up and searched head to toe. Arriving at the smartest bus station we had ever seen we couldn´t help notice the planes flying over our heads, realising the airport was cl...

It'll be a short one today since we didn't do much. I spent the morning on the ship trying to work, and I imagine I must have done something since I didn't leave the ship until like 1:00. Today we were going to the IMAX. We'd been seeing advertisements for Robots and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix all over the Malecón for days and Ste...

hola We are now in our last town in Ecuador pity cause it is the worst!!!!! Although it is trying to reedeem itself slowly. The bus ride here was the worst for other reasons it was very safe in comparision to the last bus ride. However, it took twice as long and we got the seats opposite the toilets FUN!!! did someone smell septic???? So you are...

Day 8: Today we have a busy day ahead of us with a lot of travelling. Mike still feels a little sick, but is much much better (in fact, exponentially better). Thank goodness for antibiotics and a nice hotel. So, ahead of us, we have a bus trip to Guayaquil, Ecuador, which is on the coast and then a flight to Lima. While we were in Cuenca, we dec...

Got some food when to this pretty nice park on the river where it was really modern. Went to the Imax for 3 bucks and say gallopagos with some American girls we met.

Well, we took a 6 hour flight down to Guayaquil and are now waiting out an 8 hour layover before catching a midnight flight to Buenos Aires via Santiago. So far Sam and I have gone 3 for 3 with getting spacious emergency exit seats. Without a lie we had nearly 3 feet of legroom on the flight down here! Sam and I have merely ventured out the door...

Noch am Sonntag Abend habe ich mich in den Nachtbus nach Guayaquil gesetzt. Eine Nachtfahrt wie jede andere auch, habe relativ viel geschlafen nachdem wir mit zwei unsagbar schlechten Hau-Drauf-Filme gefoltert worden waren. Am naechsten Morgen, Montag kamen wir gegen halb 7 in Guayaquil an und beim Aussteigen habe ich ein Maedel am Busbahnho, di...