We arrived in Huaraz late last wednesday evening after a 24 hour jouney from Mancora. The journy should have been a lot shorter but unfortunately travel in SOuth America is not always as it should be! The first day we managed to find a hostel in the rain and get some dinner before heading for an early sleep. On Thursday we decided that we needed to organise what to do here and we wanted to visit the Cordillera Blanca. This mountain range has the most amount of peaks over 6000 meters in all of the Andes. After a visit to a few different agencies we decided to book the Santa Cruz trek. This trek last for 4 days and goes directly through the range. That evening we stocked up on tasty pizza, packed our bags and ... read more

After arriving in Banos on the first night we met up with Mark who stayed with us in Cotopaxi. He is with a large group from all over the place so we had a couple of beers with them and also Richard and Tom from the UK. We were quite tired that night due to travelling from Cotopaxi so took it handy enough before heading to bed. The next morning we had a big day planned. We started at 8am with a large breakfast in our hostel. Once the belly was filled we made our way to the agency across the road to rent mountain bikes for 5dollars per day, not bad eh?!! There is a brilliant cycle to do from Banos to a place near the jungle called Puyo which is 60km away. The cycle ... read more

So we arrived in Quito on the 14th of November. Quito is the capital of Ecuador and is at an altitude of 2800 meters. My main plan for Ecuador is to climb a mountain (Volcano) called Cotopaxi which is a couple of hours south of Quito. We figured that the altitude training would help. On arrival in Quito we made friends with a spanish couple (Martin and Layla) and we decided to stay in a hostel called the Secret Garden. I did not realise how touristy this Hostel would be but it proved to be great fun. The hostel itself has a 5th floor terrace overlooking Quito city and also the mountain called Pichincha. The first day we just took it easy and just tried to get used to the altitude. The following day we spent ... read more

So we have arrived safe and sound in medellin, the home town of El Señor, Pablo Escobar. Our bus journey unfortauntely was not as pleasant as some before. We luckily got the seats up the front but there was very little leg room and then to make matter worse there was a leak above my seat so my pants started to get soaked. I stuck some tissue up in the roof which slowed it down but I awoke at 4.30 in the morning with weat tracksuit bottoms. Fortunately 30mins later the bus stopped and half the people got off the bus so I was able to jump into one of their seats for the remainding few hours. When we arrived at Medellin Bus station Anne went to put back on her flip flops only to realise ... read more

Hey everyone, just added photos to lots of my previous blogs so you can see what ive been up to plus a few here from Cartagena.... read more