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Holly and Joe - A travelling affair

We are going on holiday, the exploring kind!

First stop is in high altitude Quito, Ecuador. Next stop who knows… what we do know is we have some mountains, jungle, sea, animals, treks, steaks, very long bus trips and cold showers ahead of us. Joe has been practicing the steaks and bush man’s beard growing and I have been practicing the all important picture taking. We both have had a dreadful introduction to cold showers with a boiler breakdown at home last week so we are beginning to feel quite prepared.

Joe and I will write about our South American musings and naughty travelling incidents here. I hope this little blog will keep you entertained. x

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By Holly and Joe
November 19th 2009

Inca trek to Machu Picchu South America » Peru » Cusco » Inca Trail

Inka trek

J: The first drama of the trip happened before we had even left Cusco. Neither of us own hiking boots suitable for the trek, and not wanting to buy them we found a place where we could rent them for a week. We tried on a few pairs and found some that we liked so booked them for the trip. We returned to pick them up on the evening before the trek only to find that there had been a minor problem. Apparently, the shop had suffered a mouse infestation in the intermittent days, and the little rodents had eaten through [View Full Entry]

By Holly and Joe
November 14th 2009

Pottering around Peru South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Lima

On the sand dunes

H: So it's been a month of holidaying now and I seem to think we have quite gotten the hang of this. A couple of travelling lessons, three very long bus rides, some grazed arms and alpaca wool paraphernalia, we have seen and done a lot more than we even imagined when we set off! We are in Peru now where everyone is so sweet and helpful, the women are short and colourful in their pretty skirts. So picking up from Joe's update in Loja we sat in a dimly lit garden restaurant for hours waiting for the bus. A game [View Full Entry]

By Holly and Joe
November 2nd 2009

Small town Ecuador South America » Ecuador » Centre » Baños

Go-karting

J: Ecuador is so named because it's on the equator. So, to see if water really does flush down toilets in alternate directions in each hemisphere we headed up to Mitad del Mundo ('Half the World'). We've already burned through about a third of our budget for the entire trip in Quito and the Galapagos Islands so to keep costs down we went on a couple of buses to travel the 22km to the Mitad del Mundo monument. We didn't really know where we were going, where we were supposed to change buses or how we'd get to the monument when [View Full Entry]

By Holly and Joe
October 31st 2009

Two lessons... South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

J: In the last two days I've learned two lessons the hard way: 1) Yesterday lunchtime we went for lunch at Mercado Central which is where all of the locals eat. Mercado Central is basically a large hall split into scores of identically sized domestic-looking kitchens, each offering slightly different local fayre from the next. Our smattering of Spanish was not comprehensive enough to translate most of what was on offer, so we veered away from outlets tempting us in with piles of raw chicken heads and diced pig trotters at the front of their stores and headed for the veggie-looking [View Full Entry]

By Holly and Joe
October 27th 2009

The beautiful Galapagos Islands South America » Ecuador » Galápagos

Sea Lions on the beach

H: Hello Galapagos, what a very pretty place you are! Barren islands sprouting Cacti, white sand beaches, muddy wetlands... and the guidebook is right, incredibly fearless wildlife. Landing at the makeshift open-air airport we realised this was really a trip of a lifetime. We found our guide who was calling out the name of our little boat, "Rumba, Rumba". It was indeed little, the smallest boat in the Galapagos waters we were told. Five teeny-tiny bunk cabins, the roof just high enough for me to stand and squatting Joe. This meant for some rocky nights at sea but luckily Joe and [View Full Entry]

By Holly and Joe
October 26th 2009

Quito South America

Mariscal

J: Hello! We arrived in Quito after an eventful journey: getting up and out before 4am, seeing someone have a seizure feet away from us and the emergency procedures being exercised on our first flight, having to run across Madrid airport to catch out connecting flight. When we finally got to our hostel after about 19 hours travelling we were shattered and headed straight for bed. It was only 4pm local time. A few interesting aspects of Quito life struck as we acclimatised ourselves, such as the incessant beeping of all traffic whilst moving. Everyone beeps their anger, appreciation [View Full Entry]

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