I was now back on mainland Ecuador after a great trip to the Galapagos and after nearly 3 months it was time to leave the country and make my way to Peru. With my plane landing in Guayaguil I decided to spend a day with some friends (Amber-Jay, Johanna and Emma) before getting the bus into Peru. I spent most of the day with Emma trying to send some things I had bought home which proved to be an expensive mission and also getting some amazing ice cream recommended by Emma mmm, in the evening I met up with the others and a group of their friends and had good fun with some of the girls getting seriously into the karaoke. I got to the bus station early the next day and managed to get a ... read more

A 10 hour bus took me back to the action packed Quito. Paola and her family insisted that I stayed with them when I returned so I kindly accepted their offer and they picked me up from a nearby bus station. I then spent the Monday picking up my passport from the Embassy and also seeing if my cards had arrived (which they hadn´t). I had re-arranged my flight to the Galapagos for the Wednesday so I was really hoping the cards would arrive on the Tuesday....I spent the day waiting in and around the Spanish School I was at hoping a FedEx van would pull up. Eventually at 4pm the package turned up and I couldn´t take the smile off my face...I went to the cash point and checked they worked which they did ... read more

Ok so after returning to Quito hoping for a package to arrive from home I found myself facing a slightly different issue than I was thinking. I spent the weekend meeting up with the friends I had previously met in Quito and also booked my flight to the Galapagos for the Wednesday. When it got to Tuesday night I got all my stuff together in the hostel ready for the night bus to Guayaguil then the flight afterwards. What then happened next would make a massive dent in my travels....I had my large and small bag ready, packed and locked so I could take a taxi to the bus station, I then quickly went to the toilet leaving my bags by the toilet door in the lounge area of the hostel, after coming out the toilet ... read more

So its 2 weeks of Spanish classes done and 2 to go, still enjoying it but thats not to say there are more than a few stumbling blocks. On the Tuesday the girls suggested going to Mindo which is apparently around 1 and a half hours away from Quito. I arranged to not have lessons on the Tuesday and girls did the same or so I thought. After getting up really early on the Tuesday I caught the bus and met Mayra, we then got a further bus to meet Paola and Janinna before getting a taxi to the station where the bus for Mindo leaves. We got on the bus and it only cost around $2 which was great and got our seats at the back...it was then that I found out that Mayra and ... read more

The Ecuador adventure starts! After getting our stamps into the country we caught a 6hr bus to the capital Quito. When we arrived in the station it was a bit creepy, none of the lights were on and there weren’t many people around...we did wonder whether it actually was the station. We found out that the area we wanted to go was still quite a way away and we would need to get another bus or a taxi. I must admit I didn’t mind getting a taxi as we all had our bags with us but Lorina and Maria seemed more keen on the cheaper bus route. We saw a guy jumping into a taxi and asked where he was heading to, he was a Norwegian guy that was heading to the same area as us ... read more