The phrase cloud-forest conjures up an image of lush green vegetation covered in rolling mist, with an ever-present sound of running water in the background like something out a Livingston adventure. This is EXACTLY how it really is. Add in a crazy ride across a 1000ft tree-covered valley in an open cage suspended by wire (one of the least safe contraptions that we have ever seen), and it really felt like we were in an Indy movie. [img=http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v190/132/122/515535794/n515535794_956245_1097.jpg center] Not exactly the safest form of transpo [View Full Entry]

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[img=http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v215/89/64/193107857/n193107857_35249560_1109.jpg center] There is such a sense of tranquility in the National Park with no-one around you - except for the guy on the left! For anyone who doesn’t know about Cotopaxi, it’s one of the highest active volcanoes in the world (the summit is at 5,897m above sea level). Before you ask, no, we didn’t climb to the top - we actually only climbed about 200m of it, and even that was only to base of the glacier that sits on top of the mountain. But let me tell y [View Full Entry]

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If anyone is ever tempted to fly into Quito, then don’t! If by some miracle there’s not too much fog above Quito to land, you’ll just have a terrifying high speed hurtle down the runway. In their wisdom the Quito city planners decided to build an airport with a mountain at the end of the runway - not too good with the high-speed landings (necessary because of the altitude). However, if you’re not that lucky, then you might experience something like our 40 hour jaunt from London to Quito to Guayaquil (Ecuador’s second city) to Quito to Guayaquil and finally to [View Full Entry]

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