A journey down Volcano Alley, to the Holy Waters and the Land of the Condor: Baños de Agua Santa, Tungurahua December 12th 2014 Friday 12thDecember 2014
On Tuesday morning we left Quito for a five hour bus journey down “Volcano Alley”, to Baños de Agua Santa in the province of Tungurahua, in the central Andes region. It seemed like a longer journey; we are suffering from altitude sickness again, but it is much less severe this time around. After three weeks in Ecuador, we have finally found the “economical Ecuad ... read more
South America » Ecuador » Centre » Baños The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more
We are off island-hopping in Thailand for the month of February. We shall leave home on the 1st of the month and return on 29th (an extra day for Leap Year)! Our journey will be from Alicante to Barcelona by train, then two flights, the first from Barcelona to Doha and the second from Doha to Phuket, both with Qatar Airways. Although this will be our forth visit to the "Land of Smiles", we haven't been there for eleven years and plan to visit islands we haven't seen before. In 2009, we travelled overland from Singapore to the island of Langkawi, Northern Malaysia, in the Southern Andaman Sea. ... full info