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Published: September 19th 2007
Breakfast in the rainforest
"Another cup of Twinings, dear?"Well, such a lot has happened since our last entry.
Pavarotti and Colin McRae have both died, and Gary Megson has been given the unenviable task of saving City from the drop... and it´s only September!
But back to the blog.
Having had a nice couple of days in Cuenca, including a day out to Ecuador´s "most significant Inca ruins" at Ingapirca, we got a bus to Loja on Monday, so we´re not far from the Peruvian border now.
Yesterday (Tuesday) we had a fab day tour to Podocarpus National Park. It turned out it was a private tour as only us two were on the trip! We could write a thousand words about what we saw, but the concise version is that we went to an "elfin" rainforest, where the trees only manage to grow up to about a metre high (poor dears), and also the real rainforest where we saw their bigger brothers.
Eagle-eyed Bridget spotted a red and black stripey snake (a coral snake if you´re interested) and also a frog in the leaf litter that the guide failed to see. (Mums, don´t worry, the snake was only the
size of a shoelace and was more scared of my camera than we were of it.) The guide suggested that Bridget took the lead, but she declined in case it´s dad lurked around the next corner.
The last couple of hours were spent walking through the rainforest, where we saw some beautiful waterfalls, a few exotic birds, and thousands of ants busily carrying tiny bits of leaf to their nests. Luckily it didn´t rain at all, so we got back warm and dry, but a little bit sweaty! The road back from the Park gave us some great views of the Andes, but the road is, shall we say, "in need of repair" in many parts. This, coupled with the guide´s driving style, made for some interesting moments on the way back. At one point we had to wait for about fifteen minutes as they were still clearing a recent landslide from the road!
The future...
Tomorrow we leave Ecuador behind us (shame, as we have both really enjoyed it here) as we head into Peru. We have a few long bus rides ahead of us as we make our way to Lima to meet
Landslide!
The army were there in their 25 year-old Caterpillars clearing the rubble. our friend (in case you don´t know him) Mr Stuart "Fresh-Faced Gringo" Smithers at the airport on Monday. Hopefully he will not have forgotten anything (i.e. Bridget´s Boots and Superdrug orders!) And Lisa - make sure he gets on the right plane please! (At least to Madrid, after that it is in the lap of the Inca gods.)
Jez and Bridget
xxxxx
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lisa
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no probs...he is fully loaded with your cucumber facial scrub, PG tips and a bar of diary milk, will be on the plane to La Paz.....no probs!