A Taste of Ecuador Estmados Amigos, The air is thin in Quito, Ecuador's Capital City. At 2,800m we're back to the heavy breathing regime each night and even the lightest exercise is quite exhausting. But we're not here for the City tour of Quito; that comes much later, at the very end of our five-week journey to Latin America. Today we're flying eastwards, out over the Andes once more and into the Ecuadorian rainforest, the Amazon Basin, starting our two hour transfer by motorised canoe down the Napo River from Coca where we land, a somewhat seedy oil town. Here we join The Manatee, our floating hotel for the next four days. The Manatee looks a little like a mini Mississippi paddle boat; white, three decks up from the swirling river and the gentile feel of ... read more

News from South America 1 - Peru 1 Places to visit before I die. As the shadows of life lengthen and the years pass by somewhat imperceptibly, thoughts of things still to do and places to visit drive the seasoned traveller into action; that irresistible urge to turn a lifetime of dreams into reality. Our list of places to visit has finally been prioritised whilst the mind remains alert and inquisitive - and the legs are still working and in good order. An irresistable fascination with wildlife and ancient civilisations puts Latin America at the top of this list right now, Peru and Ecuador to be precise, from the arid Pacific shores to the Andes and beyond to the Amazon basin; desert, mountains, cloud-forest, and the humid jungle of the rainforest. But all of this comes ... read more

Motorhome News from Europe 45 7th May - 13th May 2011 Denmark - Funen (Fyn) and Zealand 'To Travel is to Live,' was a Hans Christian Andersen maxim. And we might just agree with that. It would certainly be true to say that the Denmark we have seen on Jutland is less than dramatic. But this is a pleasant land, full of little surprises that will leave a contented smile on your face and a mellow imprint on your heart. There are striking yellow houses around the town in Skagen, a fine museum of local art, the rushing tidal waters where the North Sea meets the Baltic. There are stunning sandy beaches to the east and west of the peninsular and a vast migratory sand dune at Rabjerg Mile a little way to the south. Hours ... read more

22nd February 2011 To the People of Christchuch, New Zealand Our hearts go with you. From Travelblog members across the world (Photos from Motorhome News from New Zealand 4 , November 2008) ... read more

Motorhome News from Eastern Europe 42 28th June - 8th July 2010 Slovakia. The High Tatra Mountains - and the hills are alive with the sound of music in Austria once again as we wend our way westwards towards home. Strbske Pleso, Tatranski Lomnica, Liptovsky Trnovec, Vlkolinec, Bojnice, Neusiedler See, Melk, Salzburg, The Rhine, Mosel and Bruges. It has been muggy and uncommonly overcast since we left the coast but the sun put his hat on for our trek above the ski resort of Strbske Pleso in the High Tatra Mountains. We picked our way over the uneven rocky track with the morning sun glistening on the limestone slabs beneath our feet, the call of a nutcracker in the mature pinewoods and a crystal-clear blue sky with views towards the stunning mountain peaks as we climbed ... read more