After our lovely beach excursions, we turned eastwards and headed back towards the centre of Ecuador, before then heading south and on into Peru. And we had a mixture of modernity, elegance and relaxation as we did so. Our first stop was the second city of Guayaquil. With two million people, it was a total […]

After “doing the Eastern circuit” of Ecuador and then visiting the Galápagos Islands, we moved on to the north and west of the country. To be honest there isn’t much north of Quito, as beyond Otovalo is effectively Colombia. So after Otavalo we moved westwards and on to the coast. Otovalo is a lovely old […]

The Galápagos Islands – what can we say. They are incredible, unusual, surprising and beautiful. Most people “do the Galápagos” on small cruise ships, but instead we decided to do a trip staying on land, with two hour speedboat rides between the islands. This allowed us to see a different side of the Islands and […]

After relaxing in Misahualli, we had a few days of doing completely the opposite. We moved on to Banos, which like Tena, is known for outdoor activities. It’s a lovely town too, and has lots of nice places to hang out in, which was good after we had some busy days. On our first day […]

After Chile and Bolivia, we were looking forward to a new country, and we have already had a great time in Ecuador. We flew into the capital, Quito, and stayed for a few days in the Old Town. Quito was lovely, and the first of the cities we have visited which has retained a large […]