Today we are off to the Floating Islands of Uros. We wake up at 5:00 am., pack up our room, store things downstairs, eat breakfast, and take a backpack each with us on our adventure. Tour Scam At 7:00 a.m. I am still haggling prices of our tour with a sub-agent for Escandinavia Travel who […]
We have just managed to get a great deal on a TEPSA coach to travel from Lima to Arequipa here in Peru. TEPSA is a newish coach company. Booking Coach Tickets They have a deal that two seats on each coach to ‘selected designations’ are massively reduced. So we arrive in the hope that we […]
We have just found the most amazing 100 years plus unique and crazy hotel building that we get to stay in whilst here in Lima. It is weird and wonderful all at the same time. Tired When we arrive we are quite tired, and glad our feet are on the ground, or in this case, our […]
Today is a huge day, as we embark on the longest bus ride we will ever take in our travels. These past two days have been a joy as we have met a lovely Chinese guy who lives in Europe. Yesterday we have bought our tickets, and so today we now await our bus in Guayaquil. […]
We are tired from our long bus trip from Banos, and when money troubles hit today, I’m thankful for the kind person who helps us through. The night was hot and stuffy and I honestly didn’t sleep well. My son always sleeps well though, or so it seems, and that is the joy of being […]
Today sees us on another Chivas Bus Truck as we seek some local inexpensive adventure time. We had to wait as the first one was sold out. We get collected late for this one – walking there with a guide to the Chiva. On arrival at the Chiva, 50 crazed people dash into it and they […]
Banos Ecuador Chiva Truck Bus A Chiva Truck Bus is fun – at least for a single-parent family like ours here in Banos that is. Ours had disco music and flashing lights! We met a lovely couple from Quito and they speak English – thank goodness as we had no idea what was going on. […]
Bus to Banos from Quito Ecuador – Easter It is Easter Friday and we are going to be heading off on a bus to Banos. I am up at 4:45 a.m. all thanks to people arriving and leaving all night at our hotel. But I let my son sleep in and we leave after 6:30 a.m […]
Basilica del Voto Nacional, Quito Ecuador Yesterday we went to the church of Basilica del Voto Nacional and climbed halfway up the first viewing tower. However, we had no camera with us, so we decided to come back the next day, armed with a camera – so here we are again today! It’s nice to […]
After our early night, we are ready to leave the Amazon jungle and this is Day 5. It has been a long few days. Birdwatching in the Amazon jungle We join the others at the bird watching tower after breakfast. This birdwatching tower is not a place to leave children unattended as it has a very […]
We are awoken in the night by the loudest thunder I have ever heard in my life as lightning brightly lights our room in the Amazon Jungle. There are gaps in the roof and so I can see the flashes of lightning illuminating into our dwelling place clearly and this is not how I want to […]
Again in the night here in our Cuyabeno Guacamayo Eco-Lodge, something has tried stealing our food. I had zipped it into a secure bag, but it was still ‘attacked’. My guess is a mouse, but we also had a frog visitor in the night, but then, someone suggests it is the bats? I hear it (or […]
