Monthly Archives: February 2018

We needed to be in Rio on 8 February for carnival! Shouldn’t be too hard getting from Quito in Ecuador? Not at all, around six days by bus! We are no strangers to long bus rides but 6 days is … Continue reading →

HA HA!!! We appear to have arrived just before carnival! Somehow a crazy mate from Melbourne made the same error… And then the heat got to us! Let’s grab some outfits and go out to play! Most photos not suitable … Continue reading →

Heard of it? No! Neither had we! Home now to awesome ex Mounties Brian and Janette, they kindly showed us around. Starting with the Ecuator Pretty cool one foot North and one foot South! Turns out that North means left … Continue reading →

Seven hours on a bus from Quito, two more in a minibus, then two hours in a motorised canoe to reach Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve. Pure jungle, no Wifi, no phones. Heaven! Off to a local village one day to see … Continue reading →

David Attenborough, eat your heart out. Spent an unbelievable 3 weeks on these beautiful Islands, enjoying our own personal wildlife documentary! Didn’t do the somewhat pricey cruise option and went DIY instead. We quashed the myth that the Galapagos is … Continue reading →