Ecuador

I survived my 10 hour, in fact 11 hour, bus journey from Cuenca to Quito and after 8 weeks I have left Ecuador. I cannot believe how quickly 8 weeks have flown by, and even more surprisingly that it is now 3 months since I have been at work, and I do not miss it one bit :-)

Ecuador is a great country, with such diversity in a small area, from the coast and the Galapagos, to the mountains and volcanoes of the Andes, to the rainforests and the Amazon basin, with good cultural heritage from the Canari and the Inca to the modern day indegenious peoples. It has been a great start to my travels with a good mix of volunteer work, holidaying with friends and plain old travelling. Travelling around has been easy and inexpensive as has finding accomodations and eating out, with my cheapest room being $7.50, which was a single room with private bathroom and my cheapest meals being $1.50 for soup, a main course and a drink. I haved picked up a little more Spanish, and although I got by okay with the little that I do speak it would have been good had I been able to speak a little more.

8 weeks down, 44 to go!