Peter William Anderson

Yesterday evening the whole of Quito, and apparently most of the country lost electricity. This happened in the middle of rush hour on our way back from Mindo, and wasn’t fully restored until about 10pm. Hence the delay in getting our sub tropical cloud forest photos online. We spent the whole day visiting butterfly farms, [...]

We actually saw 2 equators today. The monument to the scientists who first mapped it out, and the “new” line, which has been determined by GPS. The first was great for photos, but the second was much more entertaining as we got to fire blow darts, learn about the indigenous tribes, balance eggs on nails [...]

Wow. We have only been here for two days, but already we are having an amazing time. Spent the first 2 days just wandering around taking in the sights of the new and old town. A particular highlight for me was climbing to the top of the Basillica, over dodgy wooden walk ways and a [...]

… and we have finally arrived in Quito. Air Comet lived up to their reputation for tardiness and managed to miss our connecting flight in Madrid meaning we had to spend the night in Spain. They did put us up in reportedly the largest hotel in Europe (can cater for 7000), and it will probably [...]