Scrambled Gringos

The biking and the hiking weren’t enough to satisfy my need for action so this week we went down to the jungle and did a little rafting.
The first day was our training day and after a quick lesson in paddling and jumping inside the boat we set off down the Quijos river. There was a [...]

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Trailing the Incas

After all the excitement of Monday and Tuesday it was time to chill out in a converted railway station in the plains beneath Chimborazo volcano. It was just a day to rest, acclimatize and get ready for our three-day trek to Ingapirca, the most important of the Inca ruins here in Ecuador, so I guess [...]

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Hurtling down volcanos

Now I’m sure you’re all sick and tired of hearing about me chilling out in various exotic places for the last few weeks but never fear it all changed this week. It was time to get active, no more of this laying around watching the world go by, it was time to take control! (Naturally [...]

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