Quito
View from the terrace of Secret Garden, Quito
Nigel & me
Mitad del Mundo - the middle of the world
Richard, Anne & Nigel at Mitad del Mundo
View at night from the terrace
Dinner at Secret Garden
Bernadette, me, John & Jonathan
Cotopaxi
With the Italians in Cotopaxi NP
Packing our stuff for the hike
Lunch at the refuge (4800m)
View down from the refuge
Cotopaxi Glacier
Training at 5100m
Nariz del Diablo
View from the roof
Indigenous girl waving
Ecuadorian girl
children trying to catch lollipops
View from the train down into the valley
me & Nige on the roof of the train
Spring in Cuenca
Cuenca
At the Panama Hat Factory
Being silly
Parque del Centro, Cuenca
Ingapirca - Temple del Sol
Ingapirca-ruins
Chasing Lama´s
Looking for a spot to camp...
...and getting wet
Cara del Inca - the Inca´s face
Ingapirca
Marie & me at Eucalyptus
Max & Bjoern
Bjoern
Salsa-dancing at ´La Mesa´
Horsebackriding
View from the mountainridge
un caballo loco
me & Marie
back from the trip
Guinea-pig for lunch!
Fausto, Marie, Martha & Nige at the restaurant
Nige (yes, not Nelly!) the morning after passing out at La Mesa
At Luis Uyaguari´s guitar shop
An armadillo´s carapace
Armadillo-guitars
Sam playing one of the super-expensive guitars
Lake at Cajas National Park
Reflections
Nigel & me at Cajas
Misty lakes
young cactus plant
Don´t know what this plant is called, but it´s really pretty. Kind of looks like an underwater coral
The ground at Cajas NP is covered with these plants, they´re EVERYWHERE
lollipop-flowers
Mag & Giddy
Cactus-like Plants
Mature cactus-plants
Hiking at Cajas
Cajas
Bouncy grass next to the forest
Forest of Papertrees
Small Waterfall at Cajas
Mag, me, Nige & Giddy
Us being goofy!
Hitched a ride back to Cuenca in a pickup-truck = loads of fun!
Market in Gualaceo
Bananaaaaaaas!!!
Indigenous woman with her baby. The way they carry their kids around is so cool!
Animal market in Gualaceo
This is how the poor pigs end up... the skin is really crispy and doesn´t taste that great but the rest of the meat is alright
Cathedral in Cuenca
Sombreros at a factory
Trying different hats
Maggie, Marie, Giddy, Nigel & me at Eucalyptus
Taylor enjoying his desert
dancing Salsa at La Mesa
Maggie & Gids
Mean-looking snake at the zoo in Cuenca
Crocodile
The hostfamily: Jose, Juan, Manuel & Ruth (and me & Nige)
sunset in Cuenca
Fruitmarket in Machala
Being happy to leave the NASTY hostelroom in Machala
Church in Machala
