All Change!!

hi , hope all is well.

My Mum commented on the fact that my blog entries were getting shorter and shorter. There is a reason for this i haven´t had my journal when i have been writing it and i have forgotten the things i have done. My travel journal is so big and full now that it requires a suitcase of its own.

Anyway i am about to liven things up. My Galapagos project has been cancelled due to Government restrictions on the National Park and having volunteers working with the tortoises. So as a result i am going to an animal sactuary just near the Amazon Jungle for 12 days. I know you will think i am mad, but i am fairly happy with this as i have had a really bad feeling about the Galapagos since June, and since i have been in Ecuador i have not heard one good word about the project. Somethings are not meant to be!

After the animal project i will then return to Quito for four days before flying to my beach holiday in Miami for 11 days, which i am really looking forward to.

See you all soon

Andreaxx

Still here

hi everyone hope you are all well. On the countdown to coming home now, roughly about 51/2 weeks now. Have already been making preparations for my return.

Over the past week or so i have been doing quite a bit of sight seeing and concentrating on me Spanish. 99% of the time i have absolutely no idea what to say and then i will get in a taxi or go into a shop and will start speaking Spanish. I can roll my Rs really well...

Today Wednesday 25th ( i think), we had a trip to a wildlife sactury, where they save animals who have been badly treated. Its quit a good place and tourists are not meant to go but it was good to see.

As my travelling bones have got a bit tired since arriving in Ecuador i have treated my self to a nice beach holiday which i am really looking forward too. One last extravagance before i return back to the rat race!!

Andreaxx

Feeling Normal

My first week in Ecuador has been a little hectic, from being in nice quietplaces such as the Australian outback and nice little town in New Zealand, i am now submerged in a hectic major city like Quito. Not only have i had to get used to traffic again, there has also been the high altitude and the jet lag to deal with.

In the morning i have four hours of one to one tuition of Spanish and in the afternoon its free time. Last week i killed my self sight seeing in the afternoon and now i am taking a more relaxed approach of doing very little in the afternoon.

At the weekend a few of us went to Banos to visit the thermal pools, i wasn´t well though and had to stay in bed, better now, think i was doing too much.

This week its more of the same, although at the weekend i am planning a hike up Mount Cotopaxi!!

Buenas Dias, Hasta Pronto!!

End of a chapter, start of another one!

hi, hope all is well. My last days in New Zealand were good, went to a Maori culture evening which was a good night andd the following day we went to a Maori culture centre, saw a few geothermic mud pools. My favourite activity was the 150ft night abseil into the glo worm caves, really cool but terrifying and adrenaline busting, after the abseil we then had to climb 150ft back up so i could do it all again.

I also did a trip to Cape Regina the most northernly point of New Zealand and also a cruise of the bay of islands.

Now i am currently in Ecuador, i spent one night in Chile although i spent it sleeping as i was very jet lagged. Ecuador so far is pretty good, bit breathless from the high altitude but this will settle down in a few days, which is good as i am planning to climb a few mountains. Had my first spanish lesson which was pretty intense but hopefully i will pick it up quite soon.

Take care

Andreax