Some say that the water filled caldera at Quilatoa is the most beautiful site in the whole of Ecuador. After cycling the El Angel paramos and spinning under the armpit […]

It is a rare thing the feeling of being totally consumed by a landscape. The reminder of personal insignificance, the tingle of total self-reliance and the empowerment that comes from daring […]

Leaving Quito came as something of a relief. I would never have visited the city if it wasn’t for the arrangement to meet my sister, Jo, there. All I saw […]

A new year, a new country but the stories of unbelievably beautiful South American dirt roads continue as before. Having arrived in Quito a few days ago I tied up […]