Its been a long time since I got around to writing a blog, sorry. Lately I have been on quiet a few tours leaving me little time for blogging.
So where I have I been you may ask? First off was our Laguna Quilotoa trip in the mighty Unimog; the trip was a great success with everyone enjoying the amazing landscape, scenery and people of this fabulous high Andean area. We had 12 people on this trip with everyone getting to do and see what they wanted, as like always I tried to keep a lot flexibility allowing all of the OLA Adventures to get the most out of there high Andean experience.

One part of the trip we all could have done without was the crazy traffic back to Quito. Easter weekend in Latin America is always very busy but returning to Quito on Sunday night was maybe not the greatest idea, as it seemed everyone had the same plan. The roads were so full we had to fight for every inch of tarmac, fortunately we where in the Unimog and most people came to their senses and gave us a little extra room! Finally at 10pm we rolled into Quito tired but happy to have got there safe and sound. I have to say a big thanks to all the adventures that made my weekend fun and enjoyable.

After the Laguna Quilotoa trip I jumped in the Toyota Land Cruiser and headed off on a 7 day Ecuadorian Adventure with Leah and Amanda, we seemed to cover a lot of Ecuador in those 7 days. From the high Andes right down to the tropical beach for a spot of surfing, take a look at the photos …

This brings me up to my last trip, my family trip. I had been in email contact with Meighan over the past month or so. We had been slowly working out an itinerary that would not leave Frances (3yrs) spending too much time in the car as any more than 3hrs might induce an amazing amount of screaming, crying and “are we nearly there yet”!
Meighan was happy that we could remain flexible and move when they needed to but also stop along away to explore the real Ecuador rather than being on a strict fixed itinerary.

We arranged to meet at the South American Explorers club immediately upon meeting them I new this going to be a fun trip. After an hour of chatting we had a rough itinerary set and headed off towards the Avenue of Volcanoes.
The next 9 days turned out to be one of my best trips, little Frances was a real explorer wanting to do and see everything she could while on this vacation of a lifetime, it was really and refreshing to be seeing Ecuador through the eyes of a 3yr old. She seemed to see things very differently from us adults and she showed me a thing or two about this amazing country.
For me my favorite part of the trip was down in the jungle at the little hidden town of Misahaulli. It seemed the tropical heat and laid back lifestyle of this almost forgotten town had gone to Frances head and we renamed her “tropo girl”
Check out the photos as they tell the story better then I ever could.

This brings me up to date. I am sitting here in Mindo a sub tropical little town set in the lush green humid cloud forest about 100km North West of Quito. As I finish this blog I am sipping good coffee and watching humming birds wiz past me. This afternoon my peace and quiet will be shattered as I am heading back to Quito getting ready for my next clients and another Ecuadorian Adventure, hopefully, tropical beach here I come …

Until next time.

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