We spent a day on the beach and were suprised to see the sand in the distance appearing to move. Every time we moved, whatever was in the distance moved so we sat very still and waited to see tiny crabs surface from holes in the sand all around us, scuttle across the sand and then pop back inside their holes.
The main reason for our visit was to sail out to the Isla de La Plata, also known as the poor man's Galapagos. We saw whales on the way out and once there got up close to boobies, blue footed boobies, frigate birds with Bright red swollen necks, sea lions and albatrosses. On the way back to the mainland we stopped to snorkel and attracted a number of colourful fish with our left over sandwhiches. We took advantage of the warm weather and sat out on the beach every evening under the palm trees to sip on fresh fruit cocktails.
For photos - http://picasaweb.google.com/trevallion74/PuertoLopezIslaDeLaPlata
For video -
Whale watching - http://www.jumpcut.com/view/?id=604121B659E411DD8715000423CF0184
Rolling Sea Lion - http://www.jumpcut.com/view/?id=704FDAB459EB11DD821E000423CF385C
Crabs on the beach -http://www.jumpcut.com/view/?id=3D0DDBEE59EE11DD86DB000423CF381C
Posing Blue Footed Boobie -http://jumpcut.com/view/?id=DF812B885DD611DD8AFB000423CEF5F6
Also visited the Iguana park, which as the name suggests is home to tens of Iguanas roaming around the park.
For photos - http://picasaweb.google.com/trevallion74/Guayaquil
For video - http://jumpcut.com/view/?id=C82513D65DD711DD812A000423CF382E
In the new town we have visited contemporary art museums, Ecuador's national museum, the second highest football stadium in the world (the national stadium) and parks.
In the old town Sophie climbed to the top of the Basillica by way of a series of rusty and rickety ladders. She was unable to go to the very top as the wire mesh floor was broken, this didn't stop any of the Ecuadorians.
Six km out of the centre, we visited the monument to the Equatorial line that passes through Quito. Visited a nearby volcanic Crater which is the largest active inhabited volcano in the world.
For photos - http://picasaweb.google.com/trevallion74/Quito
For video - http://jumpcut.com/view/?id=3B9AAAC6625911DDB2E5000423CF385C
For photos - http://picasaweb.google.com/trevallion74/Montevideo
For photos - http://picasaweb.google.com/trevallion74/Colonial
After enjoying our time in Palermo we returned to San Telmo for a few days and visited the Sunday market and watched the tango in the square,a place where we had started our travels many months before. We spent our last night eating our favourite Argentine dishes Brochette and Bife de Chorizo, to celebrate our adventure.
This is the end of our adventure. Thanks for tuning in over these past few months, I hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have.
Take care.
Billy and Sophie.
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