Prr prrr Peru!!!!

Hola mis amigos y familia! Sean, Jono and I have now arrived in sunny, warm Peru!!! Needless to say after all that cold and thick layers we are very thankful for some warm weather and ocean fun....

Ahhh so where to begin?!?! We have had a very adventurous and busy week since Jono has arrived. We had carefully planned his itinerary prior to his arrival, so really he has had it pretty easy since we just tell him where we are going and what we are doing. He arrived late last Friday night in Quito where we met him with a warming welcome sign at the international airport. The following day we woke up early and caught a bus to Mitad del Mundo (middle of the world) where we stood on the line of the equator for a short boring minute before heading 2 hours north on a stuffy bus ride to Mindo, also known as the ¨cloud forest¨. This small, small town lies on the outskirts of the Amazon rainforest and is known for its zip lines above the tree tops. We spent most of our day getting silly on the zip lines with these two awesome Bolivian women who thankfully spoke both english and spanish and were able to translate all the do´s and dont´s for us. It was an amazing experience and a perfect first day for Jono. After a late lunch we headed back to Quito and found ourselves emersed in a weekend party that filled the streets of the La Mariscal district. The following day we packed up our things and headed two hours southwest for Cotopaxi, a province named after the enormous active volcano that is capped with a glacier year-round. This trip was probably the only thing we had previously planned before leaving for Ecuador and so needless to say I was more than exstatic to get my groove on there.

We were picked up on Sunday morning by a private car arranged by the hostel we were about to stay in (we had to take a private car because buses don´t go that far!!!). As we drove farther away from city the scenery around us became more and more country like. Domesicated and wild animals romed the rolling hill sides, homes became less frequent and paved roads turned into dirt and stone. Sean, Jono, Alisha and I were enthralled to be somewhere that looked so different from where we had just come from. As we arrived at the Secret Garden Hostel I fell in love with the place at first sight. The dirt rode turned into a gravel driveway with horses, lama´s pigs, dogs, cats and you name it on both sides. The red adobe houses were littered with hammocks, flower gardens and ponds. And the best part of the whole thing is every view from anywhere on the property looked directly out at the looming glacier covered volcano... Words really cannot describe how amazing this place is. The hostel is run by a young inspiring Australian and Ecuadorian couple. An hour away from the closest city they purchased 2 hectares of land from a wealthy dairy farmer and settled right against the slope of an extinct volcano (there are three volcanos that wrap around their property). Looking around us there were unlimited places to be discovered and tons of things to do and so upon our immediate arrival Sean, jono and I looked at each other and uninamously decided that we needed to stay three days rather than two. After eating a lunch prepared by the hostel staff of fresh garden vegetable plucked straight from the back yard and home made bread we slapped on a pair of gum boots (knee high rubber boots) and heading into their backyard where we hiked for an hour or so to check out two waterfalls. We returned later that night and gathered in the common room with the other 4 guests and sat around the fire place trading stories and making plans until a family style dinner was prepared for all of us (again with organic home-grown vegetables and... Yes, home-grown organic meat)... Then Sean, Jono and I all nestled into our honeymoon suite :-)

The following day we rose early to find a hot breakfast waiting for us on the table and a car waiting to take us to the Cotopaxi National Park where we would hike to the the starting point of the glacier that covered most of the mountain (at a 15,912 foot elevation). The hike was no walk in the park! We hiked directly up a vertical slope in ankle deep dirt and gravel and high winds threating to send you sliding back down the hill. (It took us about an hour and a half to walk less than a mile, to give you an idea of how slow we were walking!) After returning back at the base of the mountain Sean and Jono hopped on mountain bikes and proceeded out of the National Park on a downhill ride. We returned back to the hostel where we jumped in the jacuzzi and played board games for the rest of the night.

On our second day there 10 of us set out on horses towards one of the extinct volcanos for a 6 hour round trip ride. Within the first 5 minutes of riding Sean turned to Jono and told him ´Im deathly afraid of this 2,000 lbs animal´.... I think Sean probably would have turned around if there was a chance of refunding his money, but that option wasn´t available so he contiuned on in what later became absolute misery! On the other hand Jono and I were having the time of our lives. We were given the liberty of doing whatever we wanted with the horses and going off by ourselves if we wished. Taking full advantage of this we raced down streets and charged up hills... It was so incrediable riding a horse through all this plush, green, open, deserted land! Once we reached the top of the volcano, three hours later Sean was blue in the face and ready to walk his horse home. We had some banana bread and let the horses rest while Sean, Jono and some others hiked to the top of the volcano. On our way back down Sean was dying but decided that he would rather get it over with than stay on the beastily animal so five of us charged down the long, long driveway and headed home. It goes without saying we were dying of pain after being on a horse for six hours so once again we headed to the jacuzzi and stayed there for quite a while before dinner....

On our third day there we signed up for a 6 hour hike up to the remaining unconquered volcano. Holy smokes this one kicked my butt! For three straight hours we hiked directly straight up the sides of mountains in a 13,000 foot altitude heading for the highest peak we could see. Although the wild animals weren´t in abundance we did manage to come across a herd of wild horses mixed with lama´s and countless birds. Once we reached the top it was incredible! We could see Quito, which was 2 hours away in front of us and behind us was a 900 foot drop through the clouds (yes we were higher than the clouds!). After a pinic lunch of pig head sandwiches we bounced around taking pictures. After returning we packed up our stuff and bid goodbyes to all of our new friends and headed for the bus station and headed down South.

The next morning we woke up on a bus in Montanita and I was the sorest I have EVER been in my life! It was the first time we had seen the beach since we arrived in Ecuador and it was a beautiful sight. The town was four streets wide each directly and filled with hippies, surfers and night clubs. It was also the closest town to the island Isla de la Plata (known as the poor man´s Galapagos)...


Unfortunately we´ll have to share more of our adventures with you when we arrive in Cusco, Peru (in 2 days)... my time at the internet time is up and we have a bus to catch (40 hours on a bus yay!) I promise once we get there we will update you and add pictures!

I hope all is well with everyone! Nos Vemos!

Our last days in Baños....

Hola everyone!
We are now on the last of our ten days in Baños, and I think we have done it all! Over the last four days since returning from the Jungle we hiked to the top of mountains surrounding the city to see the statue of the virgin, we para glided with amazing views of the volcano, we biked another 15 miles to Diablo falls, and we rented dune buggy's once again! Tomorrow we catch a bus back to the Capitol Quito to pick up our friend Jono and the airport and then we will head off to the Cotopaxi volcano! Also we have a new addition to our traveling two-some! When we were in the jungle one night eating dinner a girl from California overheard us talking about Hawaii, and asked if we knew the same people she was just visiting there. Low and behold we did, and we had actually met her on her visit to Hawaii a few months back. Her name is Alisha and we have hung out with her and done all of our activities with her ever since! She is also going to come with us for the next week or so of travel to Cotopaxi and to the beaches, so if nothing else Jono wont feel like a third wheel for his ENTIRE trip haha.


We had returned from the Jungle on a Friday afternoon and took a couple of days off to enjoy the carnival atmosphere that baños turns into on the weekends. Then on Sunday we decided it was time for some exercise so we started climbing up the thousand something steps that lead to the statue of the virgin that overlooks Baños from high above the city.

The views were amazing and the low oxygen workout was brutal but we made it, and we got up and down about 2 mins before the 70 year old couple that was also climbing it that day, we knew if they beat us we were going to have to lay off the french Fry's for a while :)


The next day was our new friend Alisha´s birthday so we had to do something special, and what better then Paragliding five thousand feet above the city! The ride was incredible, it was like skydiving in reverse, you catch a gust of wind on the top of a hill and you fly straight up a few thousand feet!!

We could see for miles and miles and we could even catch our first glimpse of the volcano that has been hiding behind the clouds ever since we arrived in Baños...The pilot took each one of us up for about 20 mins, Lynz got a bit longer of a ride because the wind died and the pilot could not safely get her back to where she took off from so he floated around for a while looking for a safe place to land, but I guess that's pretty normal.

The next day we rented some bikes and took off through town and along the mountain roads that are famous for their waterfalls. Along the route we fallow a deep canyon that has a raging river flowing through it and every couple of miles another river plunges over the edge of the canyon to join with the river below.

The ride was nice, but getting off the bikes every couple of miles to do the $1 cable car over the canyon and the waterfalls was incredible!

The cable cars stretched thousands of feet above the river below and some of them went directly over the waterfalls, it felt just like and incredibly unsafe version of Disneyland!

As we came to mile 15 of the bike ride we had arrived at our destination of Diablo falls. We had to park our bikes and walk down a trail for about 20 mins to find it, you could hear it well before you could see it. As we walked across an Indiana Jones style bridge that stretched across the river we got our first look at the waterfall....not so impressive.

But looking closer we could see people standing right next to the falls, and they looked like ants! We quickly realized we had underestimated the size of the falls, and we were just farther away then we thought. We found our way to a trail that took you right up next to the falls where some CRAZY Ecuadorians had constructed a series of look out points below, next to, above and BEHIND the falls. Now that we were spitting distance from the falls we understood where the falls got its name, there is no way someone could survive the pools below the falls, there were literally millions of gallons of water coming over the edge of the falls every minute.

The lookouts at the bottom of the falls were scary enough, but we soon found that there were tunnels built that if you climbed on your hands and knees for a few hundred feet, you could make your way Behind the waterfall!

So of course we started crawling

and after a few mins we were just feet from the falls, it was one of the loudest things I have ever heard.

The final 15 feet you had to dash under pouring water and then snap a quick picture before running back into the safety of the cave...quite the adrenaline rush!

Yesterday we were determined to take our new friend up to the tree house that we had found last week, so once again we rented our lean mean green machine dune buggy and charged up the mountain.

We took a few mins to swing out on the swing that goes over the valley and then headed to the only restaurant built into the cliffs overlooking Baños.

Casa Ruton has the most amazing view you have ever seen from a lunch table period.

The Carpaccio was delicious (and under $5!) and we sat there for the rest of the afternoon taking it in!

Tomorrow we will be getting back on the bus for another 5 hour bus ride back to Quito to pick up Jono at the Airport. The next three weeks are going to be incredibly packed...somehow even more so then they are now! We will try to do another blog in about four or five days when we arrive in Cotopaxi, until then we miss you all!!!

Sean & Lynz

We survived the Amazon....

Last night we returned from our trek into the Amazon, what a great couple of days it was! On Thursday morning we got into a truck that took Lyndsay, myself and two Austrians two hours into the Jungle for a very busy couple of days.

Let me first start by describing our travel partners the Austrians, or the lesbians as we affectionatly began to call them....behind their backs of course! For the life of me I never caught ether of their names because I don't speak phlegm, but for the stories sake lets call them Horris and Borris. They were both 32 and on their first trip to South America as were we. Horris (the lady) was studying to be a doctor, very pleasant to talk to but didn´t know too much English and physically she was a little bigger then the average bear. Borris (her boyfriend) was quite a bit more reserved even though he was pretty good with his English and he was very frail and feminine looking and much smaller then his girlfriend. His feminine looks were compounded by his choice of hiking attire, white clothing from head to toe! As we began to hike we got great amusement from watching Horris lift Borris over the more difficult parts of the trail and let him sit in her lap in the back of the truck to keep is white pants from touching the dirty bed of the truck!

Our first stop was the monkey rescue center called ¨Centro de Rescate los Monos¨or in English ¨Monkey Rescue Center¨ haha. As our truck pulled up outside there were monkeys on the dirt road before we had even entered, so naturally Lynz and I grabbed our cameras and chased them around for about 10 mins until we realized that if we just listened to our guide, the smarter thing would be to go INSIDE the center where there are like a hundred monkeys and no chasing involved. This monkey palace was not in anyway in closed and the monkeys are free to come and go as they please but they never go because nothing beats free, hand feed bananas. So after walking thru the front gate a monkey walks straight up to Lynz on its two hind legs, grabs her arm and hoists itself up onto her neck just like child riding on its parents shoulders.

As we took it all in there were monkeys of every species, from tiny little squirrel monkeys the size of....you guessed it, squirrels to bigger ones that were almost ape sized.

They also had turtles and opossum looking things to dogs and cats running all over the center, it was seriously something straight out of Ace Ventura. Some of the smaller animals were just like puppies, they would come running up to you and want to sleep in your arms, or play fight, which is a little scary when you see their needle sharp teeth!

After about an hour with the little creatures we were on the road again to our final destination alongside a giant tributary river of the amazon. The camp was a little touristy when we arrived in the way it was traditional grass hut looking structures....with running water and plumbing. Since we had decided to do a two day one night trek, all of our activities were back to back so we basically put down our stuff, stepped into our rubber boots and headed off into the jungle.

Our guide was a very nice guy named Gustavo who was born in the area and married to an indigenous tribes woman from the jungle. He took us on a hike to a waterfall that was a couple of hours outside of camp. Along the trail we would literally stop every five feet for him to show us how to use this plant/bug/mud/rock/stick/flower/etc to make anything and everything. We chewed on leaves that made our mouth numb, painted our faces with seeds that were bright red, treated bug bites with tree sap, ate ants that were far more sour tasting then lemons, braided bracelets with plant fibers that are stronger then metal wire and of course exfoliated our skin with Amazon mud. You can find anything in the jungle, Lynz and I were half expecting him to pull a TV or microwave out from under a rock! After returning from the waterfall

we made our way back to camp and ate a traditional indigenous diner, and hoped right back into our boots to head off into the swamps to go Cayman hunting (Cayman are those alligator looking things). With only our guide and our flashlights we walked along the edge of the swamps scanning with our lights looking for the reflections of their red eyes. When we would spot a pair of eyes, our guide would run over and jump into the water to try and grab them but with no success.

When we returned to camp Lynz learned the hard way not to leave food in her backpack, a rat chewed a hole straight through her pack and ate our only apple! We then looked at the walls of the room and could see they were crawling with huge 747 sized roaches! We fortunately had mosquito nets and wrapped ourselves in them so tight we probably looked like mummies from the outside but it did the trick.

We woke up in the morning feeling a little stiff and tired but ready to go. So once again we hoped into our rubber boots and headed off into the jungle for a 5 hour hike to another waterfall. When we arrived we were in a deep canyon with sheer walls that required you to strip down into your bathing suit and start walking through the waist deep water for about 50 yards. After reaching another dry part of land we put down our stuff, took off our boots and had to swim another thirty yards around a corner where we could suddenly see what we had just worked so hard to get to.

The waterfall was breathtaking, it was crystal clear blue water with beautiful vine covered cliffs surrounding it. A tree had at some point fallen into the water next to the falls but came to rest vertically so you could swim over to the tree, climb up it and jump into the pond, which everyone did several times.

The waterfall had been splashing into the pond for so many thousands of years that a pretty big cave had been carved out behind the falls, so you could actually stand behind the sheets of water, it was incredible.

Upon arriving back in camp, our guide notified us that our canoes were ready so we walked down the the rivers edge to board our canoes (which should have been named death boats).

These rickety, termite eatin, barely buoyant pieces of crap were so unstable and so un-waterproof we should have probably politely declined the ride, but when in Rome right? So as our guide pushed us out into the current four wide eyed tourists began our ride of terror down what should normally be a reasonably tame river. After getting to the first set of many rapids we realized why the boats were in such bad shape, the guide makes little or no effort to miss rocks and boulders, and at times seemed to enjoy watching us get whiplash and splinters trying to keep ourselves from flying out of the boat every time it nearly capsized.

Of course lyndsays butt had not yet recovered from the bike ride the other day so bouncing down a river for 45 mins did her healing process no favors. But to be honest the view was amazing and no one caught a blow dart in the neck so I guess I would do it again given the chance.

We arrived back in Baños yesterday around 6pm and noticed that it was not the quite little tourist town we had left 36 hours earlier. The streets look like Waikiki or Vegas or something, apparently its a national holiday and all the locals flood Baños on three day weekends so we are truly getting a taste for the culture. Half the streets are closed to foot traffic only, all the restaurants are packed and people are partying night and day despite the rain and 50 something degree weather.

We plan on staying in Baños till Friday when we will catch a bus back to Quito where we will meet Jono at the airport, spend a day and then head off to Cotapaxi for some more adventures! Look for another blog sometime near the end of the week. Till then Adios



Sean & Lynz

Day 8 and still cold!

The night before last we arrived in Banos by bus. It was a long six and a half hour ride with not a tourist or white person in sight. Our bus driver was apparently slow and enjoyed taking his time because we had many angry Ecuadorians protesting his driving skills by yelling and banging on the sides of the bus the entire trip down. Ironically, I found it amusing and it helped to pass the time.
None the less we arrived safe and sound at the side of the road bus terminal around 10 and we were immediately fished out of our bus ride by a very anxious and persuading woman who owned a hostel... As we looked around us at the deserted bus stop we realized our choices were slim so in a quick moment we decided to go with her. Little did we know that we would be staying with her and her family in their home that they have converted into hostel like rooms. It all worked out in the end because we have the most comfortable room that we have had yet.

The town of Banos sits at the foothills of the Andes mountains and is two hours west of the Amazon. Looming above the city is the Tunguahura Volcano that erupted last only two months ago. There are several houses that sprinkle the sides of the mountain that lie under the volcano yet despite all the smoke and threating lava, those people never evacuate their homes.

So on our first day here in Banos we woke up and stepped outside and looked up only to see the largest mountains looking back at us. We are literally sleeping on the foothills of what seemed like the Koolau´s! Walking further into town we immediately fell in love with everything we passed. To our left there is a waterfall that falls directly down into the town that the Ecuadorian´s have found ways to prosper on by building aquaducts and pipelines that pour into a several showers and three pools, all loaded to the brim with people. The town is filled with beautifully architectured churches, colorful parks and small gardens that line the street sides. It captured Sean and I so much that we have decided just to stay put for the next ten days until Jono arrives and we head back to city life. And there is enough to keep us busy and beyond for the entire length of time since the streets are filled with outdoor activities and Amazon treks (in which we will begin with one tomorrow)!

Yesterday was a lesiurely day for us, we hung around the streets walking up and down soaking it all in and deciding what we would do. Then we met a friend; she is really the first person we have had an indepth conversation with (and hung out with for longer than a couple hours) since we left. Overwhelmed to talk to someone else other than eachother we mobbed this girl and made her our friend... Her name is Treveena :-)

Today (after a night of convincing her that we were cool) we all decided to rent one of the beefy, decked out, mean machine, dune buggy that are abundant in this town. After making some sandwiches, obtaining a terrible map and getting our hands on the keys of this beefed out buggy we took off on the highway and headed for the spot on the map where there was a waterfall and some hot water springs. We ended up on the top of a hill where we could look down on the lush green-farm based-hardly populated city. Also at the top of this hill, past a three minute walk up a steep mountain was a tree house that sat on the edge of a cliff accompained with a swing that swung you over a 10, 20, then 30 foot drop below you... It was scary, fun and incredible all at once. We never did find a waterfall and the hot water springs had been turned into crazy tourist attractions but all in all it was a great day.

Tomorrow we are heading into the Amazon for a couple of days on a tour, I am really looking forward to it!

Hasta luego mis amigos!

lyndsay and sean

PS sorry for not posting pictures, we were short on time... We will load you up upon our return on Friday!

We climb volcanos that you can´t even pronounce!

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Let me just start by saying its been a pretty eventful two days. Yesterday was spent shopping all day at the largest outdoor market in Ecuador then hiking to a beautiful waterfall, and today we hiked several miles to the top of Fuya Fuya volcano (Pronounced Pfuya Pfuya, like your trying to spit at the same time your trying to say it haha) and then biked down the volcano all the way back to our hostel in Otavalo almost 20 miles away!!. To be honest between the hiking biking and shopping I think the shopping took the most out of me....But it was therapy for Lyndz.
So starting back at yesterday, the town we are staying in is famous for their outdoor market esp. on Saturdays, very similar to the swap meet at aloha stadium, except everything is a dollar. You could buy anything from clothing to jewelry to hammocks to knives to whole pigs!!

It was amazing, and I wanted one of each, but unfortunately the backpack only holds so much! (Lyndz didn´t let that stop her, she emailed Jono who will be joining us in 2 weeks to let him know he would be sherpa-ing back all of her newly purchased goods.) After spending the first half of the day at the market, we hopped a cab up to Pechuga waterfall a few miles outside of town. It was pretty impressive but what took our breath away was the fact that Ecuador isn´t very sue happy, so there were kids literally standing on the slippery rocks about 60 feet above the falls just running around with the parents laughing. If these falls were in the states there would be like three guard rails you would have to hop over....not in Ecuador.

After returning from the falls, we were hungry and decided to make a full dinner out of street vendor food. First we started with what seems to be the local delicacy, a few slices of pizza with ham which were delicious! Then we moved on to the most impressive skewer of meat you have ever seen, sorry I ate it before lynz could snap a picture but it was nearly two feet long and had 4 different animals on it! After that we got the famous Ecuadorian corn on the cob which is BBQed right on the street, dipped in butter and slathered with what looked like cheese....simply amazing! oh and everything we ate came to a total of $3.00 :)

This morning our alarms were set for 7:30am and we were picked up at 8:00am for our volcano adventure. About 45 mins outside of Otavalo stands Fuya Fuya volcano at the top of a loooong winding narrow cobble stone road. We were the only two guests our guide had for the day so we were really exited to practice our Spanish on him. Before we could do that we had to help him unload the bikes from the back of the truck, walk them up a hill and hid them in a gully under some bushes where he proceeded to lock them up (in Ecuador ¨locking up¨involves about 4 feet of string about as thick as a shoe lace and several knots).

The base of the hike was at about 11,000 feet I believe and we had to hike to the summit which was at almost 15,000 feet, which wouldn´t be so bad if we were acclimated. After huffing and puffing and learning Spanish and teaching English to our guide for a little more then 2 hours we reached the top, to find about 50 foot visibility! Our guide told us not to worry because every so often the clouds would break for about five seconds and we would be able to get some nice pictures. Both lynz and I thought we heard him wrong or were confused with our translations but a few mins after that all the people at the top with us started yelling ¨the lake! the lake!¨and everyone jumped in front of cameras to get their picture taken, and in literally 5 seconds, the clouds had moved in again and you couldn't´t see a thing! This happened about 4 times while we were up there, and by the third time we were ready!!

The hike down was really steep and hard on the knees so naturally we were pretty beat by the time we got down to where we had left the bikes. After unlocking (untying) the bikes we started on the looooong cobble stone road back to town. If you haven´t already imagined let me paint a picture of what cobble stone roads feel like on your butt ridding a bike for 18.6 miles....its the equivalent of setting up a slip n slide on stairs and going down it....for two hours.

Tomorrow morning we pack up and leave or hostel and head down the the Pan American highway where we will stand on the side of the road (not at a bus stop) to catch a yellow bus with red letters that shows up once a day usually around 3pm...yeah that's literally the instructions we were given on how to get to the city of Banos. Banos is about 6 hours away but from what we hear its well worth the trek. We are looking forward to a lot of outdoor activities, natural hot springs and cheap massages!

We will update you all again when we arrive!

-Sean & Lynz

Ole Otavalo!

Hola familia y mis amigos! hemos llegado en Otavalo!

We are now on our third full day in Ecuador though it feels like we have been here a week. Strangely enough we are now well acclimated to the altitude (although I still huff and puff up a couple of stairs) and the time. When we first arrived I was sick and pretty miserable and naturally I passed my flu on to Sean who just got through the worst of it yesterday. So we have spent the past couple of days doing mello things around the city of Quito (the captial of Ecuador). The city itself is a beautiful city once you get past the smoggy buses, the hords of traffic and a bustling crowds. Volcanos, snow capped mountains and large statues of Jesus border all four corners of the city, so from anywhere in the city you can look up and just be reminded of where you are.

Today we decided to travel out of Quito and up north to Otavalo, a small city 2 hours north of Quito. It was quite an adventure getting here... Sean and I thought we were doing alright with our elementry spanish in Quito, yet the minute we stepped outside the city limits we realized the taxi drivers and hostel owners were taking it easy on us. We got onto a $2 bus ride we weren´t entirely sure was going to Otavalo and we were dropped off on the side a highway where we had to walk a bit through a shady neighborhood to get to a hostel. But as luck would have it we got a great little hostel near the market and main streets for a whopping $6, followed by a $3.50 steak lunch. Wooo!

Otavalo has the charm that read so much about. The streets are made of cobblestone lined with markets and vendors selling fresh fruit and produce... Every so often you come across a grand church that is filled with candles, stained glass and people chanting prayers in spanish. Its quiant and cute and just the change we were hoping for coming out of Quito. Tomorrow we are heading for what is known as the ¨largest market in Ecuador¨, kinda scary for me considering I have no space in my backpack nor the want to carry more stuff than I need! :-)

I hope all is well with everyone in the north, if anyone gets a wild hair you know where we will be! Hasta luego! Lyndsay and Sean

We have arrived!

We have arrived safe and tired...After a day and a half of non stop travel our planes landed about 10 miniutes apart, our gates were litterally 30 feet from each other and we were in a taxi in no time. We told the driver to take us to the Secret Garden hostel which we read about before we arrived. The driver got us there in no time, in part to the fact that he has no clue what a red light means, which isn´t very comforting when you dont have a working seatbelt. The hostel is really clean and they have all the ammenties so we are going to stay another night here. Lyndsay is pretty sick and I am starting to feel it as well so I´m not sure how much exploring we are going to be doing but we will keep you all posted along the way!

Lynz & Sean