Ecuador Frontera

7 hours! Our worst border yet and what a way to spend Jo's birthday! We were desperately trying to avoid crossing on this day but found ourselves out of things to do and were only a few days from our 3 month visa expiring.

Luckily we bumped into KP & Taylor so at least we had someone to chat to. We then headed to an overlander paradise, Finca Sommerwind, run by some Germans with tonnes over travellers - maybe as many as 15 which is easily double what we've seen anyway else on the trip. We also met the Brazilians from Xmas (Felipe & Gabriella) again, and Maya was delighted to be able to resume her wrestling match with Amora, their gorgeous puppy.

It was really nice to hang around a lovely spot, with great facilities and a super cool bunch of people.Read more