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It had long been my ambition to travel to South America, and in particular Peru and the Galapagos Islands. Like everyone else I wanted to see the giant tortoises.
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For the second stage of our South American tour we travelled from Lima, Peru to Quito, Ecuador. We arrived at the old airport, tightly squeezed between the houses. I still have the image of colourful clothes flapping on washing lines at what appeared to be only a few metres from the aircraft wings.
After a day sightseeing in Quito we flew out to the Galapagos to begin our week long cruise.