Homeward bound

Writing this whilst waiting at our hotel for the taxi to the airport. Had good flights from Cartagena to Quito via Bogota and arrived in Quito a couple of hours before Katie and Matthew were setting off from Bogota to Madrid - after a 7 hour wait at Bogota airport. Sounds as if they both ate too much while they were waiting as they were not feeling too good by the time they arrived at Madrid this morning!

They then felt even worse when they were told they could not bring in their Bogota duty free booze to Spain - despite arguing in their finest and most aggressive Spanish no doubt! Definitely not happy.

We spent the morning in Quito - good to be somewhere we have been before as the tram system seemed so much more straightforward. Had our last fix of plazas, cathedrals and souvenir shopping - although Quito must be the least touristy of all the cities we have been to. We really had to hunt for a shop to buy a couple of last minute things (that Tina thinks we should have bought earlier!)

Anyway, that's the end of our time in South America. It has been an amazing trip - we have seen and done so much and it has really gone remarkably smoothly (still have M25 to come!). Thanks to everyone who has followed the blog and commented on our progress.

Final note - the Tesco online shopping was cancelled after Ian refused to discuss what flavour crisps he wanted! Am sure Tina will get over it by the time we get home..