Pygmys, Jungle Cows, Water rats, Stunt Monkeys and a Partridge in a Peartree
Before your imagination starts running wild, no, I have not joined a guerilla army made up of Hutu pygmies in Burundi. I was, and still am in Ecuador - you know, that little country on....uhm........the equator! It has been great to spend time in Quito and Ecuador again, but in all honesty, I might as well have been spending my last two months on Uranus, as the jungle is nothing compared to the climes of Quito. The jungle is no place to raise a child (not that I am doing so, but in case anyone is contemplating it). And it also did not seem to be a place to film water possums. But more on that later. Well, I finally left for Ecuador after some travelling around Central America and some hard-earned restful days on the beach..... On arriving in QUito I was met by a man who I would say is the epitomy of an Englishman. Steve has the demeanour of a Hugh Grant type (bumbling fool) and the looks of a Captain Bird's Eye/Rolf Harris bearded type. Incidentally, Steve has worked on 'Indi...