【明報專訊】I had always wanted to go to the mystical Galapagos Islands (加拉帕戈斯群島). As I had read and learned from my fellow travellers that the cheapest way to get there was to find the best bargain in either Guayaquil (瓜亞基爾) or Quito ((首都)基多) in Ecuador (厄瓜多爾), I decided to rush up to Guayaquil from Lima, which meant a 24-hour bus journey on my own.