Chia seeds are already hitting the health market in the US but although they are available in the UK they don't seem to have hit the market as hard as in the US. I suppose this isn’t really surprising as the plant is more prevalent in Mexico and Southern America, so it follows that it would more easily find its way across the borders to the US before reaching us far flung Brits!

Travel to Uruguay to see the most magnificent South American Country. Uruguay holds many interesting laces for the treveller to venture too including Montevideo, Littoral, Punta, and the Coast see true Gaucho culture in the famous Estancias

Ecuador has an avifauna diversity that is unparalleled throughout the world. Of the 3000 species of birds inhabiting the continent of South America, over half of those species can be encountered in this small and friendly nation. What makes birding in Ecuador even more appealing is that most of these birds are easily accessible by public transportation. It is the goal of this blog to highlight the avian beauty of this country through photographic images and in-depth descriptions.