Destination: Ecuador
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Fri, 20 Mar 2009 | By yu-en-me | Views [399] | Comments [19]
so ok, it´s been quite a while since i last wrote, but i´m going to unashamedly use my ´state´ as the excuse: i´m pregnant! and now that i´ve ruined all chances of building up the suspense, i guess i´ll just jump straight to the FAQs: wtf! you´re not ... Read more >
Sun, 5 Apr 2009 | By k-lero | Views [436] | Comments [13]
Seguimos con la ruta. Estoy un poco espeso hoy pero ya llevo bastante retraso, así que se hará lo que se pueda... Ecuador era un país que cuando comencé el viaje no sabía si visitaría o no, nadie me había hablado de él y no tenía apenas información, ... Read more >
Tags: ecuador
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 | By kelly4563 | Views [372] | Comments [3]
Well I just have lots to update everyone on Friday, I went to Cajas National Park... and you should definitely check out the pictures because it was goregous. However, as I am looking back through the snap shots I took I am realizings that the ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [285] | Comments [6]
There was still so much to see and do in Costa Rica but I'm very excited about this next leg of my trip. I left at 9 am to the San Jose airport and waited in line for an hour, good thing I was 2 hours early! Security is much the same as we have experienced ... Read more >
Tags: Airports
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 | By vietnamviking | Views [423] | Comments [5]
Hidey ho, I'm so tired right now but I will try to recount the past few days as well as I can. Thursday was jungle day. We had booked a 2-day jungle tour from Quito and spoken to Mowgli once we got to Baños (the guy who came from the jungle, remember?), ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Wed, 4 Feb 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [160] | Comments [4]
Unfortunately i couldn´t be there to celebrate with you on your birthday, even though we probably would just go to ???applebees (bc of libby) but i am stuck on a 36 hour bus ADVENTURE (no bus ride is calm or boring in SA) and only a computer to communicate ... Read more >
Thu, 22 Mar 2007 | By kelly4563 | Views [971] | Comments [7]
yay! i am here in ecuador. So far the experience has been amazing. I am currently in the capital, Quito. Today we went to the equator, went to the largest basilica in South America (La Iglesia de la Compania), to the Ecuadoran version of the Statue of ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 | By kelly4563 | Views [273] | Comments [7]
Yay! I am finally here. Today was my first day of classes ... and wow this is going to be a lot more difficult than I had anticipated. My host family is great :) mi madre is a little bit overprotective and wouldn´t let me leave the house without ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By treezy | Views [133] | Comments [3]
Hello there,well this entry brings me into the Ecuadorian capital. I met this hippy chick in Cuenca a few weeks back, and she has been travelling through South America for 2 years, in a van playing music and selling bracelets to keep going. We got on ... Read more >
Thu, 2 Oct 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [1025] | Comments [6]
When I arrived at the village of Juyuintza, which is in Shiwiar territory and is in the Ecuadorian Amazon close to the Peruvian boarder, I had no idea what to say or how to act in front of the large tribal group. The pilots wife said to me just before ... Read more >
Tue, 14 Feb 2006 | By ldeutch | Views [2473] | Comments [6]
I have a novel to write about the week I just spent on the farm outside of Vilcabamba. I found it through WWOOF (worldwide organization of organic farms), and we decided to spend a week there. Vilcamba is in the south of Ecuador, 1 hour by airstream-... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Sat, 8 Sep 2007 | By vietnamviking | Views [329] | Comments [3]
After a gazillion flights (ok, 5) I finally made it to Quito! Everything went smoothly, even going through the most hated Charles de Gaulle airport which has had a bit of a facelift. All of a sudden, the signs there have actually become informative.... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tue, 9 Sep 2008 | By bagen | Views [215] | Comments [3]
The last time we caught up with our travelling adventurers, they had been harrassed by a gang of Sea-Lions, bullied by Boobies, stalked by Hammerheads and ogled by Marine Iguanas. Tune in now for our next installemnt of,,,,,, GRINGOS IN GALAPAGOSSSSsssss!!!! ... Read more >
Wed, 18 Mar 2009 | By ivan_miral | Views [360] | Comments [2]
The flip side of the uneasiness of the groundlessness of traveling that I was talking about before, is the joy of the freedom that goes along with the groundlessness of traveling. There is something beautiful about waking up each morning on the road ... Read more >
Fri, 6 Apr 2007 | By kelly4563 | Views [1281] | Comments [5]
I got to experience Palm Sunday here more out in the country among the indigeous people of Ecuador and it was really cool. We were on our way to Igapirca (an Incan ruins site) and we stopped at a really amazing church up in the hills. Then we stopped ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 25 Aug 2007 | By jonno-nadia | Views [414] | Comments [2]
Since we last wrote a lot has happened so here goes. We left Lima and headed north to a city called Trujillo(like the suicidal,Ozzy,Metallica bass player). It was not the most happening place but nice all the same. We moved on to a small seaside village ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 7 Oct 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [413] | Comments [2]
I was sitting in the communal hut when the president of the village (Hernan), stood at the edge of the wall-less hut and blew into a shell that sent out a deep hollow tune. Soon enough, most of the tribe if not everyone was together, waiting to hear ... Read more >
Fri, 14 Sep 2007 | By vietnamviking | Views [409] | Comments [2]
Though our group split up during the past few days, it's been volcanoes all around. Monica and Charles climbed Cotopaxi, the second highest peak in Ecuador at about 5,900 meters, and Alex and I went to see the volcano at Quilotoa. The bus ride to ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Tue, 11 Sep 2007 | By vietnamviking | Views [234] | Comments [2]
Tomorrow we´ll be leaving Quito after having spent another 2 nights here. We all loved this city and are planning to live here sometime within the next 10 years. However, it´s almost time to continue onward to new adventures. But first; a recap. ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 | By bagen | Views [157] | Comments [2]
When you`re cycling through the lovely country side of inland Ecuador, you get to a bridge over a rather deep ravine, theres ropes and mats and other paraphernalia and a smiling Ecuadorian dude comes towards you with a jumping harness... what else are ... Read more >
Mon, 25 May 2009 | By kaplan | Views [93] | Comments [2]
Visto que Cuenca no tien mucho que ver, principalmente si vienes de Perú, una tardecita soleada me decido a acercarme a Sigsig, ese pueblo cuyo nombre parece que está escrito pa'tras (como Chordeleg, que está al lado), donde me han dicho que hay un ... Read more >
Tags: lugares
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By sandn | Views [240] | Comments [5]
If you are a budding photographer, a wildlife enthusiast, a sucker for baby animals, an evolution admirer or just enjoy relaxing on the calm ocean waters in a comfortable boat with a few interesting people and an excellent cook; the Galapagos is the ... Read more >
Tags: adventures
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 | By will | Views [2968] | Comments [4]
Going to the Galapagos is an expensive business and this tends to put many inderpendent travellers off going there, which is a great pity as it’s a fantastic place. There are ways to get around the expense and have a great time, this is how we did ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Tips
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 | By ivan_miral | Views [278] | Comments [1]
“Ivan! Their shower is hot! Like really hot!” We're at a hotel in Quito, Ecuador. Miral has finished up in the baño compartido (bathroom shared with the rest of the guests on that floor) and is delivering very exciting news. I'd experienced a lot of ... Read more >
Tue, 7 Jul 2009 | By jorge_tote | Views [206] | Comments [1]
Hola, (For English read bellow) Me encuentro en Montañita, conocido como el mejor lugar para correr tabla (surf) de Ecuador. Todos los viajeros internacionales que vienen a este país sienten la necesidad de venir este lugar. Nuevamente ... Read more >
