Destination: Ecuador
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Mon, 2 Mar 2009 | By 2008-2009 | Views [138]
On the 23rd Feb I arrived back in Quito from the Galapagos and within 20 minutes was in in a pick up truck taxi 4WDing through the darkness on my way to Cotopaxi Reserve, 2 hrs south of Quito. I arrived at 8pm and was met by 2 dalmations, 2 sausage ... Read more >
Sun, 1 Mar 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [105]
So, it was back onto the Mainland of Ecuador and heading down south to the beautiful tranquillity of Cuenca. We stayed here a few nights and had some nice Mexican Chimichangas. The Mesuem here is world class showcasing shruken heads!! and Aaron was glad ... Read more >
Sun, 1 Mar 2009 | By 2008-2009 | Views [121]
Hola, So much activity to squeeze into this entry, where to start? Okay! Mel and I caught 4 local buses to the Otavalo Markets on the 17th and then she flew to Brazil that evening. The next day Dave and I missioned out to Papallacta to stay in the ... Read more >
Sun, 1 Mar 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [211] | Comments [1]
Ok so i apologize for not blogging for a long, long time. Just been really busy and blogging takes time, along with puttin up pics. Ok so i went into the amazon rainforest, a thing i think you must do if you go to south america. So getting into the ... Read more >
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [292]
We only had one night in Guayaquil, in a funky little B&B in the centre of the city, but after spending the afternoon down along the harbour, we realised we could have easily spent a couple more days there. We could have actually afforded it too.... Read more >
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 | By ivan_miral | Views [263]
for some people it's mice, for some it's snakes. for me, it is spiders. spiders are good for about one thing in life. and since around here they are doing a terrible spider-job of it, neglecting hordes of mosquitoes and biting flies, and so leaving my ... Read more >
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 >
Wed, 25 Feb 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [109]
Described in the lonely planet as a once in a life time paradise, our expectations were set high from the begining. We had forked out alot of our Aussie cash before we left for a five day boat cruise around a few of the various Islands in the Achipelago.... Read more >
Sun, 22 Feb 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [169]
Because of an Avalanche, we found we had to get up at 5am!!!! Take a 2 hour bus to Alausi and start the train from there...well more of a bus really on the tracks. So we hopped on and saw nothing but a blanket of white fog. Just our Luck! It seemed to ... Read more >
Fri, 20 Feb 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [476]
Well, I can pretty safely say I don't get seasick! We caught the boat over to Isabella Island. Two hours in the heat of the day on a delightful little boat that had enough seats for about half of the passengers and filled up with boat fumes. If I survived ... Read more >
Tags: isabella, galapagos islands, ecuador
Thu, 19 Feb 2009 | By spencerhoneyman | Views [163] | Comments [3]
It´s been awhile. Welcome back to the every-so-often fireside chats hosted by your two and only favorite latin american travel-bumblers. The past ten days or so have been a whirl of mistakes, uncontrollable facts of nature, and lucky breaks. Nothing ... Read more >
Wed, 18 Feb 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [86]
So if you are interested in what it feels like when you get pickpocketed?? Well let me tell you, you don´t feel anything. So i was on a bus from the Old Town historical center in quito and taking a short trolley bus ride to the new town, which is like ... Read more >
Wed, 18 Feb 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [90]
So, we travelled by bus to the lovely town of Banos, in the Andes. It is named after its famous thermal pools. No Hamner Springs, but nice next to a waterfall. ´The town has a live dangerous volcano above it which last errupted in 2006. Its a very quaint ... Read more >
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [117]
After staying at The Secret Garden in Quito we stayed with the same company and went with a bunch of people to Secret Garden Cotopaxi! We traveled in a squishy jeep with 8 of us packed in for a bumpy rough ride to the middle of nowhere. The accommodation ... Read more >
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 | By 2008-2009 | Views [237]
'Vive Ecuador, Vive vive vive', shouted a plane full of people as we hit the tarmac in Quito. Unfortunately that was as much life as I saw over the next four days, bed ridden with a stomach bug, fainting, vomiting etc. A doctor came to see me and in ... Read more >
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