Destination: Ecuador

Photos: To Cuenca

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 | By southamerica | Photo Gallery

Ecuador and The Galapagos Islands

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 | By coggos | Views [2165]

Ecuador   Finally, we arrive in Ecuador. Our last week has been spent trying to get out of Colombia and across the border. It hasn't been easy, with the farmer's protests in full swing, the roads out of the country have been blocked and ... Read more >

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Ecuador and the Galapagos

Sun, 29 Sep 2013 | By ecuadorgalapagos | Views [401]

There is so much I want to remember about the amazing people, places and experiences that have filled the first days after my 28th birthday in Ecuador, that I can't help but put them down in this letter. Quito, Ecuador's capital city (incidentally ... Read more >

Photos: Ecuador

Sat, 28 Sep 2013 | By coggos | Photo Gallery

Vilcabamba, Ecuador

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 | By southamerica | Views [523]

From Galapagos we flew back to Guayaquil and just missed the direct bus to Loja. Rather than stay in sin city again we opted to head back to Cuenca instead. The elderly lady at Posada Todos Santos was as surprised and happy to see us as last time. We ... Read more >

Photos: Galapagos

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 | By southamerica | Photo Gallery

Galapagos

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 | By southamerica | Views [465]

THIS PLACE IS AMAZING!!! I cannot stress enough how much we loved this bit, so much better than we expected.  We arrived by Tame, with a lovely meal on the plane - salad is not something we have risked much since being out here so a lovely treat.... Read more >

Cuenca and Guayaquil

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 | By southamerica | Views [328]

Cuenca is a nice, wealthy, typical colonial town which could be in any European city.  It is set on an old Inca city, but little has been saved.  Damian was very annoyed that they do not serve beer on a Sunday here, so our designated night ... Read more >

Baños

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 | By southamerica | Views [621]

Baños is an amazing beautiful town surrounded by cloud forest, very lush, which means very wet, like most on of the Andes so far!  Here we biked a 25km waterfall route, where there were loads of cable cars across the river canyon and also ... Read more >

Rafting in Baños.

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 | By spacemanafrica | Views [796]

'When saving someone from the water, make sure you save the paddle first. It’s worth $40.’ We all laughed at the instructor’s priorities during his safety presentation but he was actually serious. To effectively pull someone out ... Read more >

Chugchilan to Baños

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 | By southamerica | Views [1619]

We had amazing time in Chugchilan and then headed west again, with a stopover at Cotopaxi National Park.  We booked into a rather grotty looking roadside hotel, then went for a wander, following Diners Club signs to what we hoped was a nice hotel ... Read more >

Photos: Baños

Thu, 29 Aug 2013 | By southamerica | Photo Gallery

Photos: Damian and the horse, never to be repeated

Thu, 29 Aug 2013 | By southamerica | Photo Gallery

Photos: Quilotoa Lake to Chugchilean walk

Thu, 29 Aug 2013 | By southamerica | Photo Gallery

Photos: Chugchilean

Thu, 29 Aug 2013 | By southamerica | Photo Gallery