Destination: Ecuador

Catching a Moment - One Lunch

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 | By rluniak | Views [226] | Scholarship Entry

It was 2 o’clock already and the sun was still high but it was late. I had violated the lunchtime law: I was rushing. I hurried through the market past the bounty of vegetables and fruit, many without English names, Ecuador’s varieties were vaster, in ... Read more >

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Sharing Stories - A Glimpse into Another's Life - Everything happens in a bus

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 | By celibarto | Views [321] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

Travelling by bus within Ecuador is not an easy thing to achieve, as we were forced to learn. After fighting over people for the last bus tickets from Guayaquil terminal to the beautiful little party town of Montañita, we jump on the first transport we ... Read more >

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South America Part Four - March 28 - April 7

Tue, 9 Apr 2013 | By andylawrence | Views [322] | Comments [1]

Sunday, April 7 - Tuesday, April 9 Traveled from Cuenca Guayaquil on Sunday and then from Guayaquil to Buenos Aires via Panama City and Lima on Monday, April 8. That particular leg of the trip only took about 24 hours, including a 3 hour lay over ... Read more >

Galapagos Islands

Fri, 5 Apr 2013 | By travelcrazy26 | Views [394]

So let me first just say, everyday that I wake up here I think to myself, "How f***ing lucky am I?!" It's that amazing. Whatever visions you have of this place, if you've never been...it's a million times more amazing than that. Truth. If you've been, ... Read more >

Cuenca to Baños to Quito

Fri, 5 Apr 2013 | By travelcrazy26 | Views [2509]

So after a shuttle bus from the hostel to the bus station, waiting around, another bus to the airport, getting stopped and forced to buy a ticket on the spot out of Ecuador so I could get on my flight, buying a flight last minute at 5AM, slightly buzzed, ... Read more >

Sharing Stories - A Glimpse into Another's Life

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 | By old_star | Views [294] | Scholarship Entry

“No recuerdo me!” were the words the little six year-old spoke to me as I waved goodbye and she headed back to her home on stilts at the edge of the Cayapus River. The jungles of Ecuador had been my home for two sizzling hot weeks as I worked to bring ... Read more >

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The journey.

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 | By christelpeters | Views [849]

This journal entry is not about a recent destination I've visited.  It's more about the journey that brought me here.  I hope that it can inspire someone or at least help all of those people who do not understand my decision to do this a little ... Read more >

Tags: being single, brave, changing your life, lonely, solo travel

Stuck in the City - Cuenca, Ecuador

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 | By christelpeters | Views [791] | Comments [2]

I have not written about my experience in Cuenca for a few weeks.  One reason is I wanted to distance myself from it and not write a horrible review just because I was in a funk for the last 10 days of my stay there.  Another is because once ... Read more >

Tags: carnaval, cuenca, musea del banco central

Roller Coaster times in Banos, Ecuador.

Tue, 5 Feb 2013 | By christelpeters | Views [816]

It has been an interesting week.  Last Sunday I went with my host family (Liz and her children Luigi and Analei) on a short road trip.  We followed a route known as the Ruta de las Cascadas ( the route of the waterfalls).  Tourists usually ... Read more >

Tags: banos, buses in ecuador, canyoning, geotours, language barrier, loneliness, pailon, rafting

Finding the way in Banos, Ecuador.

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 | By christelpeters | Views [986]

I have spent the last week in a new and totally different environment from Montanita.  Banos is like an island.  Standing in the middle of town you can turn 360 degrees and see only mountains on all sides.  Lush green surrounds the town ... Read more >

Tags: banos, hot springs, illness, spanish school

To sleep or not to sleep!!

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 | By christelpeters | Views [684]

Montanita, Ecuador.  I can never remember which city it is that never sleeps.  New York or Las Vegas?  No matter what, this small town on the coast of Ecuador could put them to shame.  EVERY NIGHT of the week there are people out ... Read more >

Tags: beach, mar azul, montanita, party

Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By antheaclarke | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By traveltransmissions | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By yujia | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

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Photos: The Rise & Descent (Guapulo, Ecuador)

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By chrisklassen89 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry