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Wed, 12 Oct 2011 | By zapatosrojos | Views [428] | Comments [1]
Our hosts are delightfully dotty. There are 3 locks to get past to get from outside to our room and due to a linguistic breakdown, Papa decided to role play entering the casa. We had to follow the steps through the use of each key, but as we had politely, ... Read more >
Wed, 12 Oct 2011 | By zapatosrojos | Views [375]
Friday 7th October was the big match between Ecuador and Venezuela held here in Quito at the Olympic stadium. Crowds started gathering at the stadium at 9.a.m. for a 4.p.m. kick off and there was a party feeling in the town as crowds mooched around ... Read more >
Wed, 12 Oct 2011 | By zapatosrojos | Views [385]
Friday 7th October was the big match between Ecuador and Venezuela held here in Quito at the Olympic stadium. Crowds started gathering at the stadium at 9.a.m. for a 4.p.m. kick off and there was a party feeling in the town as crowds mooched around ... Read more >
Wed, 12 Oct 2011 | By zapatosrojos | Views [332]
Bums are big in Ecuador - they are a fashion statement; none of this european business of discreetly covering or hiding the bum, here, tops are at the waist for the full bum sensation; and jeans are styled to maximise the shape of the flesh, the ones ... Read more >
Fri, 7 Oct 2011 | By ecuador | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Travelling to one of the poorest region of the world had a huge impact on my perception of life. The trip gave me a chance to realise that the obsession to make more MONEY, to have better THINGS, more THINGS is wrong. Life should not concentrate on a ...
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Tags: #2011wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2011
Sat, 24 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1294]
The time has finally come—our last full day in Ecuador. The day after our excursion to Isla de la Plata, we flew back to Quito so we could catch a plane the following day for home. Flying from Manta to Quito is a difference of over 9000 feet, which ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, planes trains & automobiles, sightseeing
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1799]
After enjoying a week playing on the beach and in the surf, we opted to spend our last day on Ecuador's coast in Puerto Lopez, a sleepy fishing town about two hours south of Manta. It wasn't really the town we were interested in, but a trip to Isla ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, sightseeing
Sun, 18 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1405]
There are challenges, and there are challenges. For example, not speaking the language is a challenge. Learning a new sport while trying to overcome a phobia that I've had since childhood is an entirely different challenge. I mentioned in my first ... Read more >
Tags: adventures
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1121]
Can you believe that on my very last night at my volunteer placement two new volunteers arrived? Just my luck. But it's time to look forward, for now that my volunteer work has come to an end for this trip, the rest of the vacation begins. This is another ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing
Sun, 11 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1269]
Today was my last day at the school, which completes the first phase of my Ecuadorian vacation. We had a special program complete with dancing, food, and a puppet show. A visitor came by the school to see the facility and observe the students. She engaged ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, language, voluntourism
Fri, 9 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1438]
It's inevitable that I have my favorites. It happens every time and there's no rhyme or reason to it. I have several this time, but I think the most special is Vanessa, who I've already mentioned. She's mentally sharp, but trapped in a body contorted ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, voluntourism
Thu, 8 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1449]
The neighbor's rooster is confused. Muy confundido. At 1:30 in the god-forsaken morning, he begins notifying all within earshot that dawn is at hand—a full 3.5 hours before the first rays of sun make their timid appearance. Soon after, the neighborhood's ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, voluntourism
Tue, 6 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1346]
This is going to be a challenge. This is my fifth volunteer trip. Of those five, only twice did I actually do the job for which I applied. It's funny how that works, but it's yet another instance in which you must 'go with the flow.' Well this time, ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, language, voluntourism
Sun, 4 Sep 2011 | By colleen_finn | Views [1206]
It's been a stressful summer at home. When I travel, I often feel "ready" for a vacation , but I don't recall ever feeling quite as desperate for time away as I have before this trip. Here's a little story to illustrate just how much I've cracked ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, voluntourism
Sat, 3 Sep 2011 | By blas | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
In such mind blowing location where nature and society merge, animals do not fear people, instead, are even more curious than oneself.
After an amazing surf where tortoises swim below your feet in transparent turquoise waters and sea lions share some ...
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