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Thu, 30 Jul 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 29 Jul 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [398]
A little piece of heaven on Earth
Thursday we had a ferry ticket booked to leave Santa Cruz Island and spend a few days on Isla Isabela, a much more remote, smaller, less tourist-y island.
Jorge woke up sick as ... Read more >
Wed, 29 Jul 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [501]
'Life's so much better, down where it's wetter, take it from me'
- Sebastian the Crab
Juanita's first day of diving school was a morning of theory and videos followed by an afternoon in the pool learning skills. Sadly the local pools ... Read more >
Wed, 29 Jul 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [472]
Taking it all in
Thursday 16th
On arrival at the island of Baltra we grabbed our bags and shuffled onto the bus to the ferry to the bus to the town. On the ferry we were greeted by a sea-lion lazing on the channel bouys. Our ... Read more >
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By zaiguathroughtheamericas | Views [234] | Scholarship Entry
I had the chance to drive from Mexico until Patagonia, and from Patagonia to the Caribbean in Venezuela. That took me little bit more than three years, and during that time I had the chance to visit, and to live, in 16 different countries. It was a revealing ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By world-walker | Views [260] | Scholarship Entry
“Are these flying ants?” I asked, looking at the photo of two waspy looking insects crawling on an Ecuadorian tabletop. The ants had been placed beside a teaspoon and the body of each was easily as large as the spoon head. “They sure are”, Norma replied ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By favielle | Views [280] | Scholarship Entry
People often say that traveling is the key of life and I often agree with them, especially when I don’t have a million mosquitos aggressively caressing my body. For many, mosquitos are as annoying as flying 16 hours in a plane, you can’t seem to make ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By flynn_colleen | Views [316] | Scholarship Entry
Since the time of Charles Darwin, the world has heard of the unadulterated, natural beauty of the Galapagos Islands. What often comes as a surprise is the fact that the islands are also home to several thousand individuals of the homo sapiens species ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By sgmolina | Views [243] | Scholarship Entry
The sea lions annoyed me. Their constant barking, their consistent presence on roads, paths, even in classrooms! Surprisingly, even snorkeling with them, and the sharks, rays, colorful fish, and turtles, had lost its magic. I had seen the famous Galapagos ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By mariabeatrizharo | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry
His name is Arquímedes and he´s a magician, an art collector, a story teller, a huaquero. I met him during a field trip through the Ecuadorian North Coast. My classmates and I were looking for the characters and towns mentioned in Living Poor, the book ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By wantonandwanderlust | Views [372] | Scholarship Entry
Arriving in Quito, I was already half way into my infatuation with Latin America, and just beginning the Ecuador portion of the saga. Ignorantly, and somewhat arrogantly, I’d done very little preparation to learn Spanish before jetting some ten thousand ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By lyndseywhale | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By lyndseywhale | Views [213] | Scholarship Entry
Before this, I had never travelled in my life. I only recently discovered backpacking 3 years ago and instantly fell in love with getting lost in the wilderness for a few days. Then I decided to put myself in a situation that would completely bring me ... Read more >
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Sat, 16 May 2015 | By skitalica | Views [263] | Scholarship Entry
Our original idea was to take two hammocks, a raft, photo equipment and basic survival gear, and set down the Amazon: Tom-Sawyer-and-Huckleberry-Finn-style. The reality, however, is always different. The journey was playing out like an adventure movie ... Read more >
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Tue, 12 May 2015 | By fareedasays | Views [218] | Scholarship Entry
Montañita, Ecuador is a small coastal town, walkable in less than an hour, barefoot if you like, and more laid back than the beaches in Venice, CA. Located about 2 1/2 hours from Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, Montañita is accessible by car (if you ... Read more >
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