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Wed, 18 Feb 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [615]
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 [644]
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 amyaaron | Photo Gallery
stunning Mountains and a peaceful setting
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Mon, 16 Feb 2009 | By 2008-2009 | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 16 Feb 2009 | By 2008-2009 | Views [1043]
'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 >
Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [3996]
We left Buenos Aires behind us to make the long journey to the Galapagos Islands. After a long day of flying (via Santiago) to Guayaquil we pretty much just crashed at our hostel then straight back to the airport to catch our super early flight. Just ... Read more >
Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By bec-simon | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 14 Feb 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [602]
Still on a high from Iquitos, with no sleep in 48 hours it was off to Ecuador where the cool temperatures, rain and high altitude made it a challenging experience. Despite the lousy weather and the dodgy residents, our quirky hostel was full of great ... Read more >
Fri, 13 Feb 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [939]
I have traveled on soo many south american buses i couldnt even how many but the one i took a couple of days ago was epic. Ok so i was going to do the quilota loop outside quito. The quilota loop is a bus ride thru the highlands of equador and it´s tough ... Read more >
Thu, 12 Feb 2009 | By duracell | Views [445]
Many many many apologies for taking so long to write the second (and probably what will be third) part(s) of this blog. THat's not to say I haven't been near the internet, just been so busy with other things that I haven't really had the time! Anyways, ... Read more >
Wed, 4 Feb 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [1510] | Comments [4]
Unfortunately i couldn´t be there to celebrate with you on your birthday, even though we probably would just go to ???applebees (bc of libby) but i am stuck on a 36 hour bus ADVENTURE (no bus ride is calm or boring in SA) and only a computer to communicate ... Read more >
Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By ivan_miral | Views [1017] | Comments [3]
Tomorrow we leave Quito and head two hours east into one of the last remaining tropical cloud forests on earth for our first volunteer stint on this journey. Miral will be spending the month working on an organic farm and Ivan will be working on forest ... Read more >
Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By ivan_miral | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By ivan_miral | Views [7712] | Comments [2]
“It's such a shame how they treat their country.” I'm sitting on a bus in Colombia with an American couple in the seat behind Miral and I. There are never other Americans on the bus with us in Colombia. The wife in the couple reiterates, ... Read more >
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