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Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By walkamile | Views [681]
Hey All, I am going to Ecuador on a service-learning trip sponsored through TILT at CSU. I'll depart my homeland March 14 and return March 22. I doubt that I will be able to keep you updated while I am down there, but I will be sure to tell you ... Read more >
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Fri, 30 Jan 2009 | By duracell | Photo Gallery
Photos from the first couple of weeks...
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Tue, 27 Jan 2009 | By duracell | Views [412] | Comments [1]
First of all apologies that this has taken me so long to get around to... the first week as you could probably all imagine has been extremely intense and hectic! My first day basically consisted of flying (eurgh) and didn't arrive into Quito til about ... Read more >
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 | By anijensen | Views [655]
Manta, Ecuador: Arrived in port around 6 am this morning. Nice dock, no tendering, just a shuttle up to the main gait to get out into the city. We walked into town towards the fish and Mercado markets, about 15 minutes along the shore road.... Read more >
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 | By ree | Views [456]
Made it to Quito after a long flight via Santiago Chile,got in late so it was straight to bed. We had been warned by others that the altitude takes some getting used to, but we still decided to walk to the old town, up and down hills, it was worth it, ... Read more >
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 | By loundyl | Views [659]
Hurrah I think this is actually the most up to date that I have been so far - I am still in Ecuador and actually writing about Ecuador! We get picked up from the airport by a driver organised by the hotel - just what one needs after a flight! We are ... Read more >
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [1896]
While in Puyo I stayed with a couchsurfer named Matt for a few days, so that I could begin to type up my previous Amazon expedition and have my tribal hair removed. On the second night at his apartment, we were invited downstairs to another couchsurfing ... Read more >
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [3270]
I was dying! It was summer, and although I love the heat, it was so ridiculously hot! I nearly threw a kiddie tantrum this morning when I had to work in the chacra for about twenty minutes… well not really, but I did have to keep reminding myself, ... Read more >
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [4427]
When I went for dinner at Guadalupe's house, I was happy to see that she had caught a giant fish to feed her family and I. After a while of drinking chicha and talking, something she said shocked and really saddened me. She said that eight years ago, ... Read more >
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [7386] | Comments [1]
I was woken, as I am each and every morning by the rooster- the damn rooster!! The sneaky thing waltzes under my hut, right below my bed, and doesn’t stop ``cockadoodledooing`` at 3, then 5 then 6am, and I’m sure somewhere else in between. By that ... Read more >
Tue, 7 Oct 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [3132] | Comments [2]
I was sitting in the communal hut when the president of the village (Hernan), stood at the edge of the wall-less hut and blew into a shell that sent out a deep hollow tune. Soon enough, most of the tribe if not everyone was together, waiting to hear ... Read more >
Sat, 4 Oct 2008 | By aj | Views [1171] | Comments [2]
Gestern sind wir von unserem Trip zu den Galapagos Inseln wieder nach Quito zurueckgekommen. Es ist wahrlich schwer all die wunderbaren Galapagos Erlebnisse in Worte zu fassen... Wir haben 3 der 4 bewohnten Inseln besucht. Insgesamt gibt es 14 Galapagos ... Read more >
Fri, 3 Oct 2008 | By ivanci | Photo Gallery
Quito and Riobamba
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Thu, 2 Oct 2008 | By ivanci | Views [1007] | Comments [1]
Finding a hostel in Mariscal square was quite an easy task and first impressions of this part of Quito are very good. Hostel Nassau ($14 per double with baño privado and aqua caliente) is just 100m from restaurants and bars but distant enough to have ... Read more >
Thu, 2 Oct 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [5379] | Comments [6]
When I arrived at the village of Juyuintza, which is in Shiwiar territory and is in the Ecuadorian Amazon close to the Peruvian boarder, I had no idea what to say or how to act in front of the large tribal group. The pilots wife said to me just before ... Read more >
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