Destination: Ecuador

Isabella, Galapagos Islands

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [3921]

Well, I can pretty safely say I don't get seasick! We caught the boat over to Isabella Island. Two hours in the heat of the day on a delightful little boat that had enough seats for about half of the passengers and filled up with boat fumes. If I survived ... Read more >

Tags: ecuador, galapagos islands, isabella

The Fabulous Tales of Lost and Loster

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 | By spencerhoneyman | Views [852] | Comments [3]

It´s been  awhile. Welcome back to the every-so-often fireside chats hosted by your two and only favorite latin american travel-bumblers. The past ten days or so have been a whirl of mistakes, uncontrollable facts of nature, and lucky breaks. Nothing ... Read more >

Gallery: Isabella, Galapagos

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 | By bec-simon | Photo Gallery

What if feels like to get pickpocketed??

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [826]

So if you are interested in what it feels like when you get pickpocketed?? Well let me tell you, you don´t feel anything. So i was on a bus from the Old Town historical center in quito and taking a short trolley bus ride to the new town, which is like ... Read more >

Banos

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [605]

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 >

Gallery: Quito- Mindo- Cuenca

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 | By spencerhoneyman | Photo Gallery

Cotopaxi National Park

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [629]

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 >

Gallery: Cotopaxi National Park

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 | By amyaaron | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Ecuador

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 | By 2008-2009 | Photo Gallery

Vive Ecuador!

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 | By 2008-2009 | Views [1022]

'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 >

Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [3979]

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 >

Gallery: Santa Cruz, Galapagos

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By bec-simon | Photo Gallery

Quito

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 | By amyaaron | Views [594]

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 >

Roughest traveling Yet..

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [924]

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 >

This was so long ago.. aii....

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 | By duracell | Views [433]

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 >