Destination: Ecuador

UPDATES

Fri, 4 Jul 2008 | By meeshmaz | Views [397]

HELLO from Ecuador. A quick recap on the last days in Costa Rica until today is in order. We spent our second to last day in Costa Rica in the surfing town of Santa Teresa. We freaked ourselves out of surfing and then had all of fears confirmed ... Read more >

Arriving is hard.

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 | By bwarethechair | Views [508]

I'm finally here!!  All the planning, scheming, dreaming, sweating, stressing and laughing have led me to the place of my dreams. Ecuador is like Never-Never land or Alice's Rabbit Hole; completely turned upside down from what I had established as my ... Read more >

DDD: Dormant Volcanoes, Dead Chickens, and Damn Dogs

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 | By tnashbu | Views [1556] | Comments [4]

I am currently in Ibarra, a city of about 140,000 in the northern part of Ecuador. The entrance to the city calls it ¨The City You´ll Always Want to Come Back To.¨ Today I am not so sure I´d agree. I´m a bit homesick and lonely. Honestly it is really ... Read more >

I love Cuenca

Tue, 1 Jul 2008 | By dawnski | Views [1074] | Comments [2]

We've been in Cuenca for two days now and I love the place. The architecture is stunning, lots of beautiful colonial buildings and cobbled streets. The atmosphere is friendly and there's lots of cultural stuff going on. And the shops! Every third one ... Read more >

10 days in Ecuador...

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 | By brookehahn | Views [558]

So... we arrived into the north Peruvian town of Tumbes, and spent one night here (border crossing only open during the day). The following morning we took a taxi to the border, walked across, then got a mini-van for 5 hours to the Ecuadorian city of ... Read more >

Living and Dying in Quito

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 | By tnashbu | Views [1020] | Comments [2]

Sorry for the long winter in my posts. Today marks the thirteenth day of my trip, and the fourth day that I have been sick since arriving in Quito. Yesterday I woke up with a killer sore throat and no voice. I thought it might be laryngitis, but I am ... Read more >

A few musings...

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 | By dawnski | Views [752] | Comments [8]

It's Sunday now and I feel nicely relaxed, as I steered clear of the partying last night and went to bed at around 9. Never let it be said that I don't know how to have a good time! It seems as though I missed lots of mischievous goings on though. Still, ... Read more >

Not much to report

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 | By dawnski | Views [640]

Only one more week to go on the farm and I can’t wait to get going and see more of the country. One month would have sufficed really. I’m a little tired of being trapped in this tiny world consisting of the farm, Canoa – where there’s nothing to do ... Read more >

Never believe a travel agent

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 | By luchinko | Views [907]

Its been a rather stressful 24 hours. I did massive amounts of shopping yesterday morning, after a bumpy and sleepless night on the bus from Lago Agrio. I sent some stuff back home to the folks, and also had a lovely seafood meal with crab. I get to ... Read more >

Gallery: Quito & around

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 | By ranizo | Photo Gallery

Back to Quito

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 | By ranizo | Views [521]

After one last walk around North Seymour Island, we spent the rest of the day taking buses and planes back to Quito.  Finally got in a bit after 5pm and then had a group dinner.  A few of us stayed out and bar hopped and drank lots (of course I was one ... Read more >

end of the first week of teams

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 | By kelly4563 | Views [829]

.... so I don't have much time on the net - need to get back to the meter that's about to run up soon. BUT the first week was AMAZING. Check out the pictures under "week 2". Love and miss you all! -- peace ---

Gallery: Jungle Amazonas

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 | By luchinko | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Galapagos Islands

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 | By ranizo | Photo Gallery

Stories from the jungle

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 | By luchinko | Views [2601] | Comments [1]

It was deliciously good. All of it! Yeah there were bugs everywhere, buzzing around my ears, swimming in my soup, bouncing off my eyeballs, but some of them, when you eat it, tastes like lemon! Sunday night, after leaving the internet cafe where I ... Read more >