Destination: Ecuador

Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [712]

We arrived at the Darwin Research Station at 7 a.m.  We took a quick walk around and found the Giant Tortoises.  They live to close to 200 years old.  We watched them eat breakfast of plant leaves.  It looked like such a struggle for them. We then went ... Read more >

Tags: the great outdoors

Española Island, Galapagos Islands

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [1109] | Comments [1]

Again, we traveled all night.  Last night, I didn´t take my Dramamine early enough and we were really rocking so I headed to bed and prayed for sleep so I wouldn´t get sick. I was fine in the morning and we head arrived to Espanola.  The wildlife was ... Read more >

Tags: the great outdoors

Erupting volcanoes and snow... what more can you ask for??

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By jennaanne | Views [1031]

Hello hello!! First of all, I'll apologize for not writing a letter last week. My week last week was pretty normal and filled with school stuff (sometimes it's easy to forget that I'm still in school and not just adventuring for five months ... Read more >

Tags: adventures

Off to the Galapagos Islands

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [852]

We were up early and heading to a different airport to fly to the Galapagos.  It was a 30 minute flight to Guayaquil  (city located on the coast) where we picked up passengers and then a 90 minute flight to Baltra on Santa Cruz Island. The Galapagos ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Centro Historico, Quito

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [2830]

Today, I took a taxi to Centro Historico, the old town section of Quito. I´m staying in La Mariscal which is where most of the hotels are located and everyone warns you to not stay in the old town.  My taxi driver, Ivan,  was very nice and asked if I ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Bilder fra D-miro jobben

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 | By trondbond | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Grilling, åpning kontor, bursdag

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 | By trondbond | Photo Gallery

Ja det regner:-)

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 | By trondbond | Views [888] | Comments [2]

Hei kjære dere hjemme:-) Jajamensann, hyggeli å skrive til dere igjen. Her i Ecuador regner det for tiden relativt mye. Hver morgen og hver kveld åpnes himmelens sluser, seriøst ÅPNES! Det pøøser någe heilt sinnsykt! Igår begynte eg faktisk å frysa ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Ecuador

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Photo Gallery

Exploring Quito

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [1330]

At 9,348 feet, Quito is the second highest capital in the world after La Paz, Bolivia and is located 14 miles south of the equator. It was founded in 1534 and now has a population of 2 million people.  The population of Ecuador is 12 million.  I was ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Quito

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By racheljames | Photo Gallery

Off to Ecuador

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [1085] | Comments [6]

There was still so much to see and do in Costa Rica but I'm very excited about this next leg of my trip.  I left at 9 am to the San Jose airport and waited in line for an hour, good thing I was 2 hours early!  Security is much the same as we have experienced ... Read more >

Tags: Airports

Quito

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 | By racheljames | Views [676] | Comments [9]

¡Hola! We made it ! Our first day in Quito - spent lots of time wandering around the city in the morning. First impressions, slightly overwhelming as there is so much traffic and seemingly very few rules! The buildings are amazing, all different shapes ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Tiputini

Thu, 7 Feb 2008 | By jennaanne | Views [810]

Buenos dias everyone!! I hope everyone is doing well and trying to keep warm... I definitely had no problem with that this past weekend. At one point during my travels, the temperature exceeded 100 degrees. Yikes!! It's a good thing I was ... Read more >

Tags: adventures

Bimbling along!

Thu, 7 Feb 2008 | By julie76 | Views [394]

Ok so i know everyone is waiting for pictures but it takes so bloody long to upload anything here they will be few and far between - sorry!  There are some on facebok which i have now added captions to, so you can work out whats what. Not much has been ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine