Destination: Ecuador

Child Impressions

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 | By dkirwan | Views [723]

As I strolled out of the rocódromo lugging my rope and climbing shoes, a hearty little voice chimed " Hola !" through the wire fence.  Clearly not the telling sound of yet another dodgy man, I merrily saluted the little girl and continued on ... Read more >

Tags: People

Marching to Montecristi

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 | By dkirwan | Views [1041]

I marched up and down the avenue, nervous alone and with a brilliant green sleeping pad tucked under the hood of a flashy daypack reflecting in the night.  It took me three turns around the block to realize that the suspicious group huddled at the corner ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Gallery: Galapagos Islands

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Photo Gallery

Local bus to Otavalo

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [1340]

I said goodbye to my Galapagos group and was once again on my own.  First stop, a camera shop!  They were able to fix it!  It cost about 1/3 the price of my camera but since I had only had the camera for 14 days, I gladly paid it.  My plan was to take ... Read more >

Tags: sightseeing

Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [692]

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 [1078] | 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 [1021]

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 [837]

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 [2806]

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 [828] | 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 [1307]

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