Destination: Ecuador

Off to Ecuador

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [1064] | 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 [660] | 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 [793]

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 [385]

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

Gallery: Galapagos

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 | By sandn | Photo Gallery

Galapagos Adventures!

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By sandn | Views [1031] | Comments [5]

If you are a budding photographer, a wildlife enthusiast, a sucker for baby animals, an evolution admirer or just enjoy relaxing on the calm ocean waters in a comfortable boat with a few interesting people and an excellent cook; the Galapagos is the ... Read more >

Tags: adventures

Gallery: Puerto Lopez

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 | By trondbond | Photo Gallery

Cleaning My Body

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 | By dkirwan | Views [1945]

I apologize in advance, but this will not be a step-by-step description of my shower routine, nor will this be an account of the various raw food cleansings and liquid fasts I have performed.  Also omitted from this segment is my vegan epoca, which climaxed ... Read more >

Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health

No risk... No fun

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 | By jennaanne | Views [918]

Hola a todos!! Well, I finally brought my computer to school with me, in hopes that I could attach some photos, but for some reason, of course it won't work. So I'm sorry to those of you who are desperately waiting for some visuals, I'll ... Read more >

Tags: adventures

Muy Buenas

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 | By trondbond | Views [801]

Hola kjære kjære dere der hjemme i kalde Norge:-) Hvor kaldt er det egentlig nå? Er det sånn du gruer deg til å sette deg i bilen om morgenen, eller er det faktisk så gale at du må jobbe veldig med deg selv for å komme deg ut av sengen? Jajamensann.... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

New Faces and New Places

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 | By sandn | Views [540]

Following a couple of days travelling back from Bolivia to Cuzco, our favourite city in Peru, our best laid travellers plans to spend the night at the airport unfortunately went to pot after Nigel luckily realised the airport was such overnight.  So ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

My first two weeks

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 | By julie76 | Views [381]

So I´ve finally adjusted to the slow pace of life out here!  My spanish is coming along very slowly and is either helped or hindered by the fact that my teacher speaks no english...... On my first Saturday I went to Isla de La Plata, photos to follow ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

The adventure continues...

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 | By jennaanne | Views [526]

Hello hello!! My Quito email this week is going to be a bit un-adventurous sounding, as there hasn´t been too much going on lately. Don´t worry though, my adventure planning has definitely begun, so I just have to wait till the ... Read more >

Tags: the planning phase

Hvor er du i 2008?

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By trondbond | Views [819] | Comments [4]

Halloisann kjære venn, står til med deg da?:) Det er vell bare å ønska meg sjøl velkommen inn i 2008! VELKOMMEN! Mye har skjedd her i ecuador siden starten av dette fantastiske året... Eg har foreksempel begynt å jobbe i D-Miro. Noe som har vert ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Ecuador dos

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 | By jennaanne | Views [543]

Hello from Quito!! Well, I´m sitting in the library writing this email for the second time today. My computer decided to die on me right when I was about to send this email about 5 minutes ago, of course. I´m a bit upset at it ... Read more >

Tags: people