Destination: Ecuador

Cajas National Park

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 | By laura | Views [610]

* Cajas National Park has a surface area of 28,544 hectares and an elevation between 3,150 and 4,450 meters above sea level. Rock formations are from the Mesozoic era, where large volcanic phenomena begun and the Andean mountains lifted. Lake complexes ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

39 days

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 | By kellyannb | Views [442]

Hola familia y amigos! Here it is... the website you can visit for your occasional dose of Kelly for the next 2 years. In just 39 days, on February 4, 2008 I will finally be on my way to Ecuador. I have no way of knowing how often I will be ... Read more >

Tags: Snow

Cuenca

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 | By laura | Views [536]

Tags: The Planning Phase

Guayaquil

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 | By laura | Views [649]

Tags: Friends

Gallery: Ecuador

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 | By laura | Photo Gallery

GO JUL:-)

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 | By trondbond | Views [505] | Comments [3]

En velsignet Jul ønskes deg fra Ecuador:-) Måtte den være fylt av Guds Kjærlighet. Julen er en fantastisk tid, hvor muligheten for å gi noe til din medmenneseker er lettere enn det er ellers i året. Benytt denne muligheten kjære leser, til å gi som ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: various

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 | By petkat | Photo Gallery

Gallery: trip

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 | By petkat | Photo Gallery

winding through the Andes

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 | By anita | Views [878]

My adventures started at 9:30pm on Wednesday night (I had vacation from school for the rest of the week because of the Fiestas de Quito) and I took the 9 hour overnight bus from Quito to Cuenca. As we passed through different neighborhoods and areas ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: La selva (jungelen)

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 | By trondbond | Photo Gallery

Jungel, noche loca.....

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 | By trondbond | Views [531] | Comments [3]

Hoisann! Då er med jo piskade i desember J Det er jo kjekt.. Julegløgg og julemarsipan! Uhuuu.. Vett sje med deg, men eg skæ kosa meg.. Kansje isje med dei to tingå, men det går ann å kosa seg med så mye annet! For eksempel kan eg gå rondt vårt fantastiske ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: various

Fri, 7 Dec 2007 | By petkat | Photo Gallery

El Primer Encuentro de la Red de Canastas Comunitarias de Quito

Tue, 4 Dec 2007 | By dkirwan | Views [2090]

La Red de Canastas Comunitarias de Quito is part of a unique movement surging across urban settings in Ecuador.  "La Canasta" translates as basket, in this sense, a food basket.  The "Canastas" are groups of families, ranging from ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Dreads, windex, and plastic gloves

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 | By anita | Views [1222]

So my month-long hiatus from the catcalls, heckling, and general street-calling came to a screeching halt about 2 weeks ago. Because my hair decided it wanted to un-dread itself, I complied, and Daniela, and Lucy a little bit, spent the better part ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Ecuador vs. Peru

Sat, 1 Dec 2007 | By dkirwan | Views [849]

The preliminaries for the World Cup are currently underway.  Ecuador has already lost miserably to Venezuela and Brazil.  Today is Ecuador vs. Peru.  For those unaware of the significance of this game, Ecuador and Peru have a heated history of territorial ... Read more >

Tags: Culture