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Sun, 15 Jun 2014 | By lipowcan8 | Views [309]
It was about an eight or nine hour bus ride from Quito to the starting point for the rain forest trip. From there it was about 1 1/2 hour boat ride to the Samona lodge. The lodge is pretty rustic,(see pictures, I haven't figured out captions). ... Read more >
Sun, 15 Jun 2014 | By lipowcan8 | Photo Gallery
4 nights, 5 days in the rainforest June 9 to 13
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Mon, 9 Jun 2014 | By lipowcan8 | Views [556] | Comments [2]
First off special thanks to Sheri, she was able to figure out how to transfer photographs from my android phone to my iPad and then get them on the blog. See picture. I'm not much of a shopper but it was nice to walk around the market. The one thing ... Read more >
Sat, 7 Jun 2014 | By lipowcan8 | Views [378]
Good day, mountain biking and hiking in Cotopaxi National Park about 30 miles south of Quito. No entrance fee, hooked up with two German and two Swiss college students. Pretty humbling, I was beat, the ride and hike were between 10000 and 11000 ... Read more >
Tags: hike and bike
Fri, 6 Jun 2014 | By lipowcan8 | Photo Gallery
Quito
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Fri, 6 Jun 2014 | By lipowcan8 | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 6 Jun 2014 | By lipowcan8 | Views [488] | Comments [2]
Fairly uneventful. The day before the trip I had my credit card fraudulently used at the Alli Baba restaurant in El Cajon. Had to close the account, the new credit card was FedEx to Quito. See picture of Hupert delivering my credit card. Going through ... Read more >
Thu, 22 May 2014 | By feetonthemoon | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By michellegamage | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry
The cool metal grate was digging in to my bare toes, heels balancing over a seemingly bottomless gorge. Heart pounding so loud I could barely hear the words shouted at me, a blustery wind whipping the encouraging words away from the man's mouth. He was ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By viajando | Views [280] | Scholarship Entry
Receptive. If I had to describe how the indigenous family in the Ecuadorian amazon were towards the two travelers who decided to grab their few belongings, along with a rented tent, and venture themselves inside the forest without any ideas or directions, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By hurledintotheworld | Views [243] | Scholarship Entry
A knock on the door announces the vet. He is a short man and like a pink caterpillar a scar joins the corner of his mouth with his earlobe. It seems to elongate his smile and only adds to his good-humored self. He introduces himself as Fernando and tells ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By feetonthemoon | Views [269] | Scholarship Entry
I will never forget the day that an iguana climbed to my lap in the middle of the busiest urban park of the busiest city in Ecuador. When I relive it in my mind, I can still feel the clutch of her claws through the light summer trousers I was wearing, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By mila | Views [1364] | Scholarship Entry
I am 27 years old and I first saw the sky, and what lies under the sea surface, a couple of years ago. Do not get alarmed, fortunately I have no vision problems, neither I have been kept in a dark hideaway. Instead, picture myself living happily in the ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By thekirstybean | Views [187] | Scholarship Entry
The Galapagos Islands are one of the most diverse places in the world, home to some of the rarest and unique species. It had always been my dream to visit there, but in particular there is one meeting that I will never forget. We were taken by the guides ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By futbolista | Views [255] | Scholarship Entry
Soccer, or rather fútbol, is the world’s favorite sport for a reason that those from the United States cannot explain in the slightest. We, and here I am outing myself as an estadounidense, prefer the brutality and immediate gratification of a score ... Read more >
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