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Chevere!

Sun, 13 May 2007 | By kirstenroche | Views [851] | Comments [4]

So for the next two or three days I'm staying with an Ecuadorian-American girl, Christine, who's currently living here going to med school. I met her on the very wonderful Couchsurfing.com and she's offered me a place to stay for my first few days here ... Read more >

Tags: philosophy of travel

Touching down

Fri, 11 May 2007 | By kirstenroche | Views [543]

Hooray, I had made it to LA for my 5-hour layover! The moment of joy was quickly shot down as I realized the task that lay ahead; finding anything. I asked seven different employees, receiving seven different (or nondescript) replies. Eventually, a ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

A little poem

Fri, 11 May 2007 | By kirstenroche | Views [637]

a horizon of lilacs and roses is blurred past sight and the flaming sun reflects off the airplane's wing painting it hot I'll never let go of these moments, suspended above long and lush California thin streams of cloud are no longer white objects ... Read more >

Tags: philosophy of travel

un fin de semana con los indigenas (a weekend with the indigenous people)

Tue, 8 May 2007 | By kelly4563 | Views [2698] | Comments [4]

Well, I just got back from a weekend in Saraguro, an indigeous culture group 3 hours south of Cuenca. It was definitely a weekend packed full of experience. We arrived there in the late morning and were quickly shuffled off in a chiva (an open air ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Saraguro

Tue, 8 May 2007 | By kelly4563 | Photo Gallery

indigenous culture in southern ecuador
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La Playa!! (the beach)

Wed, 2 May 2007 | By kelly4563 | Views [2421] | Comments [2]

Well, I just returned from spending an amazing week on the beach. On our way to the coast, we stopped in the big city of Guayaquil. We took a city tour which was awesome... you should definitely check out the pics. Our first stop along the coast was ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Gallery: Futbol

Wed, 2 May 2007 | By kelly4563 | Photo Gallery

or as we americans say... ¨soccer¨
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Gallery: Guayaquil

Wed, 2 May 2007 | By kelly4563 | Photo Gallery

the big city
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Gallery: La Costa (the coast)

Wed, 2 May 2007 | By kelly4563 | Photo Gallery

beaches, organic farms, island hopping, jumping off cliffs... what more could you want?
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Galápagos galore

Tue, 1 May 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [2526] | Comments [2]

Once again, I´m back in Quito. I still feel like I´m on the boat as I sit here typing. I can still feel myself sway from the sea... Just a few days ago Trishy and I met up with our Intrepid group to embark on our Galapagos adventure. We were all dropped ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures