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Gallery: Cuenca

Tue, 1 May 2007 | By homersmuse | Photo Gallery

Cuena, Inca Pirqa, and Cajas National Park
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Gallery: Cotopaxi National Park

Tue, 1 May 2007 | By homersmuse | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: Baños

Tue, 1 May 2007 | By homersmuse | Photo Gallery

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Gallery: Lindo Quito de mi vida!

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 | By homersmuse | Photo Gallery

Highlights from my semester in Quito.
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Ecuador Cheat Sheet

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 | By homersmuse | Views [2864]

To everyone who has given me an excuse to be nostalgic for Lindo Quito de mi vida by asking me about travel to Ecuador... Quito: - Since I obviously never stayed in hostels in Quito, I don't really know much about hostels. There is one called the ... Read more >

Tags: ecuador, the planning phase

Leaving on a jet plane...

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [924] | Comments [2]

We are leaving tomorrow for the Galapagos. I can't wait to see the boobies. You know, the blue-footed booby birds. Oh and the tortoises, penguins, flamingos, etc., etc. We are meeting up with our Intrepid group in a few hours to get to know one another ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Luxuries not to be taken for granted: electricity and running water

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [2381] | Comments [1]

It´s hard to believe I´ve only been out of Quito for 5 days. It feels like ages ago that Trishy and I were sitting in Spanish class during the mornings and spending the afternoons trying to stay dry and awake (hey, Spanish is intense when you have 4 ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

A Bittersweet Weekend

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 | By kelly4563 | Views [1422] | Comments [3]

Well I just have lots to update everyone on Friday, I went to Cajas National Park... and you should definitely check out the pictures because it was goregous. However, as I am looking back through the snap shots I took I am realizings that the ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Gallery: Cajas

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 | By kelly4563 | Photo Gallery

Parque Nacional (National Park)
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¡Hola Presidente Correa!

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [1383] | Comments [2]

So far Quito is definitely the nicest big city I have found myself in during the last month. It´s not too dirty (like Belize City), not too sketchy (Guatemala City) and surprisingly enjoyable to walk around. We are staying in ¨New Town¨ Quito where ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

A sour end to Costa Rica

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [1080] | Comments [1]

Well the unfortunate happened. We were so close to making it to our one month travel mark on Sunday unscathed but we had some bad luck yesterday. Or rather, Trish had to bare the bad luck. On our last day in Costa Rica she had her wallet stolen out of ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Gallery: El Campo

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 | By kelly4563 | Photo Gallery

a.k.a. ¨the country¨
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Semana Santa (Holy Week)

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 | By kelly4563 | Views [4989] | Comments [3]

Being an extremely Catholic country, Easter is not merely a day in Ecuador but rather an entire week. There is a tradicional dish that literally EVERYONE in Ecuador eats during the week (but mostly on Good Friday) called Fanesca. mmmmm... it was ... Read more >

Tags: Culture