Destination: Ecuador
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Mon, 15 Jun 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [6634] | Comments [1]
The bus from Riobamba took us thru Baños, which is a popular town where there are thermal springs and lots of touristy things to do. A strange name for a town, kinda like Te Teko near Rotorua... However we did not stop here but continued ... Read more >
Sun, 14 Aug 2011 | By elis82 | Views [3484]
Galapagos Islands - famed for Darwin, fauna, huge volcanoes and a history of pirates, whalers and convicts. All of our lives, we’ve been intrigued to see the islands about 1000km off the coast of Ecuador, to see what it was that inspired Darwin. In ... Read more >
Tags: ecuador, galapagos, wildlife
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By ash-clarey | Views [1302] | Comments [1]
Hi all
It´s Matt
this time so I apologise in advance (especially to you Michelle) for the
numerous spelling and grammatical errors that will surely follow. Last time we
wrote we were in Bogota and heading south towards the Galapagos Islands.... Read more >
Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By mattandnetty | Views [1138] | Comments [3]
Well, sorry about the delay and thanks to you all for being so patient! I'm just going to whizz through South America with you now, from the 23rd March. - On the move to Cuenca, the 3rd largest city in Ecuador. The scenary is beautiful, rolling ... Read more >
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 | By kate2501 | Views [1087]
We left Mancora on a
beautiful sunny afternoon (boo) and hopped a stifling sweaty bus to the
Ecuadorean border; destination: Baños. The bus we subsequently nicknamed 'the
disco bus' (neon strip lighting and groovy 80's psychadelic designs) we ... Read more >
Wed, 16 Sep 2009 | By treezy | Views [1048]
I´ve been out of touch the last few weeks, because I have been volunteering in another sanctuary, this one very close to the Amazon jungle near a small town called Mera. The sanctuary, Merazonia ( http://www.merazonia.org/drupal/?q=home ) couldn´t ... Read more >
Sat, 16 Mar 2013 | By christelpeters | Views [1007]
This journal entry is not about a recent destination I've visited. It's more about the journey that brought me here. I hope that it can inspire someone or at least help all of those people who do not understand my decision to do this a little ... Read more >
Tags: being single, brave, changing your life, lonely, solo travel
Thu, 12 Apr 2012 | By agrant | Views [677] | Comments [1]
Despite the trials of south American transit we did eventually make it to Baltra, Galapagos on time as scheduled. The adventure restarted immediately on arrival as we had forgotten the $100 entrance fee into the islands... Oops! We managed to scrape ... Read more >
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 | By pattyrae | Views [567]
First of all, I am having trouble with the website. I have not been able to download any photos for over two weeks. I have contacted the website, so hopefully I will have some resolution soon.
The last week in Chile flew by. Dan flew into ... Read more >
Sun, 12 Apr 2015 | By | Views [368] | Scholarship Entry
A hike through the Riatadero Del Quinde, from San José de Minas to Meridiano. A tough 1800-metre climb over terrain covered in ridge lines and steep canyons it was expected to take 15-20 hour to reach Meridiano. At about 5pm, 3/4 of the way up the climb ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Thu, 21 May 2015 | By lyndseywhale | Views [363] | Scholarship Entry
Before this, I had never travelled in my life. I only recently discovered backpacking 3 years ago and instantly fell in love with getting lost in the wilderness for a few days. Then I decided to put myself in a situation that would completely bring me ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 | By guiri74 | Views [302]
My last day in the jungle arised with more rain. Imwas assuming it would be a quiet morning prior to me catching my lift back to Quito, wrong! Since there were guests now in the lodge there was another jungle hike going on and was told I would have time ... Read more >
Tue, 28 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Photo Gallery
Quito, Otavalo, Quilotoa, the Galápagos & much more!
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Tue, 15 May 2012 | By kaitlynfaebarrett | Photo Gallery
Adventures on the mainland and in the ocean
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Tags: banos, canyoning, cotopaxi, ecuador, llapingachos, mariscal, quito, rappelling, sea lions, ziplining
Wed, 4 Aug 2010 | By janeb | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
This past June I traveled to Ecuador landing in Quito and then flew on to visit the islands of the Galapagos. I really didn't know what to expect beforehand but I loved the entire experience: The setting of Quito, the people, the markets, the scenery, ...
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Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010