Trip: Ecuador
There are [12] stories from my trip: Ecuador
ECUADOR | Saturday, 13 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Saturday, 13 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery
Espinas? what espinas!
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ECUADOR | Wednesday, 23 Jul 2008 | Views [3495] | Comments [3]
Tena is in the mid-southern part of Ecuador. It is known as the doorway to the “selva”, jungle. I spent two days in the Selva. My lodge was an amazingly modern. They use eco-water system for toilets and gray water. Tubes connecting to a nearby river ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Views [935]
Mindo is a river town just a mere hour from the volcano and 2 hours north of Quito. Mindo is one of those destinations that the bus does not drop you off in the town. You either walk the 7km or have luck with a private truck coming by. I happened ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Views [995]
Baños is south of Quito. I had a week of vacation off from school. What a strange place to find in Ecuador. Baños is full of bright colors, the clothes, the signs, the painted walls of the buildings. Many of the shops and restaurants are owned by ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Views [785]
During the weekends I hike the one hour out of the volcano and hop a bus to somewhere. Otavalo is north of Quito. I got intouch with a guy I met on the bus when I first came to Ecuador from Peru. We spent alot of time together as the ride was supposed ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Views [866]
My first week was quite an adjustment. No phone or internet, but the silence was what I really needed. Every day as I walked the half mile to the school I was greeted by the morning traffic. Cows, horses, pigs, dogs, chickens and of course my students.... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Views [768]
A waiting my Galapogos trip, I decided to take a 2 day horseriding tour. My tour agent sent me to Pululahua. My tour was out of a ranch that is owned by a German woman, Astrid. she has owned her ranch inside Pululahua for about 11 years. She told ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Views [611] | Comments [1]
The Galapagos were awesome. A place I think everyone who enjoys the outdoors should go. If you don't like the outdoors, rent a nice video. My long term friend Sarah and I had a great trip ( minus the bits that the tour company screwed up). Our guides ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Views [1381]
Since I was a single looking for a bike tour, I joined in with a group of really nice New Yorkers that are a part of an outdoors club. During the long ride from Quito to Cotopaxi they filed me in on what was happening in the States. It was nice to ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
North to Mindo
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ECUADOR | Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
South to Baños
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