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Sunday, 29 Jun 2008 | Views [560] | Comments [3]
All finished on the farm! As much as I enjoyed my time there, it was definitely time to move on and see more of the country. Natasha, Jenn and I have come to Puerto Lopez on the southern coast of Manabí kind of by accident. We were headed for an eco-... Read more >
Sunday, 1 Jun 2008 | Views [483] | Comments [1]
It’s been a good couple of days here in Quito. On Friday we took the TeleferiQo cable car up to Volcan Pichincha which, at 4,100 m, offers amazing views over the city. I walked up a little further and I have never felt so exhausted from doing so little ... Read more >
Wednesday, 28 May 2008 | Views [486]
It’s been a
short week this week, with just three days of classes. Tonight we’re taking the
bus to Quito to visit an organic farm just outside the city tomorrow, and
hopefully a seed bank run by a very inspirational man named Javier, who came ... Read more >
Sunday, 25 May 2008 | Views [464] | Comments [2]
Tired is
the word that best describes today. As has become customary at the weekends, we piled into the back of Ruben’s
truck yesterday and headed for the tiny surf town of Canoa for happy hour at
Bambu followed by happy hour at Surf Shak followed ... Read more >
Saturday, 10 May 2008 | Views [621] | Comments [5]
I’m on the farm. And it’s soooooo much better than Quito! The bus trip from Quito was a long one, but bearable. It took around nine and a half hours in all, with stunning views almost all the way. We drove up out of the Andean valley in which Quito ... Read more >
Friday, 2 May 2008 | Views [757] | Comments [4]
There's not much to report today, as yesterday was quite uneventful. Got up late, tried some Ecuadorian food: sweetened cornmeal dumplings steamed in corn husks with cheese melted over the top for breakfast, very tasty. And ceviche for lunch - a thin ... Read more >
Thursday, 1 May 2008 | Views [728] | Comments [1]
A lot. I must have been exceptionally lucky with the weather for the first couple of days {hence the mild sunburn} because now it's coming down by the bucketload, and did yesterday, too. So I went to the national museum of Ecuador for a few hours.... Read more >
Wednesday, 30 Apr 2008 | Views [456] | Comments [3]
I've been here for a day now and spent all of yesterday walking into and around the old town, which has been beautifully restored. The air polution here is atrocious though, you can actually taste the exhaust fumes. I was surprised at how modern the ... Read more >
Wednesday, 23 Apr 2008 | Views [429] | Comments [4]
Just in case any of you were still unaware of the fact, I’m off to Ecuador on Monday. My first three days there will be spent in the capital, Quito, and will most likely be spent wrestling with jetlag, seeing the sights and stocking up on day-to-... Read more >
