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Trip: Ecuador

There are [16] stories from my trip: Ecuador


Vilcabamba

ECUADOR | Friday, 16 May 2008 | Views [520]

Helloooo all, Well, I think this is going to be my last letter while I am here! Tomorrow I leave with my class at nine in the morning to visit the Galapagos Islands for ten days. I'm absolutely pumped to go, not to mention, I've ... Read more >


City hopping

ECUADOR | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [876]

Howdy!! How is everyone?! I had a great past couple of weeks. Two weekends ago, I didn't do too much (which would be why I didn't write last week). I was scrambling to finish up a bunch of end of the year stuff, which I did, ... Read more >


Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to work we go...

ECUADOR | Tuesday, 22 Apr 2008 | Views [494]

Hey all, This weekend was pretty un-exciting for me. The end of the year is demanding more studying than I'd prefer, but what can you do, right? So the one adventure I had this weekend was with my volcanology class. We went to ... Read more >


Rain and snow and more rain

ECUADOR | Wednesday, 16 Apr 2008 | Views [680]

Buenos dias all!! Well, my weekend was slightly disappointing for my whole Andinismo class. However, we did do all we could to make the best of it, and in my opinion, we did a pretty dang good job!! So here was the ... Read more >


Da Coast

ECUADOR | Tuesday, 8 Apr 2008 | Views [434]

Hey everyone, I know I just sent out an email, but I had another weekend. So I thought I'd send a quick little email to tell you about it! This weekend I went to the most amazing beach on earth. It was in a little town on the ... Read more >


Grubs.

ECUADOR | Thursday, 3 Apr 2008 | Views [536]

Hellooooooo!! I'm sorry that I haven't gotten a chance to write for so long, but I haven't really had time!! The second I got back from Spring Break I was assigned projects and papers and tests galore (hooray), so I've been ... Read more >


ICE CLIMBING!!

ECUADOR | Tuesday, 18 Mar 2008 | Views [707]

Heeey all, Well, it's been another amazing weekend in Ecuador filled with adventure!! Things are going great, especially considering that my Spring Break starts on Thursday this week!! We have the end of this week off, and all of next week.... Read more >


The broken Healing Tree

ECUADOR | Tuesday, 11 Mar 2008 | Views [921]

Hello and happy Tuesday!! Well, Quito hasn't changed much for the past few weeks. Clouds and rain, that's been about it (there aren't even good storms here, sad, huh??). I guess that's one reason why I like to leave Quito every weekend!! ... Read more >

Tags: mountains


Aaaahhhhh

ECUADOR | Tuesday, 4 Mar 2008 | Views [861]

Hey everyone, Well, this week, I'm going to keep the email super short, first of all because I feel like my emails have been pretty dang long lately, and secondly, because I didn't do too much that I can write about this weekend. However, ... Read more >

Tags: relaxation


Backpacking = yessssss

ECUADOR | Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 | Views [673]

Howdy!! Well, what can I say?? Ecuador is continuing to prove its amaziness each week. Unfortunately, it's getting a bit more difficult to enjoy vacationing and exploring, as my work load for school seems to be piling up more and more each ... Read more >

Tags: mountains


Erupting volcanoes and snow... what more can you ask for??

ECUADOR | Tuesday, 19 Feb 2008 | Views [970]

Hello hello!! First of all, I'll apologize for not writing a letter last week. My week last week was pretty normal and filled with school stuff (sometimes it's easy to forget that I'm still in school and not just adventuring for five months ... Read more >

Tags: adventures


Tiputini

ECUADOR | Thursday, 7 Feb 2008 | Views [739]

Buenos dias everyone!! I hope everyone is doing well and trying to keep warm... I definitely had no problem with that this past weekend. At one point during my travels, the temperature exceeded 100 degrees. Yikes!! It's a good thing I was ... Read more >

Tags: adventures


No risk... No fun

ECUADOR | Tuesday, 29 Jan 2008 | Views [881]

Hola a todos!! Well, I finally brought my computer to school with me, in hopes that I could attach some photos, but for some reason, of course it won't work. So I'm sorry to those of you who are desperately waiting for some visuals, I'll ... Read more >

Tags: adventures


The adventure continues...

ECUADOR | Tuesday, 22 Jan 2008 | Views [504]

Hello hello!! My Quito email this week is going to be a bit un-adventurous sounding, as there hasn´t been too much going on lately. Don´t worry though, my adventure planning has definitely begun, so I just have to wait till the ... Read more >

Tags: the planning phase


Ecuador dos

ECUADOR | Tuesday, 15 Jan 2008 | Views [518]

Hello from Quito!! Well, I´m sitting in the library writing this email for the second time today. My computer decided to die on me right when I was about to send this email about 5 minutes ago, of course. I´m a bit upset at it ... Read more >

Tags: people


First taste of Ecuador

ECUADOR | Tuesday, 8 Jan 2008 | Views [622]

Hi all! How is everyone?! Ecuador is amazing. I live with a family of 6 (I also have a host brother, but he is rarely home, as he travels for work a lot) in an apartment in the middle of Quito. There are mountains everywhere, the most well ... Read more >

Tags: family