Sunday, 5 Sep 2010 | Views [3152] | Comments [1]
So we didn’t get off the bus in Puyo and ended up in Baños, which, to those of you untrained in the Spanish language, means bathroom or toilet! Ryan made a joke that you can pee anywhere you like here as the whole place is a toilet. I refrained ... Read more >
Tags: banos, equator, guayaquil, guinea pigs, mitad del mundo
Thursday, 26 Aug 2010 | Views [2974]
Having passed up the opportunity for various reasons to go the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, in Ecuador we finally decided to venture into one of the defining
features of the South American Continent. The Amazon Basin comprises ... Read more >
Tags: amazon basin, caiman, cuyabeno reserve, frogs, puyo, samona lodge, snakes, tarantulas, tena
Wednesday, 18 Aug 2010 | Views [2658] | Comments [4]
So we finally made the decision to go to the Galapagos Islands, having found a great last minute deal giving us a 40% discount on a 8 day cruise aboard a first-class yacht
called the Cachalote, meaning Sperm Whale in Spanish. It can hold up to ... Read more >
Tags: blue footed boobies, galapagos islands, giant tortoises, iguanas, pacific green turtles, penguins, sea lions
Wednesday, 11 Aug 2010 | Views [2618] | Comments [1]
We arrived at the Ecuador border town of Macara where, with the heat and humidity, we could have been fooled in to thinking that we had somehow been transported back to South
East Asia. Despite the sticky bus journey the change in weather was something ... Read more >
Tags: colonial towns, cuenca, loja, panama hats, quito
