ECUADOR | Friday, 18 Nov 2011 | Views [569]
If you ever get the opportunity to go to the Galapagos, then do it! And get to understand what lead to Darwin's famous theory. We did an 8 day trip on a catamaran and visited some 6 islands, seeing totally different geographies and the animlas that ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Friday, 18 Nov 2011 | Views [428]
For such a tiny place, Mindo gets a very big spot on the map of Ecuador as it is located up in the clouds and is the home for many animals as well as the location for a good cascade of water which has been adapted to allow people to swim, slide, bomb ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Monday, 31 Oct 2011 | Views [318]
Mama and Papa are going away for a week to visit
their son in Guyaquil. My toothbrush has
disappeared and as they have started packing I can only presume that I have
been sharing a toothbrush. I hope it was
with Mama as I have come across ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thursday, 27 Oct 2011 | Views [326] | Comments [1]
Papa and mama chatted over breakfast and the snippets we got suggested that papa was playing his accordian at a music event. They invited us along saying there would be music, with several people playing, singing and dancing. I asked if it was a cafe ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thursday, 27 Oct 2011 | Views [363]
Many people warned of the negative impact of the altitude when we first arrived and to allow a few days to acclimatise. We did not feel it particularly until we went for our first run which we both found incredibly hard. I lasted 4 minutes before ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thursday, 27 Oct 2011 | Views [333]
This is a big movement here with entertainers stepping out to do their thing for the 3 - 4 minutes that cars are at a stop with a red light. We have seen mime artists warn against the dangers of driving too fast; jugglers, including one with a cup ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 19 Oct 2011 | Views [336]
I'm not quite sure how to interpret our forceful
ejection by a teacher of 2 hours; sheer despair at our woeful performance with
verbs; an instant dislike for our totally unplanned and unfortunately matching
tops? But, it happened. We had 2 hours ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 19 Oct 2011 | Views [291]
My arch nemesis, the shower. It has attitude. It
does not give up a good shower easily. Basically, it warms up to scorching then
goes back down to ice. I've counted, I get 25 seconds from its ascendency to
warmth to its descent to ice when I can ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 19 Oct 2011 | Views [389]
Quito is a city of many weathers;
in one day, Tuesday, we had sun so bright we burnt our noses and crowns then at
about 3 the skies clouded over and we had hailstones which gradually turned
into rain that flooded the roads. Quito is an extensive ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 19 Oct 2011 | Views [388]
Day 1 of lessons and profesora Monica may already
be feeling wary. There are 3 of us in the class, Rikkito, Iain from Liverpool
and myself. Iain has been travelling for 4 months and has opted for a 1 week
course to sharpen up on what he has learnt ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011 | Views [392]
Papa plays the accordian, since childhood, so this evening we were serenaded over dinner by tunes from around the world. Up beat tunes from various south American countries, including the Argentinian tango, followed by a sad tune accompanied by mama ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011 | Views [610]
Now, there's a danger in making leaps of logic with another language. Just because a word can be used in 2 ways in your own lingua does not mean it can also do the same in another language. Richito is getting ahead of himself with his dictionary. Sunday ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011 | Views [377]
Sunday dawned bright and early and mama and papa prepared for church. After some confusion, whereby mama thought we were also coming to church and looked somewhat shocked that we were not, it was decided that we would go the Panecilla hill which holds ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011 | Views [403]
As we were obviously at a loose end on Friday, mama decided we should go shopping to the super maxi with papa at 11 o'clock. We were ready and vamos, again without mama.There was a theme developing here. Papa has decided to just talk at us presumably ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011 | Views [324]
In a wonderful fulfilment of non understanding, Friday morning was chaos. From our woeful understanding we took it that we were off to school Friday to meet our teachers, with Mama. Vamos at 8.a.m. had Rikki and I running for bags, coats, hats, scarves ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011 | Views [375] | Comments [1]
Our hosts are delightfully dotty. There are 3 locks to get past to get from outside to our room and due to a linguistic breakdown, Papa decided to role play entering the casa. We had to follow the steps through the use of each key, but as we had politely, ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011 | Views [335]
Friday 7th October was the big match between Ecuador and Venezuela held here in Quito at the Olympic stadium. Crowds started gathering at the stadium at 9.a.m. for a 4.p.m. kick off and there was a party feeling in the town as crowds mooched around ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011 | Views [339]
Friday 7th October was the big match between Ecuador and Venezuela held here in Quito at the Olympic stadium. Crowds started gathering at the stadium at 9.a.m. for a 4.p.m. kick off and there was a party feeling in the town as crowds mooched around ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011 | Views [292]
Bums are big in Ecuador - they are a fashion statement; none of this european business of discreetly covering or hiding the bum, here, tops are at the waist for the full bum sensation; and jeans are styled to maximise the shape of the flesh, the ones ... Read more >
SPAIN | Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011 | Views [324]
The strange thing about coming across another language is the magic the words seem to have for the uninitiated. Many moons ago, when a schoolgirl, I remember thinking that 'poubelle' was a lovely word; it lingered on the tongue and sounded romantic;... Read more >
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