 | Honestly, it was THIS big ...!!
2008-04-30, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador. By: cbr600f | | Well, I've been scuba diving .... first time since I got my Open Water PADI back in Almeria, Spain.
The dives were around Cousins Rock, just off the uninhabited island of Isla Santiago. I'd alread... |
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 | Goodbye Quito...
2008-04-28, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador. By: cbr600f | | Greetings from the Galapagos Islands - 1000 miles off the coast of Ecuador, just hanging around in the Pacific Ocean !
So, the end of my time in Quito (barring one night when I fly back to get my f... |
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 | Wild, caged animals and goodbyes ...
2008-04-24, Quito, Ecuador. By: cbr600f | | On Tuesday we took the kids from both the north school and the south school to Quito Zoo. Now, I've never agreed with zoos - apart from conservation ones like the fantastic Jersey Zoo - but I had to s... |
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 | Eventually - I got to Mitad del Mundo !!
2008-04-19, Quito, Ecuador. By: cbr600f | | Well, it's only taken me 7 weeks but I eventually got to see the equator line thingy !
So, mum and dad have been and gone but it was absolutely great to see them after nearly 7 months.
We've got... |
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| Still here in Quito ..
2008-04-14, Quito, Ecuador. By: cbr600f | | Just a quick entry as I've had a few emails checking I'm ok after the horrific bus crash here in Ecuador at the weekend. I'm absolutely fine, bit of a subdued atmosphere though as you can imagine. |
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 | A fairly packed week !
2008-04-09, Quito, Ecuador. By: cbr600f | | Hi all, last time I reported (excluding book reviews) I mentioned that the organisation was hosting a party at Bungalow 6. Well that was last Thursday night and what a laugh ! The owners wanted us to ... |
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| My first visit to a tattoo parlour .....
2008-04-01, Quito, Ecuador. By: cbr600f | | ..... Don't worry, haven't had one done nor do I intend to ! (I've just tried to put the word tattoo into spellcheck on Word then realised of course the spellcheck is Spanish - doh !) This Thursday ev... |
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 | Never walk alone on 10th August ...
2008-03-30, Quito, Ecuador. By: cbr600f | | ....... The quote from Maria that resulted in hilarity in a taxi ....
Well, what a week, new housemates (Maria and Christina from Norway and Emma from Milton Keynes), people leaving, football games... |
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 | An unexpected holiday ....
2008-03-24, Banos, Ecuador. By: cbr600f | | Well, I had an unexpected holiday last week (for those of you thinking everything I'm doing is a holiday, it isn't ... it's an experience !!). We only worked Monday and then had the rest of the week o... |
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 | End of week 2
2008-03-14, Quito, Ecuador. By: cbr600f | | My word, I think I've just seen a patch of blue sky so this will have to be a short entry !
So, we seem to have had some success insisting on rules of behaviour with the kids, they've been really w... |
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| Rain, altitude, socks and dvds !
2008-03-11, Quito, Ecuador. By: cbr600f | | Hello all, I haven't been mugged by the way, the reason for no photos is that I haven't got any decent ones to put on at the moment, the weather makes everything look drab and dreary. Next time I repo... |
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| My first week in Quito
2008-03-07, Quito, Ecuador. By: cbr600f | | Well, I think I've got a bit used to the altitude now but still can't get used to how cold it is at night here ! Luckily though the place I am staying in has a fireplace so I've been practising my fir... |
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| Oh my god ...... it's so cold !!
2008-03-03, Quito, Ecuador. By: cbr600f | | Greetings from South America ! Just a short entry to say I'm here in Quito safe and sound and freezing my bits off ! I'm sure all my friends back home will be pleased to hear that after all my paradis... |
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 | nutmegs and cockfighting
2007-10-29, guayaquil, Ecuador. By: vorn | | went arse over on the remains of some fruit i think, on the way to the truck so that wasnt a good start. richard-one of our rugby watching drinking partners thought he would come too and found it very... |
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 | failing on the neck of the moon
2007-10-19, quito, Ecuador. By: vorn | | into ecuador-my last new country for the year, as all the other countries i am going to this year i have already been.
spent the first couple of days in quito checking out the old town with neil an... |
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 | Arajuno Road Project and Santa Martha
2007-03-14, Puyo, Ecuador. By: NicoG | | I arrived in Ecuador having just finished volunteering in the Dominican Republic working in the National Aquarium. It had been 3 years since I had last been in South America and there was a nice feeli... |
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 | We Hold On
2007-09-09, Quito, Ecuador. By: supernova | | Keep going on till dawn
How many times must another line be drawn
We could be down and gone
But we hold on
The diarrhea began within 24 hours of my arrival.
You see, I had to travel unexpecte... |
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 | The city has officially redeemed itself!
2007-04-19, Riobamba, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So in Riobamba right now with Iván on way to meet ppl in Cuenca- Cass, Rach, Helen 3, Fabio, Alex an maybe a few more. All very exciting. Last chance to see the girlies b4 they head off down to Peru. ... |
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| Bak to the jungle
2007-04-16, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So from Thurs to Sun last week, went bak to the Sinchi Sacha cabins in Ahuano with Iván, cos he had two British tourists who spoke no Spanish an wanted me to act as a translator- in true Ecuadorian st... |
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| Mon-Weds
2007-04-05, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Just went up to Quito with Iván for a few days to get cédula (ID card) as part of my visa. It was a good trip, nice excuse to go to the capital again- mustve been like my 7th time or something. We vis... |
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 | Quito, the end of the road
2001-07-15, Quito, Ecuador. By: Orion777 | | Quito was, for us, the end of a great trip and plenty of adventures. It was exhaustion as well: after miles and miles, hours and hours in creaky buses leaving at 5 am and arriving at 2am and other thi... |
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| Weekend in Ahuano prt 2
2007-03-19, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So yesterday after Iván an I managed somehow to get up at 7 to make pancakes for breakfast for the girls- he´s very good at cookin I am pleased to discover!- we went to the museum an the zoo in Ahuano... |
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| Weekend in jungle in Ahuano prt 1
2007-03-18, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | So went to the jungle this weekend with Iván, Keyla an the March volunteers- Debbie, Rachel (2), Vicki an Carol. Went on Friday an got to the cabins Sinchi Sacha (Magic Forest in Kichwa). After havin ... |
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 | Serious relaxation
2007-03-16, Vilcabamba, Ecuador. By: rossycaz | | We are now at our last port of call in Ecuador before Peru.
Vilcabamba is known as `The Valley of Longevity`. Apparently more people than is the norm live to be 100 here. We were hoping the years wou... |
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 | No more chicken .......
2007-03-12, Cuenca, Ecuador. By: rossycaz | | After our longest bus journey to-date (6 hours) last Friday, we´ve arrived in Cuenca, Ecuador´s 3rd largest city. And a very nice place it is too - the old town at least. It´s all cobbled streets and ... |
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| Free raftin on Sat
2007-03-11, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | went rafting on saturday. Two of our friends, Tuti an Eduardo, are part of the rafting squad for Ecuador, and they have just won a competition to go to the world rafting competition in Korea represent... |
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| Helen 3´s birthday
2007-03-12, Tena, Ecuador. By: helanus | | Ws Helen 3 an Tuti´s bdays on Sat night so we all went out. Played pub golf, which is where u pick 9 pubs an hav a chosen drink at each. U then hav to drink said drink in 1, 2 or 3 goes. I only manage... |
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| Did you hear something???
2007-03-07, Guaranda, Ecuador. By: rossycaz | | Another overnight stop. Not much to do here except eat chocolate and cheese (locally produced).
And would you believe it - late last night, in Banos, the weather cleared and Tungurahua decided to eru... |
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| Clean again!
2007-03-06, Banos, Ecuador. By: rossycaz | | We´re back in Banos for 1 night only to break up the journey from the Oriente before heading South, and to have a hot shower!
It´s still very cloudy so no chance to see the volcano erupting.
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 | Tarzan eat your heart out!
2007-03-05, Misahualli, Ecuador. By: rossycaz | | For the past 3 nights we´ve been staying in a lodge, owned by the ´Alberge Espanol´ hostal in Misahualli, in the Oriente (Ecuadorian Amazon lowlands) on the banks of the Rio Napo, about 1 1/2 hours do... |
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 | My Visit to Ecuador
2004-03-23, Quito, Ecuador. By: markos | | After flying over Mexico and Central America from Houston I arrived in Quito's Mariscal Sucre airport just before 2300 local time. Customs was a breeze as was obtaining a city map and booking a taxi. ... |
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| 4 days in the jungle
2007-03-05, tena, Ecuador. By: quierodedo | | yeah i went to the jungle!
it was so fun. awesome four days, three nights. the hostel didn´t really know what to do with me when i got back and they felt bad for not having a bed for me...so i we... |
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 | the last stop...
2007-03-05, Vilcabamba, Ecuador. By: jess | | I've bought my ticket and I'm ready to head down to Peru. It has been one little adventure after the next. It sounds like I will cross the border around 2am. Nothing but adventures to be had...
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 | Moving on... Peurto Lopez
2007-03-01, Puerto Lopez, Ecuador. By: jess | | Let's see. So now I have finished school and have started the vacation part of the trip. It is like starting up travelling all over again to leave Cuenca. Cuenca is like a second home. All of the ... |
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