 | Sick
2005-08-07, Otavalo, Ecuador. By: ajcox | | I cannot describe the frustration that is this travel journal website. I wrote a long entry here from Tena last week just to find that it would not upload. So I apologize but this is going to be short... |
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 | Darwin says
2005-06-10, Ecuador, Ecuador. By: minesh | | Did Ecuador in reverse order, as I had booked an 8 day trip The Galapagos Islands. I think that most of you have seen the pics, so not much to say about what was to see.. will shortly get some underwa... |
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 | The Quito life
2005-07-29, Quito, Ecuador. By: ajcox | | Ok, the thing I find most irritating in the world is having to share the internet here at my hostal with other travelers. I think of them as tourists. Hey, I have been here for a month now. I live her... |
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| Long live Castro?
2005-07-27, Quito, Ecuador. By: ajcox | | So for all of you who were desperately wondering how my hemmed jeans turned out, it was quite a fiasco. The man turned them under with lovely black thread. Sort of ended up looking like men´s trousers... |
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| How to hem your jeans in Ecuador
2005-07-25, Quito, Ecuador. By: ajcox | | Beautiful Monday noon in Quito. Clear blue sky, spring green mountains, light breeze. The past 3 or 4 days in Quito have been so beautiful. It is always fairly temperate here but definitely the best w... |
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| Out of sorts
2005-07-23, Quito, Ecuador. By: ajcox | | So today is Saturday and we are all a bit out of sorts (as my English friends like to say.)
We didn´t travel anywhere since we are all run down with colds and more stomach problems. Had two very lo... |
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| Thoughts on life on the street
2005-07-21, Quito, Ecuador. By: ajcox | | Nothing too exciting is happening here. Everything is much better at World Vision. They have discovered that I am a gifted data entry person so I feel like I am useful in that way. Today I also did so... |
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| An adventure
2005-07-11, Quito, Ecuador. By: ajcox | | I apologize if this entry is confusing. I had to copy and past it from notes and the website is being testy with formatting. So it is a little confusing but I don´t have time to try and fix it again.
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| A strange chirping...
2005-07-06, Quito, Ecuador. By: ajcox | | I have decided to post about my day here because I don´t know that there will be time tomorrow and next week when my internship starts I think that I will lose a lot of my free time.
So the mysteri... |
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| Spanish class, salsa lessons, and the altitude
2005-07-06, Quito, Ecuador. By: ajcox | | It is cold this morning. I should have brought more sweaters and less sandals.
Yesterday I had my first day of Spanish lessons which consisted of 4 hours one on one conversation with my poor profe... |
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 | Bed bug and breakfast juice
2005-07-05, Quito, Ecuador. By: ajcox | | Please excuse any terrible punctuation. The international keyboard is a little hard to manage...
So after a very comfortable flight in the exit row yesterday, I arrived in Quito and pushed my way t... |
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| Mechanical problems
2005-07-03, Still at home..., Ecuador. By: ajcox | | Today has been really anticlimactic. After a huge rush to finish my last paper (I was writing the conclusion on the way to the airport!), saying goodbye to Jeremy, and even getting onto the plane, so... |
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 | st.petes day dos
2005-01-08, in the middle of a mosquitoe war, Ecuador. By: the_katie | | It's day two in this lovely city and also our LAST day in Russia. Boo to that. We went to the Hermitage today. Ohmygawd, besides the beef stroganov, this was super uber amazingly cool. I got to see al... |
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 | Marathon
2005-04-20, Quito, Ecuador. By: supernova | | You can do a lot in a lifetime
If you don't burn out too fast
You can make the most of the distance
First you need endurance
First you've got to last...
Today is my last day in Ecuador.... |
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 | One Little Victory
2005-04-09, Quito, Ecuador. By: supernova | | The measure of the moment
In a difference of degree
Just one little victory
A spirit breaking free
One little victory
The greatest act can be
One little victory
It was as if the Amazon jungle... |
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 | Visas, Rum, and Jail...
2005-03-28, Quito, Ecuador. By: viajeros | | For those that I may have misled, no we did not end up in jail by drinking rum and losing our visas... Here is our latest passings.
QUITO, ECUADOR: A lot of waiting. The plan was to stay in Quit... |
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 | Our jungle book
2005-03-26, Quito, Ecuador. By: snutbrown | | Oh no, we´ve done it again – 10 days this time. Deep breaths then and we´ll begin…
The thermal baths in Baños were really nice – it was almost like having a bath, which I in particular have missed ... |
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 | Cold Fire
2005-03-22, Amazon Basin, Ecuador. By: supernova | | Don't go too far
A phosphorescent wave on a tropical sea is a cold fire
Don't cross the line
The pattern of moonlight on the bedroom floor is a cold fire
Have you ever heard a horse fart? ... |
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 | Beautiful, beautiful Ecuador
2005-03-16, Baños, Ecuador. By: snutbrown | | So, yet another week has passed and we´ve been busy yet again. We now only have 2 ½ months to go – the time is flying by! We`re still really enjoying Ecuador…here´s what we´ve been up to…
We succes... |
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 | ¡Adios Peru!
2005-02-08, Machala, Ecuador. By: viajeros | | Mike and I crossed another border today, from the northern coast of Peru into Ecuador. We are currently in a Machala, a city which is the largest banana producer in the world. Yumm! We are just he... |
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 | Turn the Page
2005-03-06, Manabi, Ecuador. By: supernova | | Every day we're standing in a time capsule
Racing down a river from the past
Every day we're standing in a wind tunnel
Facing down the future coming fast
Last week, I attended the Close of... |
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