- Galapagos, El Presidente and LimaDespite the sleepless night, the 5am start and the 3 hour flight to Baltra via Guayaquil, I couldn´t have been more excited about my trip to the Galapagos Islands (600 miles off the coast of Ecuador). I met my 15 Posted by godfreyz in From The Andes to The Rockies | Oct 20, 2011
- In search of "The" EquatorAfter a delicious hangover breakfast at the Magic Bean, we left for a final house day trip to the Equator line. There are two museums about 15 miles north of Quito that claim to be on the Equator, but apparently Posted by godfreyz in From The Andes to The Rockies | Oct 19, 2011
- EcuadorQuito, Ecuador, 30/08/11
First time in the Andes, and it feels cool.
We jumped on the shuttle from the hostel to the airport in Panama City that was about 36km east of the city. It was a fairly short flight into Quito Posted by benbrown109 in 3rd Gap Year. | Oct 17, 2011
- Galapagos Island[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/417467/large_DSC03717 Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Oct 13, 2011
- Galapagos Islands
I tryed the guitar from the guide. Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Oct 13, 2011
- Galapagos Islands[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/417467/large_DSC03598 Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Oct 13, 2011
- Galapagos Islands[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/417467/large_DSC03505 Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Oct 13, 2011
- Galapagos Islands[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/417467/large_DSC03367 Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Oct 13, 2011
- Galapagos Islands
Bubble from the volcan Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Oct 13, 2011
- Galapagos Islands
Nice pirate boat with not a lot of comfort (cold shower, little little rooms,...) BUT a huge buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Oct 13, 2011
- Life after Galapagos.....So I eventually made it to Galapagos following a lot of worrying and some frantic emails and phone calls. I am so over stressing now. Everything seems to sort itself out here.
I don´t even know where to start Posted by selson in South America! | Oct 11, 2011
- Vilcabamba, EcuadorIt's been a week since I left Hogar de Esperanza. On our last day, we had our "despedia" during lunch The children and staff sang a song (in Spanish, so I'm not exactly sure of the words) thanking Posted by angela201 in Así es la vida... | Oct 7, 2011
- Birthdays, Banos and Bye Bye Quito
Can´t believe I have been away for nearly 3 weeks already. I have now finished my Spanish classes and today is the last day of my volunteer project (www.fundacionsinsoluka.org) in Quito. How time flies. I am off to the Posted by godfreyz in From The Andes to The Rockies | Oct 7, 2011
- Spanish, Streetkids and Settling inHola todos!
It´s taken me the best part of this morning to set up and is nearly 3 weeks later than planned, but finally my blog site is now up and running!
I am posting my first email as my first blog Posted by godfreyz in From The Andes to The Rockies | Oct 7, 2011
- Islas GalapagosThe Galapagos are an archipelago of eleven volcanic islands, the capital Isla San Cristobal, just over 1000 km from the Ecuadorian mainland. We arrived on Isla Baltra, from Quito, to a candidate for the best airport award. Immigration and customs Posted by m4033bc in What's around the corner? | Oct 6, 2011
- Scoffin' toffee and taters on the equatorWeight of toffee bought in Baños = 4kg
Time spent in the hottest thermal bath = 3 hours (too long for Pauline who nearly fainted from sulphur exposure!)
No. of fruits eaten in Quito that we'd never tried before = 20
Days without Posted by Po Gallon in World Wide Wander | Oct 6, 2011
- I arrived!!!So, here I am, sat in a very dodgy internet cafe in Quito, having made an idiot of myself already having to ask how to type the @ sign. How was I to know that its alt Q, in Posted by selson in South America! | Oct 2, 2011
- The Inca Trail and reaching Machu Picchu in one piece!I write about my Inca experience nearly ten days after starting so some details are sketchy and my memory has blurred some of the days events together (especially the first couple) - I think partly becuase my brain is trying Posted by m4033bc in What's around the corner? | Sep 27, 2011
- OtavaloThe main attraction of Otavalo is the handicraft market which is on every day, but is biggest on Wednesday and Saturday. So when we arrived in Otavalo (me and an Australian I had met in a few places now so Posted by sarahm_lux in A Luxembourger with a backpack | Sep 19, 2011
- QuitoQuito is a bit of a dodgy place; you hear a lot of stories about people getting robbed and nobody goes out alone (and in most areas not even in a group) after dark. Nothing like that happened to me Posted by sarahm_lux in A Luxembourger with a backpack | Sep 12, 2011
- LatacungaOn Monday, I came to Latacunga to visit the lagoon Quilotoa and the volcano Cotopaxi.
I started with the lagoon on Tuesday. Together with a Spanish guy from the hostel I took a bus and taxi there. We got stuck with Posted by sarahm_lux in A Luxembourger with a backpack | Sep 8, 2011
- Relax, You´re in Ecuador!Our bus journey to Guayaquil was pretty tranquilo. The only thing of note was the border-crossing inot Ecuador in the middle of the night where the humidity was insane, we all got drizzled on, and Nyree was asked if she Posted by Alice_and_Nyree in Trying to Survive in South America | Sep 7, 2011
- The Ecuadorian JungleOn Thursday, 1st September I made my way to Macas from where the jungle tour would start the next morning. We got brought by taxi to the spot in the jungle about 1 1/2 hours from Macas where we were Posted by sarahm_lux in A Luxembourger with a backpack | Sep 6, 2011
- BañosBaños is a small town in the mountains with hot springs and loads of adventure sports to do around the area. I was really looking forward to getting there because I had heard so many good things about the place.
Some Posted by sarahm_lux in A Luxembourger with a backpack | Sep 5, 2011
- CuencaAfter leaving Montañita I went to Cuenca, a colonial city with very pretty buildings all over the centre.
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/350195/SDC13537.jpg caption=Cuenc Posted by sarahm_lux in A Luxembourger with a backpack | Sep 5, 2011