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Cayambe
Travel Blogs from Cayambe, Ecuador
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So you want to know about work...
This is a top pick! I am back in Cayambe meeting with my host family for a couple of days then off to Quito for a nice Thanksgiving week where I will be eating with a U.S. Mission family for the holiday and meeting up with a few volunteers for some R&R. I am interested in ...
Running of the Bulls and the friends of Cayambe
This is a top pick! A year ago, during my 22nd birthday I would have never thought that I would be spending this one watching hundreds of different people enter a wooden, not-so-sturdy stadium with Raging Bulls running after them with special Ecuadorian friends at my ...
Over the border to Ecuador we go
... licenses and bike papers etc and we can get them 3 km into Ecuador. We pass the customs without even a look and drive into Ecuador. We stopped a few times wondering yet again where or what we are support to do. Finally we find a place that will import ...
Further into Ecuador
... was all heading our way. The bikes and us were filthy. Finally this terrible road changed to another hi speed road through Ecuador. Due to the wonderful scenery of this land these roads are non stop curves and are wonderful roads for motorcycles. However ...
Rest day in Cayambe
... our bikes we all had a good chat to the shop owners and other people from the town. The difference in friendliness here in Ecuador compared to Bolivia and Peru is amassing, Ecuador is just so so much better than Peru and the people here cannot do enough ...
April 23rd Azogues to Cayambe
Ankle still badly swollen today and not getting any better, looks like an elephant leg! Had to ride the bike out of the underground garage up a very steep short slope. A few people dropped it on the slope as it was so steep. I managed OK even with a ...
Volcano Caymbe
... None of us knew what to expect this morning as we depart Otavalo. The goal was to reach the summit of the grand Volcan Cayambe, the highest point on the equator. After a brief stop in town for camping supplies, the drive starts as a 4X4 trek though ...
Cayambe - Day 38
Azogues to Cayambe Miles - 315 First breakfast in Ecuador - scrambled egg on its own followed by a fried cheese sandwich, very strange. For some unknown reason some people were clapping and cheering when Nick walked into breakfast, very irritating. I ...
La cuevas de los tayos
Oggi facciamo un'esperienza incredibile... andiamo a cercare un uccello raro che ha sviluppato un sonar che ecolocalizza, una convergenza evolutiva con i pipistrelli... E il Guacharo che vive in queste grotte e che noi andiamo a vedere mentre ha i ...
La cultura Yumbo e ritorno a Quito
Oggi dopo il risveglio nella splendida valle verde dove ieri abbiamo visto la grotta dei guaciari, siamo andati a visitare il sito di Tulipe per conoscere la cultura Yumbo, una culutra pre-incaica di commercianti che si estingue a causa di una eruzione ...
Day 29
... onto the UNESCO World Heritage List, in 1978. It is absolutely stuffed with historic churches and monuments. Cayambe is an agricultural service town highland Ecuador. It lies at the foot of the Cayambe volcano. While the town is mainly peopled by ...
Volcanoes to Eden
Just a quick update. Thursday night's partying didn't end until after dawn on Friday, but we did manage to get one important task done yesterday. Once again Tony came through with more help than we could hope for. (Tony, I can't thank you enough for ...
Man sollte fuer alles offen sein
Eine neue Erfahrung an diesem Sonntag. Ich war auf meinem ersten Stierkampf in einer richtigen Arena. Paul hatte mich nach Cayambe eingeladen, einem kleinen Dorf ungefaehr anderthalb Stunden von Quito, um dort einen "Corrida de Toros" anzusehen. Ich weiss ...
Nearing The End of Training
... and an integrated farm for teaching proper organic techniques. My site is 45 minutes from Cuenca which the third largest city in Ecuador and is absolutely beautiful. It is in the colonial style and it reminds me of an European city. It is expensive ...
My Fourth Day in Ecuador
... all the amenities of an American hotel. Friday we spent the morning at the Peace Corps office and got our introduction to Peace Corps Ecuador or as its more commonly referred to, Posh Corps. We received a welcome package that was way too organized. Our ...
Cayambe
... Plantation) is 400 years old. It opened in1585 making it the oldest plantation house of Ecuador and nestled at the base of the Cayambe volcano. The hacienda was opened to tourists about 10 years ago. We drove up a ...
Politics, Sites and Waterfalls
... tourism in Ecuador. And it is certainly deserving of this title. In the coastal/transitional region of Ecuador, Mindo possesses tremendous natural resources, including lush forests, internationally recognized birding zones, and incredible waterfalls. Ah ...
Hola Hacienda Guachala... 400 years young!
... began using clay tiles and eucalyptus wood for the roofing. The original owners of Guachala territory were the Cayambe-Carangue people who were conquered by the Incas in 1505. The most renowned occupants have included Neptali Bonifaz ...
Cerro Azul...el paraiso mio
... ser voluntaria de Cuerpo de Paz! Bueno, and for those of you English speakers I am safe and sound here in Cayambe anxiously awaiting our swearing in date to become official Peace Corps volunteers! Having just arrived this afternoon, I am still ...
La Mitad del Mundo
Ufficialmente, siamo nell'emisfero australe!! Finalmente a testa in giu'!! Le foto non sono state fatte nel momento esatto del passaggio, perche probabilmente stavamo dormendo sul bus quando siamo passati di qui! siamo tornati in giornata da quito, ...
Paraíso and beyond...
... be very soon. If mí spelling es atrocious then that probablee means dat my SPanish is getting better! Over and out from Ecuador, Shawn Northwood P.S. I would love to hear how all my family and friends are doing back in BIG old Canada so please ...
Reunion in Cayambe
... is really warm and beautiful all year round! Leave me a post or send me a message if you have the time. Adios from Ecuador, Shawn P.S. Although it is hard to guage the progress of my language skills I am now able to communicate where and when I ...
Journey to the Middle of the World
... so at the line we jumped back on a bus and continued on, visiting the first town in the northern hemisphere of Ecuador, called Cayambe. Cayambe is known for its dairy products which include "queso de hoja" (cheese wrapped in leaves), yoghurt, and ...
In the middle of the World!
... . The view from up there is quite nice, in side the monument is an ethnographic museum about the many different ethnic groups in Ecuador. At the same time a group of school kids was there as well and turned the museum into a madhouse. Afterwards we headed ...
A quiet Christmas
... metres. We arrived late, by 6pm. La senora was cooking us some soup and we stayed up chatting away... Friday - time to explore Cayambe! Another Carlos, Kory's friend whom we visited, was the guide. Just when we stepped out of the house we had a superclear ...
Middle of the World
... all under plastic greenhouses, and strangely enough guarded with armed men. We were assured they were just roses, a very valuable export for Ecuador. They were stunning, I´ve never seen so many in my life. Had a delicious quinoa and tuna salad for ...
La historia del Cuy
... pet that they had while they were in junior high and were tired of taking care of it after a month. To others, especially in Ecuador and Peru, guinea pig is a delicious lunch or supper that is so tasty that you wont look at you pet the same way ever ...
Living with Rosa and Uckledes
I moved in with Rosa and Uckledes on Tuesday, which was good and had my first day helping out at the school on Monday. The house where I am staying is really close to the school which is very handy and literally takes less than two minutes. I have ...
Next part of the adventure
... were so green and huge. I totally forgot how breathtaking that they can be. The transportation was interesting and cheap. Ecuador here is on the US dollar and the 40 minute bus ride cost only $1.25. The people that I have ran ...
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