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- Quito
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Tena Slideshow
Tena
Travel Blogs from Tena, Ecuador
FUNEDESIN
This is a top pick! It all became real, really fast as I saw the scale of FUNEDESIN and my responsibilities in the scheme of all that is going on deep in the Amazonian jungle. From being a good face for many of the tourists who come to Yachana Lodge and the residents in the ...
Back to Traveling, Picture Update
This is a top pick! ... of Peace Corps Volunteers for the equivalent of our Halloween... except for that festivities run the whole week! That is what awaits fourteen bus-hours away in the culture hub of Ecuador, Cuenca. I have attached some photos for those still ...
Meet Yachana... My Puppy
This is a top pick! ... long names like Diamond July Ross Perot Jackson. I am thinking something a little shorter that had some significance about my time here in Ecuador. I will be taking her back with me as is common for PC Volunteers to do at the end of service (I hear it ...
Face Slapping Fun in the Amazon
This is a top pick! ... of getting dirty, getting it done and washing your hands. We drove to a rainforest lodge called Cabanas Shangrila in the town of Tena. The location of the lodge was pretty cool, perched on the side of a large hill, with rainforest on one side and the ...
Welcome to the Jungle
This is a top pick! i´m in the beautiful jungle city of 30,000 peops, Tena, a tourist hot spot let me tell you.. you seriously see them on every street.. but my fellow pcv who is stationed here tells me that this is the hot season for them (jun-aug). they flock here for the ...
Jungle Bunnies
This is a top pick! ... saty in the Amazon rain forest. - or so we thought. It seems that big brother Peru had stolen all the amazon territory from Ecuador in a war in 1995. Again, we were ignorant of this and of the fact that Peru and Ecuador are the best of enemies. Ecuador ...
Amazon Jungle Trekking
Day 1 After a 6 hour drive through the Andes and down to the Amazon basin we arrived at the boat that would take us up the river to our lodge. Our first stop was actually going to be at an animal rescue centre as this part of the Amazon no longer has ...
From feeding Monkeys to feeding Vice Presidents!
... so this week I am all on my lonesome too so will get to speak lots of Spanish again! So yes the Vice President of Ecuador came to the lunch plus his wife, Minister of Tourism and various other important people. I didnt spill any food down anyone ...
Day 2 Jungle Expo
Got up with the sun and had a brekkie of Star fruit and lemon grass tea(also growing nearby) before going back to town for some more supplies for Cams upcoming B´day. When we got back Victors and his family were waiting to take us further into the ...
Other (smaller) adventures in the jungle
... behind me on the trail often.But I did it. I really faced my fear. In one of my free days went rafting with Melanie in Tena a week earlier, which was a 'must-do' for me because this area was known to have the best rafting in the country, and to me rafting ...
STEAK!!!
Today I had the most exciting meal of my life. It was very good, nit the best one I have had but DEFFINATLEY the most EXCITING. In the restaurant lived a parrot and a sloth but that was not nearly as exciting as eating a massive piece of steak : ) ...
Cacao
Many farmers grow cacao fruit in this area. Apparently Ecuador has a reputation for fine cacao beans and the farmer gets about a US dollar a kilo. The fruit is yellow or orange and grows on trees similar to an old apple tree. The cacao beans are ...
Running for my life....
... to where it all started. So I volunteered for almost 2 months in an animal rehabilitation center in the rain forest of Ecuador. An amazing experience. My room had 2 mesh walls which gave me the feeling of sleeping half outside, near those lush ...
Amazon Rainforest and Near Death Experiences
... hangovers. Today, we take the return journey down Peru which will take a long while - probably another 55 hours and say goodbye to Ecuador, and hello to Bolivia. We´ll visit the highest navigable lake in the world - Titicaca on the way, so expect to see ...
Its all go
Hola Well this week I have been put on Pig, Tapir and Ant Eater duty!!! The pigs smell bad and have to clean their bowls in the morning and in the afternoon. The tapirs only once a day and the ant eater, a new ants nest a day. I have got used ...
Day off
Hey all Well I have a day off!!!! So I am uploading lots of pictures today so please take a look. So I am relaxing and updating this and hopefully off to sit by the pool this afternoon!!! Love natalie ...
Uses for travel insurance papers & tub of laxative
... changed from moorland to thick jungle vegetation, with the occassional waterfall cascading down the mountain side. We changed buses in Tena, travelling deeper into the jungle as we headed towards the small port of La Punta. As we travelled along the ...
Tubing near Tena
... ate, and not a bug that can spread! The jungle is fantastic though. We stayed at Cotococha Lodge, in the upper Amazon basin near Tena, and it's really beautiful. Although it doesn't feel that remote (we had to get on the most packed bus I've ever seen and ...
First day
Hola from El Arca the zoo So the 6.30 start in the morning begins. Chop food up for the animals and walk round and feed them. This morning I get the pleasure of the Tapirs and the pigs which stink, also the Tapirs are quite fond to ...
Next time i update this
Well just quickly I wnated to get the pic of the pool on here and just to say the next time I email or update this I will be on the Galapagos Islands, la la la. Adios I hope you are all well ...
White Water Rafting in the Amazon Basin
We came to Tena for its famous rapids. It had been raining heavily the last few days, so much that the river was on the verge of being too dangerous to raft. When we arrived at the river, our guides were staring at it for a few minutes, unsure whether to ...
Into the jungle
So, back on the path we had covered only a week before, back to near the top of Ecuador to head into the Amazon.. A brief stop in Baños to pick up some of Casa Hood's famous Pie de Manzana, and who should wander past, but Simon and Merete of Rumba fame.. ...
Christmas in the Amazon
A few days before Christmas the nearby villages came together for fun and games much like at home. Christmas her is not a huge deal and even though they really like the Christmas whateveryoucallitinenglish with the baby Jesus in the stall and the ...
Ruffin' In The Jungle Business
... looked like a pretty minor accident with no csualties except the mangled truck and many plastic bottles strewn everywhere. We got to Tena met Dan had Tilapia ( a local fish), bought wellies to prevent snake bites then mooched through a market to pick up ...
Into the Jungle
... narrow roads (if that is what you could call them) made for a scenic but sketchy trip. Of course guard rails do not exist in Ecuador and nor does driving on your side of the road. As you would expect, the jungle is a different world to the Andes. The ...
Animal Rescue Centre in the middle of the Jungle
After yesterday's tiring but amazing experience in the jungle, time for some relaxing activity. Last day in TALAG community and we woke up really early, at 6.30am (ouch), in order to have a quick breakfast and head for an animal rescue centre in the ...
Thermal baths, army ants and lots of shopping
... is just awesome. We didn´t think it would be possible to beat the zoo and all the (mis)adventures in Quito but it turns out Ecuador has a lot more to offer than just the capital city and a zoo. We met up with the guys we´re traveling with last ...