Tena, Ecuador Travel Blogs

FUNEDESIN
Aug 7, 2005 (13 photos)

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
Oct 26, 2005 (6 photos)

... 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 interested.

Meet Yachana... My Puppy
Sep 24, 2005 (5 photos)

... 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 fairly ...

Welcome to the Jungle
Aug 1, 2005 (1 photos)

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
Oct 12, 2006 (2 photos)

... 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 ...

From feeding Monkeys to feeding Vice Presidents!
Apr 20, 2007 (5 photos)

... 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
Jan 29, 2007 (5 photos)

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 jungle ...

Monkey business
May 1, 2007 (5 photos)

It is all monkey business in the jungle, meet Leeka and other monkeys...

STEAK!!!
Dec 8, 2007 (4 photos)

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 : ) VERY ...

Cacao
Dec 9, 2007 (5 photos)

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 ...

Its all go
Apr 25, 2007 (5 photos)

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
Apr 28, 2007 (5 photos)

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 xxx

Tena
Apr 26, 2007 (5 photos)

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First day
Apr 16, 2007 (5 photos)

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
Apr 29, 2007 (2 photos)

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 xxx

To the Headwaters of the Amazon
Oct 31, 1998

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Into the jungle
Jan 6, 2007 (17 photos)

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
Dec 26, 2007 (4 photos)

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
Jan 28, 2007 (10 photos)

... 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
Mar 28, 2008 (3 photos)

... 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 ...

Thermal baths, army ants and lots of shopping
Jun 8, 2008 (6 photos)

... 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 Monday and ...

Suizo jungle lodge near Tena
Aug 14, 2006

Arrived at our jungle lodge after 6 hours on one bus, 1.5 hours on the next (including a tyre blow-out) and a 20min motorised canoe ride. The latter was by far the most civilised! Our jungle lodge was very pleasant and had a great location on a bluff ...

Jungle Tour
Sep 12, 2009 (1 photos)

... had a great time shaking it all about. This morning we left the community and took a four hour boat ride down the river back to Tena. It took so long because the water was so low and we kept on beaching on the rocks. Everyone had to get out and push even ...

Jungle Trek
Jul 3, 2009

Back into the sweltering, sticky lowlands of the Amazon Basin. Our first trip into the Amazon Basin! We caught a cab from Tena into Misahualli located at the junction of the Arajuno and Napo Rivers. Our first warning was from our cab driver who strongly ...

Avenue of the Volcanoes to Tena Jungle
Aug 16, 2007 (3 photos)

... . Snow? Wasn't I just in the steamy Amazon a couple of days ago? Now I am really getting a feel for Ecuador's grand ecodiversity. Next stop, Latacunga, entryway to the Quilatoa Loop, a route that travels through pristine countryside and small Andean ...

Last day working at El Arca
May 3, 2007 (5 photos)

My last working day in the Jungle today.  Quite sad to leave as I have had a lot of fun but also need a break from the very early starts. We finish off constructing the crocodile enclosure this morning. To finish the day off a swim in the pool ...

Digging and cooking
Apr 18, 2007 (5 photos)

Hola Yes it is raining bloody pouring!!! So got my carpentry skills under way to biuld some tables. Then they left us to feed the animals by ourselves!!! Well they are still alive so we muct have done okay. Oh and they decide to ask me (the ...

Amazon Jungle
Sep 23, 2007 (5 photos)

... for relaxing in. It gets quite cold at 3000m so I was pleased I had brought a decent sleeping bag. We finally got to Tena and then after a boat trip along the river Arajuno we arrived at the isolated Arajuno Jungle Lodge. The eco-lodge is run by a ...

Hike to Chichico Rumi
Dec 9, 2007 (18 photos)

Today we went on a djungle hike to the nearby village Chichico Rumi (monkey rock). Lots of butterflies on the way there and in the village lots of kids monkeys and other small animals I have never seen before. One baby monkey deciced that I ...

George of the Jungle (& being eaten alive!)
Nov 4, 2009

The lonely planet describes this place as a lazy jungle town, and it is just that - we loved it! I had heard about it from the rainforest man who came to Q'bury School when I was working there, to give a rainforest talk to the Geography students... he ...